jndean
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| Best Budget system? $500-$750 tops I would suggest a Marantz/Psb system. You could buy a Marantz PM-7000 B stock Integrated for $349 at accessories4less.com and a Marantz CC-4300 B stock CD player there for $129. You could then buy PSB Image B-25 speakers B stock for $299(the redon... | |
| 'great' bookshelf speakers for under 500? I have the PSB Image 2B for $300 and the PSB Stratus Mini(lists for $1100, but bought used here for $480). Both are great speakers. Not sure which I like the best. The Image B25 is a slightly upgraded Image 2B and did get a rave review from Stereo... | |
| Anyone else feel left out? I don't feel left out. I believe it's about the music. I have a very satisfying value system from Marantz and PSB and really don't want more. I bought a Marantz PM-17 integrated to use as a pre-amp, two used SM-17s bi-amped for 200 w/c, a demo Mar... | |
| Audiogon "SACD's TO DIE FOR" list I have about 40 SACDs. My favorites include Patricia Barber's Companion, Diana Krall's Girl in the Other Room,especially Temptation(Tom Waites) and Black Crow(Joni Mitchell),Diana Krall's Love Scenes(the bass in All or Nothing At All is tremendous... | |
| SACD on its way out? Sacd seems alive and well. As an example, see Elusivedisc.com. jndean | |
| 5 CD's on your current "permanent " rotation. 1) Soular Energy Ray Brown Trio2) One Quiet Night Pat Metheny3) Anything Goes Brad Mehldau Trio4) Nightclub Patricia Barber5) Love Songs Diana KrallSacd if available. This my jazz week. Pat Metheny's solo acoustic baratone guitar is incredible. Ot... | |
| CD Player or New Format? I have a Marantz SA-12S1 Sacd player. It also does DVD-V as an add-on which I don't use. I plays Sacd's wonderfully well and plays Cd's better than I have yet heard previously. It listed for $3400, but I bought it for $1100. I have 30 Sacd titles ... | |
| "Must-have" SACDs Out There I would recommend elusivedisc.com for SACDs. My favorites so far include Patricia Barber's Nightclub, Terence Blanchard's Let's Get Lost, Yo-Yo Ma's Obrigado Brazil, Ray Brown's Soular Energy, Murray Perahia's Goldberg Variations,Wynton Marsalis's... | |
| Newbie with $1500 and a wife pushing for Bose I would consider PSB speakers (psbspeakers.com). You can buy PSB Image 2B stand mounted fronts and rears for about $300 a pair (Dmc-Electronics.com or Upscaleaudio.com) in cherry veneer and find a good sub. Or you can go with 4T or 5T floorstander... | |
| You used to love it but now....................... I can still listen to the Eagles but mainly for the first few minutes of Hotel California with the drum and guiter riffs. Don Henley has some good new stuff -Inside Job. I find it hard to listen to the 60's and 70's oldies on my system due to comp... | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music Others that may have been missed 1) Karrin Allyson "It's easy to Remember" Ballads album. 2) Dianne Reeves "The Twelvth of Never" That Day album. 3) Natalie Cole "The Music That Makes me Dance" Ask A Women Who Knows album. 4) Bob Dylan "To Make Yo... |