johnnyb53
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| which speaker cables to buy? It is my experience that spending more than $100 - $300 is better for the ego than it is for sound reproduction. However, You will never convince anyone who has spent a lot of money on cables (wonder why?).I'm a bottom feeder. I got a $1500 pair o... | |
| best 'affordable' turntable with moving coil cart So for critical listening, the digital and for just enjoying my record collection without being critical use analog.With no intention of being insulting, I think most people on this forum would feel that--once you've given the LPs a chance again--... | |
| power amp question You may also need to put your turntable on an isolation platform to increase the slam and dynamic range, regardless of how much power your amp makes.There's a 200 wpc Rotel RB 1080 in the Audiogon ads right now. This would give you sonic and gain ... | |
| What amp to choose? Musical Fidelity cut the price in half on their Supercharger 550K mono power amps, and that makes them $2499.98/pair new. They put out (as their name implies) 550 watts each into 8 ohms (and 750 watts into 4 ohms). Reviews that I read were raves, ... | |
| which - adcom, cambridge audio, outlaw, rotel Any other ideas for receivers or integrated amps that look like the NADs or Cambridge Audio or Rotel? I like clean design but sound trumps.At $500 or below, the Cambridge 640A v2 would get you a nice combination of sound and sleek looks. I would s... | |
| Turntable advice? As long as you're willing to consider a Tecnodeck, why not get out the tape measure and consider some of these similarly-priced turntables:o Marantz TT-15S1 (comes with $800 MM Clearaudio cartridge)o Rega P5 (by the time you get a P3/24 plus the p... | |
| Loudspeakers with a wide sweet spot Mirage OMD-28. Reasonable size and sensitivity, fast, bass down into the 20's, very good imaging, turns the whole room into a good listening area. $7500/pair. When Chris Martens reviewed 'em for Absolute Sound, he bought the review pair.I have the... | |
| which - adcom, cambridge audio, outlaw, rotel I have very little experience with McIntosh, but I've always liked the way they sound.Given that the McIntosh 4100 is from about 25 years ago I'd venture that the Onkyo is faster and more articulate. It also has more power (at least on paper) into... | |
| Speaker Technology over the last 10 years 04-08-09: Mrtennisare you suggesting that a "properly" designed cone system can sound like an apogee duetta signature, sound lab, or magnepan 20.1 ?The goal of any loudspeaker design is not to sound like a panel speaker; the goal is to sound like ... | |
| which - adcom, cambridge audio, outlaw, rotel I have been raiding the pawn shops, Audio Advisor blowouts, and used gear at my local hi-fi stores for decades now. I have helped friends and neighbors get into good systems for good prices. I have direct experience with integrated amps from Creek... | |
| best 'affordable' turntable with moving coil cart In addition to what T-bone said, I think you should take a look at a Denon DP-500M turntable. It lists at $699 most places, but if you Google for online vendors, one or two will pop up in the $545 range. The Denon should sound better out-of-the-bo... | |
| Best Live Recording on LP The L.A. Four, "Scores," on Concord, recorded live at the Concord jazz festival in the '70s. Every Concord LP that I've heard is a sonic gem, whether live or studio. | |
| best 'affordable' turntable with moving coil cart Your phono stage doesn't require a moving coil cartridge; it's just been engineered to do low output moving coils particularly well. Read the specs again; it can accept *any* cartridge with output from 0.2mV to 4.0mV. 0.2mV to about 2.5 mV covers ... | |
| Upgrading Music Hall 2.2 tone arm. 04-10-09: Geraldm121Thanks Tom, and you are correct if there is an arm change involved the is no point in staying with the MMF 2.2.That was my point as well, even though I'm obviously not well-versed in the Linn model names. The MMF 2.2 is an entr... | |
| Upgrading Music Hall 2.2 tone arm. Would it improve the sound to close to the Linn or should I continue to hold out to find a Linn that I can afford right now.Let's see. You used to have a Linn Basik (I'm guessing you mean Sondek witha Basik arm) and really loved the sound. Now you... |