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| Reimyo CDP vs EMM Labs/Meitner Dgad,I just wanted to make sure that you realize the Reimyo isn't a SACD player, it's just a redbook cd player. Brianmgrarcom: Reimyo is a line of Japanese electronics made be the people who do the Harmonix cables and anti-resonance products. It's... | |
| Other Hobbies? Wine, watching baseball (go O's!) and watching college basketball (go Terps!). That of course assumes that sports viewing is a hobby, perhaps it's not. | |
| JJ243 Pre-Amp - impressions please For right around $2K and maybe just a bit under if you keep an eye out, try a Herron VTSP 1A, I have one and think it's just fantastic, as good a preamp as I've heard, as well as dead quiet and reliable. | |
| Replace CD player or add DAC? I would sell the Marantz and the MF and combine that $$ with the $1500 you already have and use that money to buy a new player. There are so many great players on here for $15-1800 why not get one, upgrading your tranport and dac at the same time.... | |
| Do you remember your first cd? I still have it, Wynton Marsalis, "Standard Time Vol. 3", I bought it from the store I worked at, it had been dropped from the rotation to play in the store and I picked it up for $2. Sadly, being 20 at the time, 1991, I didn't even have a cd play... | |
| Bose 901 Wow, you sure picked the wrong place to ask that question! I would suggest searching the archives for Bose threads, and be prepared for some rather pointed responses. I have no particular prejudices against Bose but I will say they can't hold a ca... | |
| RIP Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen His work with Oscar Peterson was fantastic. A truly sad day for jazz, may he rest in peace. | |
| What is the best tube integrated amp? An Air Tight ATM-1 can be used as a dual input integrated as it has dual mono attenuators. It's a great amp at about 36 watts per channel. For a monitor look for something efficient, perhaps something from Reference 3A or Soliloquy. | |
| why does preamp improve sound quality? A good preamp can improve the impedance matching between sourced and amp, and also give the music more body and life, primarily from extra gain. I've tried it both ways and have preferred a good preamp every time. | |
| What music would you like at your funeral? "No Depression" by Uncle Tupelo, followed by the Dead doing "We Bid You Goodnight". | |
| Would you buy speakers with out first listening ? I have three times, and was amd am happy each time. Pair one my girlfriend made me get rid of for decor reasons, pair two weren't suitable foe new amps I got, and pair three continues to live happily with me to this day. That's the great thing abo... | |
| Give me a tube preamp that looks and sound great I had and loved a Supratek Syrah and I now have a Herron VTSP1A that I love as well. For me the Supratek gave the music a more emotional, alive feel, but the Herron is much quieter giving more detail with a bit less emotion. Both great preamps. | |
| New journey - Samsung HD841 Universal Player Trejla,I received this same player no charge with the purchase of a Dell LCD HDTV. I didn't realize until after I had it that it wasn't just a dvd player but was a universal. I only own one sacd, "Let it Bleed" and no dvd-a's so my basis for compa... | |
| Are "Redbook Only " CD players Obsolete? Gunbei,It really is great, it got a rave in HiFi+. In fact it's so good I'm constantly trying to sell it or trade it, always the mark of a great piece of gear. What the heck is wrong with me anyway? | |
| Supratek Syrah and Chardonnay differences Marakanetz,All the names are types of wine. Not just Chardonnay. Syrah, Chenin, Sauvignon, Cabernet are all grape types. And Grange is the name of arguably Australias most famous red wine, Penfold's Grange Hermitage. |