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| Rec a 300B for Wavelength Cardinal Monoblocks best bet would be to contact Gordon Rankin of Wavelength direct ... I BELIEVE there was a version designed specifically for the WE 300B but my memory could be faulty. In any event Gordon most likely tried them with a number of 300B tubes during th... | |
| New source. you would give up SACD if you replace the Sony ENTIRELY with an ARC player ... maybe use a current SOTA outboard DAC with the Sony as transport and also the Sony direct to your preamp for SACD??you could also consider having the Sony "modded" but ... | |
| Amps under $5k that are resolving at low volumes? Best set-up I ever owned for low volume listening was a Pathos Twin Towers into Vienna Acoustics Mozart's ... a close second was a Cary 300SEI into ProAc 1SC's | |
| Has anyone noticed... don't forgot the lovely Duevel speakers on "House"!! | |
| Looking for a small, good receiver Denon DRA-CX3 is a newer unit but small ... retailed for @ $1200 but can be found used for $600 or lessWell reviewed, built like a tank and looks great! | |
| My Rethm Maarga Speaker Purchase had the same experience with excellent customer service from Jacob George MANY years ago when I purchased a prototype of the 2nd Rethm speaker ... Jacob was as courteous and responsive as a close friend would be. He even offered to stop by my home... | |
| Advice from apartment dwellers best "bedroom" systems I had were:Pathos Twin Towers mated with Vienna Acoustics MozartsCary 300sei mated with ProAc 1scSource in both systems was a Naim CD3. Either set-up would be excellent in an apartment setting where you do not want to "shake... | |
| Is $3000 pushing the limits for a geat monitor?? be careful with monitors (or floorstanders that lack stability) if you have cats ... I speak from experience :( | |
| compact cd transport The Project I have only seen in ads and it looks well builtWoo Audio has a small chassis top loader that LOOKS beautiful ... it is a transport/DAC comboan older CAL Delta Sigma or Alpha combo might workThere is always the option of a Mac Mini but ... | |
| How does one do WTB? have often wondered the same ... USED to be easy but things have changed since I last posted one | |
| SPEAKER SUGGESTIONS not sure it is POSSIBLE to have the "same sonic signature" in speakers as headphones as they present sound in a totally different manner. also in a bedroom I ASSume there will be some compromises to be made in WHERE speakers can be positioned.that... | |
| BANG for the BUCK Based on the current used prices:Forte 4A power ampAudible Illusions M3 preampSamadhi Acoustics Ichiban speakersNaim CD3 disc player | |
| Best CD transport? I would look for a "transport only" ... going to assume there IS a budgetary requirement. Try a CAL Delta ... reliable, inexpensive and parts are still available I believe. Also had very low measured jitter | |
| solid state integrateds that will hold their value sorry I thought it was obvious I was referring to USED gear purchases that hold their value well ... obviously ANYTHING new is going to drop like a stone at least initially. The Rowland and YBA pieces I mentioned are relatively old but both seem t... | |
| No audio playing SACD"s if you are using a dcs transport designed for SACD and the Puccini can decode SACD then there is most likely a problem in the chainif you are using an SACD player and the digital output from it to the Puccini then the other messages are correct |