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| Moving to Tucson, AZ When I moved to Nogales 16 years ago, Tucson had several decent shops. Wilson audio is still worth an occasional visit. Phoenix has some stores worth the drive. | |
| Mutlichannel SACD/Progressive Scan DVD - Options? The Phillips 963 may be a great choice. It is about to be introduced. | |
| Best CD AND SACD Player under 1000 I've heard many positive comments about the Marantz 8260 SACD/CD player for both SACD and redbook playback. It can be found for around $900. You may alse be interested in a Sony SCD-555ES SACD/CD changer for around $600 from Oade.com. SACDMods.com... | |
| B&W N805 vs Revel M20 I lfeel that the M20s and N805s are both excellent at the 2K price point. Both benefit from quality stands. After listening to both, I preferred the 805s with the excellent dedicated Sound Anchor stands. However, the 805s will easily reveal any up... | |
| Are you going to buy the Rolling Stones SACDs? Yes, you purchased a SACD. It does not say "SACD" on The outer packaging. You're in for a treat! | |
| Opinions on Marsh P2000 preamp? I've had a P2000 for 18 months and I have found it to be excellent-very revealing and grain free. The music emerges from total silence. Richard Marsh is a highly regarded designer- he's also responsible for the Monster Cable power conditioners and... | |
| DVD A Sacd or Stay put for a while SACD players make great redbook CD players. DVD-A is crippled by the need to connect to a TV monitor before configuring for two channel playback. Many audiophiles are not interested in being required to add a monitor to their music systems. Additi... | |
| Krell enters the world of SACD ? David Kawakami of Sony was asked a question similar to the preceding post at HE 2001. He said that Sony prefers to create major markets and be but one of many companies to fill demand once the market is created. He made it clear that this would no... | |
| Sony CDP-XA20ES VS. Rotel RCD 971 I use an XA20ES in my secondary system and have been impressed with its build quaility and fixed laser transport. However, you may wish to consider the Sony C333ES SACD/CD player. It has much better CD sound than the XA20ES and offers SACD capabil... | |
| Are Sony SACD Machine Owners Crazy?? According to Robert Harley in isssue 120 of The Absolute Sound the SCD-1 and 777ES DO NOT use op-amps.To quote RH directly: "Commendably, the analog output stage is an all-discrete design(no op-amps)."Issue 120, p. 36. | |
| Are Sony SACD Machine Owners Crazy?? An additional quote may help clear up some misconceptions:"Two transformers supply power to the unit, one for the analog circuits, one for everything else. The SCD-1 has more power supply regulation than I've seen in a Japanese product, and even u... | |
| Are Sony SACD Machine Owners Crazy?? According to Robert Harley in isssue 120 of The Absolute Sound the SCD-1 and 777ES DO NOT use op-amps.To quote RH directly: "Commendably, the analog output stage is an all-discrete design(no op-amps)."Issue 120, p. 36. | |
| I heard the new 777ES SACD player At the panel discussion, David Kawakami of Sony said that he believes that SACD has gained enough momentum that the high end territory will be covered by the traditionally high end manufacturers. He believes that there will soon be other high end ... | |
| I heard the new 777ES SACD player I attended the SACD panel discussion at the NYC Stereophile show. Here's the way that Sony explained their SACD introduction stategy: 1. Appeal to(and listen to) the audiophile community. 2. Have some software introduced for initial adopters of th... | |
| Trelja in New York I found the Sony SACD room extremely impressive. I appreciated the natural frequency response with deep- yet not bloated bass. I found the Sony speakers to be of high quality. They are designed and manufactured by a small Sony high end division in... |