kbarkamian
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| Integrated vs using DAC or old NAD 1700 Not sure why I thought your NAD was an integrated amp. My obvious mistake.There are a ton of ways you could go. I'm very confident that a Bryston pre or integrated would sound a good deal better than the 1700. But preferences are a different thing... | |
| Integrated vs using DAC or old NAD 1700 The weak point of the older NAD integrateds was easily the preamp section, in my experience. Not sure about the current ones, as I've not owned one. The last one I owned was a 320BEE. That, the 304, and a PE series integrated had the same weakness... | |
| Live Performances Gone Awry "I agree with Entrope. One of the incredible things about classical is that the performers never give anything less than a faultlessly professional performance. :)"Do you really think no classical musicians have drug and/or alchohol problems? They... | |
| Totem and Bel Canto? The Arros aren't impossible to drive, but I wouldn't call them easy by any means. They've got an odd impedence load that requires a stable power supply. You don't need kilowatts to open them up, but you do need an amp that doesn't have difficulty ... | |
| Totem and Bel Canto? Naim and Totem pair up quite well. I've heard many combos of them and never heard anything less than stellar.Bryston also pairs up equally well IMO. A bit different, but equally well. Simaudio is another great match.Bryston B60s go for under $1k h... | |
| Rega Brio-R matching speakers? Adjust the room and speakers. | |
| Totem and Bel Canto? The Bel Canto should very easily beat the NAD. Haven't heard Bel Canto with Totems, so I'm not implying that it'll have a better (or even a good) synergy; just stating Bel Canto is far better overall IMO. Not bashing NAD at all. I've owned a few N... | |
| Rega Brio-R matching speakers? Rega DAC is the obvious DAC to beat in a Rega system. I own one and can't say enough good things about it.I use Kimber Hero with WBT RCAs from my Rega DAC into my Bryston B60. Sounds great to my ears. | |
| Live Performances Gone Awry I was supposed to go to a concert with a few friends,but didn't make it. Didn't care much for the band anyway, but they had a great story of what happened that night. Nine Inch Nails in Albany, NY in the early 90's...The singer (Trent Reznor) was ... | |
| Are there any albums you consider perfect? Timrhu,Forgot to mention...Slayer's Regina In Blood really has to be listened to entirely to really understand why it's perfect (IMO). The first and last tracks definitely hold up on their own ("Angel of Death" and "Raining Blood") quite well thou... | |
| Are there any albums you consider perfect? "I think Kbarkamian thought his thread was being sent to Audiobong?"What's that supposed to mean? No offense taken. ...or should I?Timrhu,Everyone's idea of perfect is different. I'm a big fan of the bands mentioned. Not many Slayer fans here, I a... | |
| AUDIO 'TWINS' A while back, Bryston made amps and processors for Lexicon. They were identical, just rebadged. The Lexicon stuff wasn't/isn't coveted under the Bryston 20 year transferrable warranty though.Nelson Pass designed stuff for Adcom (and I think a few ... | |
| Are there any albums you consider perfect? I think there are a lot of albums that come very close to perfection, but they usually have one song that disqualifies it for me. Foe example, Metallica's ...And Justice For All would be perfect if they dropped "Eye of the Beholder."I view an albu... | |
| dac advice I live about 20 minutes outside of NYC and had issues tracking down DACs I wanted to hear. I went to a bunch of places in NY, NJ and CT. And I couldn't hear everything I wanted to, and even then, was it the system or the room that was good or bad?... | |
| dac advice The W4S DAC 2 (and DAC1) didn't blow away everything mentioned above in my home/system. It's a very good DAC, but certainly not the be all, end all many taut it as.With everything been said, do you see a trend? Seems like everyone's recommending w... |