kjweisner
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| Stereo amp narrower than 18" for Martin Logans Consider a used Meridian 557--200 wpc in a smallish chassis. I bought my Magneplanars after auditioning them for hours--they sounded wonderful driven by a 557. | |
| Meridian 5xx vs newer lossless systems Hey Brax:For connection, you're covered. Optical for the Blu-Ray and if you have a digital coax from the DVD, you're covered there as well.With that price difference, you're right that the 565 is an easy call. Assuming you don't find a lot of valu... | |
| Meridian 5xx vs newer lossless systems Brax:I've never owned the 561 but recall that there might have been some issues with that particular model. I'd opt for the 565, but be aware that it offers very limited audio switching and virtually no video. I use my 565 with a 562v2--this gives... | |
| Meridian 5xx vs newer lossless systems I am using 5xx series gear (562v, 518, 565) and haven't ever felt there was anything lacking in not having some of the newer formats. Be forewarned that the 5xx gear requires some patience to setup but it's worth the effort. When all levels and de... | |
| Guilty Pleasure recording? Hey Mapman!Glad to know I wasn't the only one w/the PFA! I never did get the school bus. . . but I did own three VW buses over the years. My vehicle choice tracked the evolution of both my musical and "recreational" tastes, growing up in the 70s i... | |
| Guilty Pleasure recording? I've got three--any one of which would get me thrown under the Serious Music Bus. In fact, the last one might cause the bus to back over me to make sure the job is truly and well done.Ambrosia: One Eighty (1980)Art Garfunkel: Breakaway (1975)Lenny... | |
| Am I hearing the effects of "clean sound"? I second Elizabeth's suggestion about the windows having at least a partial effect (without knowing anything else about your room). I find that opening the windows has a noticeable impact in my room--it's a less than ideal layout with lots of glas... | |
| Marantz sacd-redbook failure?? For what it's worth, my first and second (replacement) Marantz SA 8260 was crappy at playing SACDs from day one. Some would take a while to read the TOC while others would never play at all. Nevermind that my $150 Samsung DVD/CD/SACD digests anyth... | |
| Home Audio Network You can get an iPhone or iPod touch and install the free "Remote" application. This will let you control iTunes on the computer to which the phone/touch is synched. Of course, the computer must already be turned on with iTunes running. But the app... | |
| My brother dips a toe back into rock music I'm running a special today--one free recommendation with any request for five! Here's my contribution--I enjoy just about the entire catalog of all these artists and have made some recommendations for specific albums. Although all don't tend to b... | |
| Are the B&W CDM 1NT's better than today's CM1's? I have a pair of CDM 1NTs and I find them to be pretty darn hard to beat. In my house I have two other systems--one with Meridian speakers and the other (2 channel only) with Magneplanars. The CDM 1NTs are in the "mainstream" third system and I dr... | |
| Need Rec on $3k or under Preamp I use a BAT VK-3i and BAT VK 200 to run my 1.6s. Have not ever used the AR for comparison, but am completely happy with this combo. I've used this now for the last nine years and am at times still floored at times. | |
| Is there such a thing as... I can't say for sure, but I doubt it--it would have to be able to cross convert from Digital to Analog signal which would generally require some electronics to handle that processing. | |
| Looking for Polarity Invert Feature... Nearly all of the Balanced Audio Technology pre-amps have polarity inversion and feature a button on the remote for that as well. I know the VK-3i does NOT have the feature, but it's my understanding that every other pre-amp in their line does hav... | |
| Amp for Maggies The BAT vk-200 is generally considered high current. I've used mine for about the last nine years driving my 1.6s with terrific results. In the interest of full disclosure, I'm also using a Vandersteen 2Wq sub, which rolls off the bass signal to t... |