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| Need advice choosing a complimentary CD Player MF player is a great choice. Didn't think you could find one within your budget or would have recommended for sure. Enjoy. | |
| How to evaluate amps that are not broken in? PS - I bought a late model amp used from a broker recently and I am not sure it was completely broken in... cause the sound changed over time. Or was just me? HA! | |
| How to evaluate amps that are not broken in? Stuartk,A thought.Given that there is general but not unanimous consensus among: A) manufacturers, B) retailers, and C) reviewers (who are professional and critical listeners of hi fi gear for many hours a week, week in and week out) that "break i... | |
| My first REAL system...need some advice Voodoochild,Glad you might find this information helpful.One correction, the price quoted above is for a new PrimaLuna ProLogue model one integrated with phono stage, not the model two as stated above. The model two has a little more power and the... | |
| My first REAL system...need some advice Agree with Bob R about the big NAD, obviously. | |
| speaker recommendations? Usher S-520 | |
| My first REAL system...need some advice I am providing you with several viable systems within the price ranges you suggest ($2000 to $4000 USD total). My preference is to go for a balanced system with a quality source. The theory being you want to avoid garbage in, garbage out from the ... | |
| Need advice choosing a complimentary CD Player I haven't heard the modified Music Hall's but really like the stock version and have heard good things about the Underwood mods.The Cambridge is a very accurate and detailed player but also very smooth and "non-digital" sounding for this price cat... | |
| Great -Small- Cheap subwoofer ? I have a Klipsch RW 8 sub and really like it for the money. It is musical and fast, not thumpy or muddy at all. I think I paid $250 for it new from an Internet discounter a few years ago. It is very compact and goes down to about 32 Hz. Great for ... | |
| Need advice choosing a complimentary CD Player Elvick has a great idea. You might also consider a Naim CD 5i or the Moon CD-1. Of all the models proposed above, I would suggest the Cambridge 840C. | |
| Thoughts on Era Design 5 monitors?? I like the Era D5's but like the B&W CM1's a little better. Bass is clearer and deeper on the CM1's and the highs are slightly smoother and better defined. This comparison made with Rotel's new 500W/ch Class D amp and their entry level preamp.... | |
| Vandersteen 1c, and an integrated Your list looks great. I would second the addition of PrimaLuna ProLogue I or II integrated tube amps. NAD 372 might be fun with all that juice. | |
| How to explain our obsessions to the uninitiated? Your summary statement is excellent and as good as necessary I think.Taking chadnliz's comment to a further extreme - you might just tell "Dad" that all the nerve endings that would have been in one part of your anatomy ended up in your brain atta... | |
| Cables Are Crazy, what do you think? Yes, give up. Why should he take time to validate your point when it is not important to HIM? Most engineers I know who are also audiophiles start out as skeptics, and only come around to the value of cables (if they ever do) when faced with the e... | |
| Best used floorstanding / full range around $1000 I was going to mention two of Sonicbeauty's choices, the two Quads and the Polk LS 15. Love all three of these.I will contrast their faint praise of Totems by suggesting a used pair of Staffs as another brilliant budget tower and available used in... |