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| Arcam vs Marantz vs NAD receiver? Arcam wins. I listened carefully to both the NAD T758 and the Arcam AVR 400 driving the B&W sats in two channel, and the Arcam was clearly better. The NAD sounds good, but the Arcam was more refined with more body and detail, and an airier tre... | |
| Arcam vs Marantz vs NAD receiver? Thanks for your replies. The data comes HT review bench tests. Not manufacturers declared specs. Thanks for the votes for all three;-). I think the Arcam is probably the most high fi of the three. I might buy all three to test and keep the one tha... | |
| Has anybody tried Sounds Heavenly cables? Follow up, I compared their standard RCAs to my other cables on hand in my reference headphone system and found them comparable or slightly better than other well made entry level cables (Audioquest, Monster or Auvio), but not as revealing or musi... | |
| Grado Sonata1 Ref Vs. Audio Technica AT33EV OK. Thinking further about this, there may also be some incompatibility between the Sonata and your tone arm that was not noticeable with the smaller speakers, but with the Golden Ear's deep bass is showing up now and affecting lower bass performa... | |
| Grado Sonata1 Ref Vs. Audio Technica AT33EV You may be exploring the limits of your TT in the bass department. Only way to know for sure is to try another cartridge (easy) or TT (less easy). | |
| Why is Dynaudio so much cheaper in Europe? Hmmm, on a more mundane note, do European Dynaudio speaker terminals accept banana plugs? | |
| Do I Have the Wrong Cartridge? I am using a Grado Reference Platinum 1 on an old Thorens 150mkII and my classical records sound wonderful. No hum near the center on my system. Midrange is particularly sweet with this cartridge. If it is a good match with your tone arm, I think ... | |
| WARM 5 channel amp - suggestions? Is there a place where you can hear one of the big NAD amps? They would fit the bill in terms of warm to neutral sound combined with a wide dynamic envelope in your price range, if you are not completely committed to North American manufacture. | |
| WARM 5 channel amp - suggestions? NAD T977 | |
| 5.1 under 4k? Great choice on the Monitor Audio speakers. 2nd best advice was to go slow on adding a sub. Subs are very important and deep bass is very difficult to get right. The MA's you have hit very high for the price and deserve a very good sub to keep up.... | |
| Recommend: Integrated amp for headphones and phono The Sphinx is a little more than a thousand new. Another option in the same family is a Rogue Audio Cronus (not Magnum version) used if you can find one. Both amps have headphone and phono capability and sound good. The Sphinx is a hybrid while th... | |
| Recommend: Integrated amp for headphones and phono Check out the Rogue Audio Sphinx | |
| Your choice for budget analog to digital converter All assumptions about my gear and settings are correct. FWIW, the output of the phono preamp was lower through headphones than either of my former CD players, an old Yamaha CDC 715 (at zero attenuation) and Cambridge Audio 640Cv2 by I am guessing ... | |
| 13yr old speaker upgrade Sounds like a good solution . | |
| Your choice for budget analog to digital converter Thanks all, helpful discussion. I have a Graco headphone amp as well, the AC version, not the battery version. Using Grafo cans too. Thought I would go all-Brooklyn for a while.How do I know what the right output level is, should I choose to run t... |