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| Under $500 - Used CDP or DAC/Transport? For a brighter sounding system I would recommend the NAD. | |
| Audiogon "RECORDINGS TO DIE FOR" list A friend just turned me onto John Hammond's 2001 Virgin Records recording "Wicked Grin", which has appeared on this list before. Fantastic blues collaboration with Tom Waits. Great production and as my friend who is a musician points out - not a m... | |
| Under $500 - Used CDP or DAC/Transport? the C565BEE is a nice player but not remarkable. If you like smooth, warm and safe sound - this is a good bet. For the same money a used Cambridge 740C will give you input capability with more detail and bass. Take your pick. The Cambridge 840C is... | |
| Under $500 - Used CDP or DAC/Transport? I would not get a separate DAC - in that price range with a cheap transport I don't think you win. Consider stretching your budget and look over CD players on Agon right now by: Exposure, Modwright Sony, Opera Consonance, Cayin SCD-50T, Quad, mayb... | |
| need to down size to monitors Good for Rock, but will do acoustic music well too:Revel M22PSB Synchrony One BDynaudio DM2/8 (old style monitor with big woofer)Dynaudio Excite X16Totem Acoustic Model-1 Signature | |
| Recommend using some fastener to speaker stand Blutack.http://www.artech-electronics.com/us/products/accesso/blutack.html | |
| What is your source for discovering new music? -Agon Forum-The back of Sterophile and The Absolute Sound-Equipment reviews-Independent Radio stations-You Tube-Austin City Limits-iTunes (also used to sample along with Amazon)-My employeesI used to catch new (to me) acts on Saturday Night Live a... | |
| Need help for my HT,looking to upgrade my speakers Tls49, I pretty much concur with everything in your post. I do believe the current CM1 is a different animal than the older model, with more recent trickle down from the 800 series. I really like the CM1, 5 and 7. I have not had a serious listen t... | |
| Need help for my HT,looking to upgrade my speakers Tesseract86,How do I put this. Previous generations of BW 800 series speakers are somewhat surgical tools and will ruthlessly expose even minor system weaknesses. 125 AVR watts do not equal 125 mid to hi fi stereo amplifier watts. At least the old... | |
| Need help for my HT,looking to upgrade my speakers Yeah, well one theory had you buy speakers first and then work on matching rest of gear to the speakers. I am just dubious that the marantz will drive the 805's to their (and your) happy place. The cm1's may even be too much speaker for anything b... | |
| Need help for my HT,looking to upgrade my speakers Agreed, at least within family. Depending on budget for that room, used 704 or 703, cm7 or cm9, or maybe 683 (are noticeably better than 60X series). I DO NOT recommend 80X models with AV Receiver. | |
| Tube or SS integrated for PSB Imagine Ts Not talking about Krell fbi here. Nad m3 is adequate. Nad c375bee is probably adequate too (similar to m3 but less of everything except power). I would not recommend smaller solid state amps. Like I said arc vsi60 sounded good with imagine T. That... | |
| Tube or SS integrated for PSB Imagine Ts ARC VSi60 is a very nice match with the T's. I heard them with an all Integra AV system and was completely unimpressed. Solid state or tubes, they deserve high quality amplification. | |
| Which speakers? Jim, it would be helpful to know if you are looking for stand mount or floor standing speakers.In any case, I suggest you focus on speakers that will thrill you in the middle, I.E. speakers with good tone, timbre and a lifelike midrange. Musical-n... | |
| Dynaudio Focus 220 vs 110 or 140's I really like the 140 as well. One thought is how close your speakers will need to be to the rear wall - Dyns like some space. A similar speaker but voiced slightly differently is the Totem model 1. The Totems are slightly more forgiving of modest... |