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| I need help - Better DAC or NEW CD player? That has the capability to act as an external DAC for other sources if necessary, or just a good $1000 +/- CD player? | |
| I need help - Better DAC or NEW CD player? Yes, I have heard it. It is very good at its price point. For comparison, most cheaper Cambridge players have a forward sonic balance with fairly flat frequency curve, meaning that bass and treble are not attenuated in favor of mid range tones, as... | |
| I need help - Better DAC or NEW CD player? Are you in a position to go listen to the 840 and compare it to other CDPs or DACs? It didn't sound "thin" to me. | |
| I need help - Better DAC or NEW CD player? Regarding Sufentinal's comment:"...unless you get one of those relatively rare CD players that does have digital inputs."This is why I recommended the Cambridge 840. It has an excellent transport, power supply and chassis, better DAC's and electro... | |
| I need help - Better DAC or NEW CD player? The rest of your system is quite good. I think that you want to get as good of a source as you can and as good as the DacMagic is - and it will do a better job than the DAC in the RC-1072 - with the budget you are suggesting you can do better. The... | |
| MFSL Gold Little Feat Funny, I was outside the West Seattle Easy Street records this weekend pawing through the boxes of dollar disks, half listing to the music producers on the corner behind me dropping names and picking the breakfast out of their teeth, when I pulled... | |
| budget towers? $500/pair I had some older Wharfedale Diamond 8.1's in a second system, and liked them for what they cost me. They do a couple of things very well - rich and tuneful midrange, and good spatial presentation. Their biggest sins are sins of omission - a slight... | |
| MFSL Gold Little Feat Richard, I am a big Little Feat fan, and I might agree with you on their later records, but the first three are rough - even in the original vinyl product as I recall. And I think the original CD re-master of Dixie Chicken is downright awful, whic... | |
| budget towers? $500/pair I agree with Tpreaves and Tompoodie. Also check out these small towers: Aperion Audio Intimus 4T Tower Speaker, Boston Acoustics CS 226, Energy RC-30 tower. | |
| naim vs ayre I would prefer the Naim Supernait (not the 200, but 250 OK) for this application - more power on reserve for dynamic passages that the Ayre - and upgrade path available with outboard power supply. With that said - an even bigger integrated like th... | |
| MFSL Gold Little Feat I think part of the problem is that little feat's original recording quality wasn't that good. Can't make a silk purse out of sow's ears - no matter how inspired the material. MHO FWIW. | |
| What pre amp to use in my system? There is an older solid state preamp made by Conrad Johnson, a SONOGRAPH SD-1 beta, for sale on Agon now for $220. No affiliation with seller, shopping for preamps for myself and ran across. This was a well reviewed product when released, but I ha... | |
| What pre amp to use in my system? If you feel the Rotel is not the near term answer for you, I suggest on the budget end looking for a good used NAD preamp. It will be more musical. For a slight step up, and just above your curent budget (more like $600 to $700) - I suggest lookin... | |
| Bookshelf speakers with the good bass. Usher be-718. I love the Harbeth, but the Usher's have great bass for a stand mount if you have enough power to comand the 7" woofer, then you are good to go. | |
| Best Online Music Retailers Tpreaves,"A quick Google search will give you literally hundreds of places to buy music.Try it sometime."My apologies, I misinterpreted your comment above as a snide remark.I am just after different people's opinions on the "best" retailers. Why I... |