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| 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... | |
| Best Online Music Retailers Tpreaves,I goggled "Tpreaves opinion" and got ten threads by you, none regarding online music sources. I goggled "Tpreaves favorite" and I also got ten threads, none regarding online music retailers. I asked the question on here and I received bot... | |
| Best Online Music Retailers Thanks folks - I was requesting your favorites, not necessarily an exhaustive list. | |
| PSB Synch Ones vs Sonus Liuto I prefer the PSB's. I listened to the Liuto's powered by some Macintosh electronics and was not overly impressed - they sounded dark and laid back to me. For your reference, the SF Cremona M's with the same electronics sounded lovely to me. I thin... | |
| Best Bass amp I would look at a classe D amp. Something like Bel Canto REF500S Dual Mono Amplifier. Some people complain that Class D ICE chips provide "funny" sounding bass, but Bel Canto has solved this riddle with the reference series. You can get a REF500s ... | |
| Sterophile's not so nice review of Bryston OK, so perhaps reviewers don't exactly "buy" the gear they keep around for reference. But they do keep certain pieces around to compare with review equipment, and it appears to me that they try to keep gear that is particualrly good at one or two ... | |
| Have you heard Crystal Bowersox? I predict Bowersox has already won, a big recording contract at least. She really appeals to my college age kids and their friends, and I have to say I think her arrangements of old pop, r&b and rock classics sound really fresh, not dated at a... | |
| Have you heard Crystal Bowersox? Raks, No. Half the bar bands in America want to contact Lee DeWyze.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPtF0mp7LdsRichard,Yes Siobhan Magnus is something elsehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXOXEYk7nxo&feature=relatedAnd Andrew Garcia has some uniqu... | |
| Integrated to Separates Advice One other important consideration. The preamp section will be as important as the amplifier section of your receiver. One of the reasons the KW500 sounds so good, even at low volume is the solid preamp section. The other is the capcity of your lar... | |
| Power cord..CDP or AMPLIFIER? Two of the links I provided don't work, at least didn't work for me. My bad. Here is another try:http://signalcable.com/http://zebracables.com/ |