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| What is an upgrade from the Creek 5350SE Classic? I have not listened carefully to the Exposure, but it certainly is generating some buzz. I agree with your evaluation of the 5350, in fact, I think there are many amps that would be provide a noticeable upgrade. Another "bargain" to consider is th... | |
| best CDP for QuadQC24+Quad909+DynoA72 The redbook performance of the Naim and the Marantz are different flavors. The Marantz is smooth and refined with decent retrieval of details, I would call it "pretty" sounding. The Naim has good detail but adds a dollop of boogie on top of the re... | |
| Jazz Recommendations Took a (musical) trip to Europe recently - here is what I found:Lars Danielsson - TarantellaLars Danielsson - Melange BleuTrio Elf - 746Marcin Wasilewski Trio - JanuaryHelge Lien Trio - Hello TrollBarcode Trio - License to LiveNik Bartsch's Ronin ... | |
| best CDP for QuadQC24+Quad909+DynoA72 Here is my vote for the Naim and Primare. The Saturn can be very good but I find more system dependent. I have not heard that model MF or the T&A. Other MF CDPs (A3.5 and A5) sound pretty good, but nothing remarkable. Nothing else sounds like ... | |
| Best pre-owned 2-channel amp for under $2000?? -Here is a second or third for the McCormack DNA-Also a shout out for the Parasound Halo A21-Odyssey Audio Stratos Stereo Extreme or Mono Extremes - last but not leastAll should have what it takes to drive the Dynaudios to new heights. | |
| Small Footprint Speakers for Rock Harbeth M40.1 or 7ES-3Usher Be-718Revel Performa F32 (or F52 if you have room, Even much smaller M22 loves to rock)Spender Sp1/2R or SP100R | |
| What is an upgrade from the Creek 5350SE Classic? For rock, big band, jazz and some classical, regardless of whether you pick the Rega or the Epos speakers, I suggest plenty of power, in specs but more importantly in parctice. The Naim and Ayre amps would go nicely with the Rega speakers, but I c... | |
| Suggestions on a balanced preamp? I am thinking through some of these same issues right now too, helpful advice... | |
| Thiel speakers--can you power them with reciever? Any of the high end receivers rated as THX Ultra or Ultra 2 can handle 4 ohm speakers. I would also strongly suggest a receiver with a large toroidal power supply. At 130 watts, I am going to guess that your receiver is rated as THX Select and doe... | |
| best solid state integrated to match with B&W 685s Thanks Bob.I listened carefully to one of the new NAD amps set up well yesterday, and came away impressed. Now thinking the combination of the C-326BEE with the 685's would sound great in a small room. Actively, crossed over as recommended by Bob ... | |
| Ortofon X1-MC Thanks Bob, yes Needle Doctor price tweaked my interest. Jjorqueram's assessment of X-1 sounds like it isn't going to provide significant improvement from Grado Blue I am currently using, which is reasonably detailed but lacking magic with this ar... | |
| NAD, and Vandersteen Late to this party, but I had an interesting experience yesterday. I was demoing some Vandersteen 1C's and one set up was the NAD C-565BEE CD player mated with the NAD C-315BEE integrated - 40W and $350. This was a remarkably musical system. Unbel... | |
| best solid state integrated to match with B&W 685s "One possible system, is a Benchmark DAC1 sourcing active speakers."This is an interesting idea. Bob, how would you configure a subwoofer in this set up? | |
| best solid state integrated to match with B&W 685s Realremo,If a choice is to be made, I am a believer in putting more money in the front end (source and pre/amp) due to GIGO considerations. In reality, most people building systems over time see-saw between improving quality of speakers, amp and s... | |
| HDMI vs analog Yes, try it both ways. Specifications mean almost nothing in this case. Lots going on in the receiver (like amplification that can interfere with effective DA conversion) that is not going on in the BluRay Player. |