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| My first REAL system...need some advice Agree with Bob R about the big NAD, obviously. | |
| speaker recommendations? Usher S-520 | |
| My first REAL system...need some advice I am providing you with several viable systems within the price ranges you suggest ($2000 to $4000 USD total). My preference is to go for a balanced system with a quality source. The theory being you want to avoid garbage in, garbage out from the ... | |
| Need advice choosing a complimentary CD Player I haven't heard the modified Music Hall's but really like the stock version and have heard good things about the Underwood mods.The Cambridge is a very accurate and detailed player but also very smooth and "non-digital" sounding for this price cat... | |
| Great -Small- Cheap subwoofer ? I have a Klipsch RW 8 sub and really like it for the money. It is musical and fast, not thumpy or muddy at all. I think I paid $250 for it new from an Internet discounter a few years ago. It is very compact and goes down to about 32 Hz. Great for ... | |
| Need advice choosing a complimentary CD Player Elvick has a great idea. You might also consider a Naim CD 5i or the Moon CD-1. Of all the models proposed above, I would suggest the Cambridge 840C. | |
| Thoughts on Era Design 5 monitors?? I like the Era D5's but like the B&W CM1's a little better. Bass is clearer and deeper on the CM1's and the highs are slightly smoother and better defined. This comparison made with Rotel's new 500W/ch Class D amp and their entry level preamp.... | |
| Vandersteen 1c, and an integrated Your list looks great. I would second the addition of PrimaLuna ProLogue I or II integrated tube amps. NAD 372 might be fun with all that juice. | |
| How to explain our obsessions to the uninitiated? Your summary statement is excellent and as good as necessary I think.Taking chadnliz's comment to a further extreme - you might just tell "Dad" that all the nerve endings that would have been in one part of your anatomy ended up in your brain atta... | |
| Cables Are Crazy, what do you think? Yes, give up. Why should he take time to validate your point when it is not important to HIM? Most engineers I know who are also audiophiles start out as skeptics, and only come around to the value of cables (if they ever do) when faced with the e... | |
| Best used floorstanding / full range around $1000 I was going to mention two of Sonicbeauty's choices, the two Quads and the Polk LS 15. Love all three of these.I will contrast their faint praise of Totems by suggesting a used pair of Staffs as another brilliant budget tower and available used in... | |
| The most haunting music you ever heard? Check out the album "The Swell Season" by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová. The album includes studio versions of many of the songs from the soundtrack of the movie "Once". The mostly (entirely?) acoustic album is some of the most beautiful and ha... | |
| HELP Very nice speakers. They are very efficient but also very revealing. So, while the Cambridge receiver may be able to drive them to relatively high volumes, the speakers are able to translate to your ears the fact that you are using a budget HT rec... | |
| For the money, Best set up for HT and music Jrwr7,Oops, I did miss the sub, my mistake. I did not see a source included in that first list and budget, but then I have been known to be a careless reader before... Cables are what they are: mysterious, expensive, more expensive, and going on u... | |
| For the money, Best set up for HT and music Jrwr7,Those are great speakers and probably pretty good Rotel electronics. But, there is no DVD player, sub or cables in the system you spec'd out. Now many people might argue that if stereo is your first love, a sub is unnecessary. But my view is... |