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| EARS versus SACD. Not all SACD's will sound better than their redbook counterparts - some SACD's are just overpriced cd's - I have personally experienced this and also read it later in an interview with Mark Levinson (the man). | |
| Speaker Advice -- Which to Buy Check out the Monsoon 1600 for sale in Audiogon for 1100 - they retail for 1899 - Go the extra and you will not be sorry. Check out their website. | |
| more major players jumping on the sacd bandwagon Sony keeps coming with hardware that most people can afford but that is not the only answer - we need more software of music we do not already have the LP, cassette, cd and gold cd of - it will unfortunately be only a high end adventure for those ... | |
| What is your opinion regarding electrostatics? I have owned Quads 989 and Martin Logan Quest Z, Aerius (still do), SL 3, And Odyssey (still do). I have also owned Legacy Whispers, Watt Puppy 3/2, Apogee Slant 6, Eggleston Andras. Nothing brings it across like the electrostats. Go for it and do... | |
| High output dacs/CD players Sam Tellig from Stereophile uses a Harmonic Recovery device to boost the gain without degrading the sound. I bought one and it made a tremendous difference - you can hook up between CD player and preamp or preamp and amp - only comes in rca. Sells... | |
| High output dacs/CD players The Kora Hermes tube DAC puts out 5v or the regular 2v. | |
| Perpetual Tech Dac vs DCS or Wadia Dacs I have an ECM CD player by Electrocompaniet which for the money or even more money is hard to beat but running it as a transport through the Perpetual tech digital correction engine and its DAC made everything even better - but even better than th... | |
| Martin Logan Aerius with ARC tubes? Check into the new ML Aeon which is replacing the Aerius i - either way your room size is perfect for a full and clear sound from either with the tubes. I have a pair of original Aerius in a similar sized room and use them with a EAR 534 tube amp ... | |
| Red Rose R3s vs. Proac 1sc vs. Dynaudio 1.3SE The Legacy Studio Monitor is a great speaker and looks good also. | |
| Tube or SS DAC/Player with Tube Preamp? End your search for a DAC by purchasing the Kora Hermes at 1500 on Audiogon - it use to sell for 3795 in 1998 and has since been upgraded to 24/192. It is a great sounding and looking piece that happens to have tubes. Whether it sounds great with ... | |
| Hubbell hospital grade outlets w/ surge protection Go to gcaudio.com and read about the new First Impression Music outlet - sells for 60-65 a piece. I do not remember if the surge protection is there. Contact Galen Carol and he may know the answers to your Q"S. | |
| newform research 645 Try the EAR 534 amp - low maintenance - level controls for each channel - balanced ins - can be mono. Looks good with the chrome finish. | |
| CD Burners: Which one to buy? Remember to buy one that has a digital level control for recording so the songs recorded on your CD-R's will be at the same volume level when played back - most units have them but some particuarly earlier units do not. | |
| Help with Martin Logan Ascent cables Try the alpha - core copper tourmaline in the 9 gauge version. I have a pair of ML Odysseys and they helped to bring the mids to a more natural sense. I used audio magic and kimber before. | |
| Suggestions For A DAC Try the Kora Hermes DAC - it retails for 1500 but is solid and uses 3 tubes for output - it upsamples to 24/192 which gives your CD's a lift in sounding fuller. I have a Mcintosh 7008 hooked to it through a 6450. In time add a Perpetual technology... |