loomisjohnson
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| No God No! Say it Ain’t So! certainly bose will eliminate redundant admin and shipping positions at mcintosh, but i seriously doubt they would interfere with the design/engineering side. by all accounts, d&m left mcintosh alone when they acquired it in 2003 and kept thei... | |
| Tune of the Day "love is alive", gary wright--unexpectedly soulful, tough number. i keep imagining otis redding or levi stubbs singing it, but it's pretty great as is. | |
| CD Player: Vintage or modern ones? @minorl @decathlon1991 i'm also a big fan of the old pioneer elite cdps, which are ridiculously overbuilt, tho i caution that the dv09 and some others don't play cdrs. i still use a dv-79av, which has been bulletproof, plays sacd and sounds great.... | |
| Definitive Technology BP 30 i've heard the powered version of the definitive speakers and they're fine, but relatively low on the audio foodchain--you see 'em used for a few hundred bucks. your yamaha otoh is a very well-regarded, $4k amp which i'd expect would really shine ... | |
| Bridged NADs vs. Rotel Ra - 1062 not sure why you're looking to bridge amps, but of the options you've listed above i'd go with the nad 270/370, which are gain-matched. personally, i'd just go with the 370 itself, which is extremely powerful (i think 120w/c?) and quite good sound... | |
| Revel F50 worth the money? Buy them. | |
| Greg Kihn His records were a bit new wavy for me, tho "rockihnroll" holds up remarkably well. he was a great live act, largely because he always had a burner on guitar (including, for a spell, joe satriani). springsteen was a big fan. very nice guy by a... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? the pastels, train truck tractor--don't know how this one got past me. it's a great freakin song. eliza gilykson, is it like today--i'm not a huge fan of hers, but she crushes this world party oldie tommy keene, love is a dangerous thing--for my... | |
| Cd Source for my system without getting into the seperate- preamp-is-better discussion, i note that the marantz 50N and 30N have an onboard digital preamp and streaming capability and are well within your budget | |
| Marantz DV8300 as Transport and Denafrips Pontus 2 DAC a bnc to rca cable (or a bnc to rca adapter + a coax cable) will work from your dac to the marantz (you could also use the optical connection). however because of copyright restrictions sacd won't ouptut through coax or digital, so i believe you'd... | |
| Pioneer Elite vsx-14 enough for hdi-3800? Alternatives? @szejna, i'm no tech wizard but i do know that frequency response measurement is an imperfect science and that other factors like dispersion, and dynamic range could make two similarly-spec'd speakers sound very different. i was curious enough to ... | |
| Acurus A150 i've owned both the acurus and the adcom (i'm also currently using an acurus a100 in my office)--the acurus is a real under-the-radar gem with less coloration than its peers and a nice, smooth tonality. i also preferred it to the adcom, which migh... | |
| Pioneer Elite vsx-14 enough for hdi-3800? Alternatives? Your jbls are very sensitive at 92db and shouldn't need a lot of power. Otoh they're rated to go down only to 37hz, which isn't super-low, so it may be they're just not as bass as their predecessor. Synergy is critical, however, so you could very ... | |
| Pioneer Elite vsx-14 enough for hdi-3800? Alternatives? fwiw, for my bedroom system i recently replaced my 20-year old pioneer elite vsx80 with an anthem 740. the anthem is serviceable, and has the modern features like room correction, arc, etc., but to my ears doesn't sound as good--flatter and less m... | |
| Integrated Suggestions for a Garage System The wiim amp is a vg option |