loomisjohnson
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| need DAC and Transport or good CD player cambridge 840 also very very good + has digital input to use as a dac with another devise | |
| Ascend Sierra 1 Reference vs. Era D5 looks like loomis disliking the eras unleashed a little squall ...actually, while i do enjoy flapping my jaw now and again, i've got no personal stake in dissing your tastes, or hyping my own--hell, i'm not crazy about some of the gear i've bought... | |
| Leon Russell i've always admired his talent, but never was a huge fan--for some reason he reminded me of schroeder, from charliebrown. however, "song for you", hummingbird" and "superstar" are three of the prettiest songs in the english language, so you gotta ... | |
| Ascend Sierra 1 Reference vs. Era D5 ya know, rebbi, like cars, vacuum cleaners or anything else, it's difficult to find a speaker from a reputable manufacturer that doesn't have scads of good reviews somewhere, if for no other reason than people naturally tend to validate their purc... | |
| Ascend Sierra 1 Reference vs. Era D5 i haven't heard the sierras, altho i have heard the 340s, which are, i guess one step down their food chain, and my recollection is that they were ok-but-unmemorable. i did audition the eras against psb imagine/synchrony, kef xq and paradigm signa... | |
| Inexpensive integrated to drive Klipsch since you asked, i'm a huge arcam fan--i currently have an alpha 9 and also have some experience with the diva a65/a85. tons of oomph (60w drives big, relatively inefficient revels effortlessly), and very refined and detailed on the top end--sonic... | |
| New spreakers sound great But i went through a similar not-enough-bass crisis when i switched from a parasound amp to the rotel rb980 to power my naim arrivas (which actaully extend quite low). the after much experimentation and a lengthy forum thread, i ended up adding a sub,... | |
| I need your advice on system for a non-audiophile sit: since yo uasked, i went down to the basement to check. my particular piece of sonic nirvana is the philips pwb-c798/17 and it's quite the jewel of the disco. in fact, i regard this multi-function, brightly-lit unit as the finest exemplar of a... | |
| I need your advice on system for a non-audiophile no disrespect to any boseophiles out there, but $499 for that wave system doesn't strike me as good value, esp. when you can get a comparable product from, say, crosley or sharper image for a hundred bucks or so. now, i fully concur that, purely f... | |
| What to choose????? all of the above get great reviews, i'd pick the esoteric, which is built like a friggin' tank and handles video as a bonus--even if you're currently planning to use it just for music, you'll have a piece that will play every format and will last ... | |
| Denon or Marantz? Home theater beginner. to my ears, whatever differences exist between the japanese-branded mass market avrs aren't really cost-effective--all of $1000 or so msrp yamaha, denon, marantz, onkyo, sony etc. units do the same thing about as well--heck, marantz and denon are ... | |
| I need your advice on system for a non-audiophile i vote with sfar and recommend avoiding the nad combo units, which from my experience are quirky and unreliable. the cambridge sonata receiver and dvdp are nice, small form factor units (easily available around $600); add some of the above-recommn... | |
| Von schweikert VR-1 VS Ascend Sierra i can't comment on the ascend sierra, altho i have heard their 340 monitors and wasn't blown away--build quality and sound were just okay. the vr-1 on the other hand, is fantastic--beautiful wood, dynamic, engaging, with a ton of low end slam. lik... | |
| The best acoustic guitar recordings?? this month's issue of acoustic guitar magazine (which, coincidentally, i just read at borders) lists 240 essential acoustic albums from the past couple of decades. their choices seem very diverse and sound. check it out. | |
| New CD player required since you have a goo dac already, i'd look for a decent transport and save some dough. you haven't specified a budget, but at sub-$500us i'm partial to cambridge audio 540/640; used arcam or rega jupiter/appollo are also just fine |