loomisjohnson
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| Emotiva amplifiers review/experience? agree with colorfulpellets et. al.--emotiva has tended to be dismissed by the (apparently) uninitiated as "home theater" gear, whatever that means. i have noticed of late that emotiva seems to coming into vogue on these pages--lots of favorable co... | |
| The Emperor DAC has no Clothes audioengr, very interesting post with many valid points about the economics of small high-end manufacturers--you're clearly well informed. to be clear, the "only 5% is in the actual electronics" quote is a statement from the mf guy, not my persona... | |
| The Emperor DAC has no Clothes The founder of Musical Fidelity, which hawks the $300 giant-killer V-DAC, posited that "most high-end components offer incredibly bad value. . . about four to five percent of the cost of good value high-end electronics is in the actual electronics... | |
| Is the Squeezebox Touch complicated? i'm not one of the erudite or precise contributors, but i've been using my sbt for about two months now and, despite being something of a computer audio novice find it quite user friendly. setup is easy and interface is extremely logical and intui... | |
| Dynaudio vs Focal per mapman and elvukai, i've gotta believe the focals can be top performers when paired with the right room and equipment. what was odd about my hearing of the maestros was that they were being driven by a monstrous megabuck (500w?) rowland amp in... | |
| Best used transport for CD, SACD, DVDA agree with jazzerdave--the denon universal players sound really good and are available for a song. i also use an integra dps 6.5 ($100 or so on ebay) and have no complaints whatsoever. as you suggest, given the inevitability of computer audio (and... | |
| Dynaudio vs Focal i recently heard both the ($50k) focal utopia maestro and the ($45k) dynaudio temptation at my local highend dealer outside chicago. surprisingly, i was unmoved by the focal--it sounded huge, and had that magnificent tweeter, but had a really bloa... | |
| Speakers for a Rega system the regas are really good speakers and, as noted, work well with your system--the only thing they lack is a lot of dynamic slam, which is not a criticism. you might try investing $500 or less on a sub (something like a hsu or a smaller martin loga... | |
| What is "low ball" no, you're not overreacting. | |
| Integrated Amp That Does it All?... harman kardon hk990 | |
| Benefits of Buying Used Equipment of Age i wholly agree with tonkay insofar as mcintosh value--mcintosh pieces are expensive but hold their value as well as anything on the market and aren't subject to the steep depreciation that affects almost everything else out there. (c.f. my 6-7 yea... | |
| HELP UPGRADING.... FINDING THE RIGHT SOUND if you're not already doing so, you'll want to connect your computer/iphone by usb to your outlaw--my recollection is that the inboard usb dac on the outlaw is pretty good and i'd go with that before trying an external dac. i'd second jazzerdave/k... | |
| ADS L1090 or HPM 100's ricplaya, when you speak of complimenting the ads 570, are you talking about running another pair of speakers in order to augment the bass? if so, i'd simply get a sub, which will hightlight rather than murk up the high frequencies. if for some re... | |
| Analog turner with strong reception best i've ever owned was the technics (panasonics) st-9030--you can find 'em for less than $300 on ebay. really exceptional piece. | |
| Choices for speaker 2' from back wall speakers of the class you're considering will not be well served by your old yamaha avr--they'll either be underpowered (revel) and/or show off the avr's limitations. you'd best best served by splitting your budget between speakers and a better, m... |