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| Mcintosh 501 monoblocks vs. 402 I had the 501's with my 3.6r's and they were not a good match at all. They had plenty of power, but the sound was slow and muddy.They are great amps, and found a great home and synergy with a friend's massive B & W's, but I found many amps the... | |
| Ia a good amp more important than a good DAC? 1) Speakers2) Amps3) Preamp4) Subwoofer5) Turntable6) Phono Stage7) Cartridge8) Isolation9) DAC10) Power Conditioning11) Disc/Music server12) Nice (not crazy) speaker cables and interconnect13) power cord (just something better than what came with... | |
| Integrated Amplifier for Paradigm Signature S4 I like the Cary SLI80 the best, but you can get a Bryston with an internal DAC and MM Phono stage, and that's hard to beat for convenience, and they sound wonderful. I also love the MAC integrateds that have a phono section.But the Brytson, that m... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Last week I was at the local record store and browsing though the "newly arrived" used records and something made me check out a particularly bad looking Dark Side Of the Moon.I think it was the fact that they were asking $30 bucks for an album th... | |
| Integrated Amplifier for Paradigm Signature S4 Pass 400xi, Cary SLI80, Bryston, McIntosh | |
| Magnepan, How Low Can You Go...power-wise Thomastrouble, I can tell you from much experience, that yes you can run Maggies 3.6r's with lower power amps, but you will not hear what they can do with those amps. They will be veiled and limited with almost no bass or impact.If you are really ... | |
| Which DAC? Try one of the MHDT Labs ones. I loved the one that I had. | |
| Power Cables which take the soundstage back Sorry, I haven't joined in this for a while, I was "trolling" other places. Well, really Shellie made me cry and stay in bed the last week :( | |
| Magnepan, How Low Can You Go...power-wise When Magnepan shows their speakers now they use Bryston Amps, usually the 28Bsst. Before that, they used the 7Bsst, I think that let's you know what kind of power they need. | |
| Magnepan, How Low Can You Go...power-wise More is better, my experience with Maggie 3.6R's was that they woke up at about 400 W, started to sing at about 600, and came completely alive at 1000w (into 4 ohms that is).My fav amps for them; Cary CAD 500 MB, Innersound (now Sanders Sound) all... | |
| Mini Home Theater Speakers ? Paradigm Signature 1's, they are great and very small. | |
| My Dream SubWoofer - does it exist? Couldn't you buy any downward firing sub and use a Bryston 10b sub crossover and do this? | |
| 9", 10" or 12" tonearms additional length makes the geometry better. Theoretically the arm will track better.There some stellar 9" arms though, so it's really pretty relative.I have always wanted to try a linear tracking arm to do away with the geometry/tracking error pr... | |
| I need an amp, can any recommend? I would consider a Parasound Halo A23 (A21 if you want/need more power), or with the sensitivity of those speaker maybe a tube amp such as a Prima Luna?The Wyred for Sound are supposed to be great, I have not heard them personally, but everyone I ... | |
| New LP with pops + crackle, What is expected? I just started a sting about noisey vinyl similar to this a few weeks ago. I agree 100%, I've started pretty much looking only for v good used vinyl where I can now.I believe some of the posters on here got it right, that the expertise, domestical... |