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| ICE Amps for classical music? Is it possible the BC was revealing something in the source if the high end sounded "grainy"? Just speculating. I do not hear anything resembling grainy in my setup. More info on what was listened to and SOn source model, ICs, etc. would add some ... | |
| Music out there with good bass To test for ability to deliver various details in the bass in a musical way and with authority: the opening track "Waltz for Ruth" off the album "Beyond the Missouri Skies" by Charlie Haden (bass) and Pat Methany is a good test.For just plain powe... | |
| MBL speakers Not that an integrated can't or won't work and even sound quite good. I just think you will get more for the $$$s spent with well matched separates and can also push the limits further that way. | |
| ICE Amps for classical music? Not all BEl Cantos may work equally well with the tube pre-amp. A bad match here might account for what was heard.Also, I believe power supply implementations are different in different BC models and could make a difference.I can say for certain t... | |
| MBL speakers My gut feel is I'd think twice before running a hard to drive design like mbl off any integrated amp if your goal is optimal performance and sound. I think you will pay a hefty premium to find one that can work really well versus separates. That's... | |
| Any better DAC then dCS Scarlatti? Well for that price I suppose it should be! | |
| With $20,000 in your hand, what speaker would you Having heard mbls and liking them and also having owned OHMs for years now, if I had the means and the proper room to house them, I'm not sure I would jump from OHM to mbl either. I'd probably use the money elsewhere (like to build a bigger better... | |
| ICE Amps for classical music? I'm very happy with the mhdt DACs as well. These also do no upsampling.I do not regard up-sampling as categorically bad however. It can be hit or miss depending on how done like most things. | |
| ICE Amps for classical music? "Mapman,What are you using for speakers and pre into the Bel canto's."Pre-amp is Audio Research sp16.Speakers are OHM Walsh 5 Series 3, OHM 100 Series 3, OHM L and Dynaudio Contour 1.3 mkii.All are shown in my system listing.Each speaker pair is i... | |
| ICE Amps for classical music? "a great class D amp requires great everything else"I have no data points to weigh in on this in that the class D amp was the last upgrade I did once I felt everything else was in order.My gut feel is that the Bel Canto Ref1000mkii will not be the... | |
| ICE Amps for classical music? Interesting I know of one case of a discerning A'goner who is also a recording industry professional I believe that used Bel Canto ref1000's to drive at first Apogee and later Avangarde Trios in their system, with a high degree of satisfaction. Th... | |
| ICE Amps for classical music? Are there any amps that publish specs regarding 1 ohm loads?Not sure how common that is these days. The market must be quite limited. | |
| Another "help me pick speakers" thread "I was wondering if you meant, because the speakers wouldn't be broken-in (although, both of my sets are used). Or, if you were referring to how your brain expects to hear songs a certain way, and hearing something "different" might be mistaken fo... | |
| External hard drives and sound quality "If you are going to use a PC for a "high quality" digital front end, you really should not be doing D/A in it. Send the PCM stream to an external Firewire or Asynchronous USB based DAC. That way nothing needs a clock till it gets from the memory ... | |
| ICE Amps for classical music? They work in all departments for classical music.I've found a tube pre-amp to be a very good fit however I looked specifically for an ICEPower based amp that implemented higher input impedance than stock ICEPower modules which are 10K ohms I belie... |