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Responses from mapman
| Most Peaceful Music you've Heard or Own "The Left Hand of God" - Charlie Haden/Quartet West"Seventh Sojourn" - Moody Blues"Long Goodbyes" - Camel"Hopes, Wishes and Dreams" - Ray Thomas"Never Blame the Rainbow for the Rain" - Moody Blues (Hayward/Thomas) | |
| Dissapointed with my new speakers I think you will like Totems. They are a good value for good sound. I'd probably take them over either B&W or modern Klipsch floorstanders in the same general price ranges. Models I've heard like the Arros require considerable power and curren... | |
| Speakers for the ears, eyes, and for the decade Actually I heard the Avalons again recently. Nice and distinctive sounding, but also very big and expensive. | |
| How important are the Speaker Cabinets? I have a clue but not quite enough to solve the puzzle. | |
| How important are the Speaker Cabinets? Yes, big expensive speakers are very impressive! | |
| How important are the Speaker Cabinets? I'd agree that speaker cabinets are important both for the way they sound AND the way they look to most buyers, including audiophiles.Again, back to the Magico Mini example, I doubt people in NYC cramped quarters who can afford them (a key target ... | |
| How do MIT and Transparent cables differ? "Real world effect: extended highs, deep, low well defined bass, 3 dimmensional imaging and large well placed soundstage."I've found this to be the case even with some of their older, lower end products, like the Terminator Series ICs. | |
| How important are the Speaker Cabinets? "I guess I was under the impression that the drivers were the most costly and contributes mostly to how speakers sound. Given that revelation couldn't you use cheaper drivers with a great cabinet to get close to the same sound as better drivers?"M... | |
| dedicated cd player or dvd-cd CD players have DACs in them. You can upgrade the entire player or use an external DAC and just use the player as a controller and transport. Upgrading the player is easier but may cost more to get to a certain quality of sound. A good external DA... | |
| How important are the Speaker Cabinets? They are an integral part of the overall design so they are important. The overall design matters more than any particular cabinet shape or size. Generally, they should be very rigid, which infers greater weight. Larger cabinets cost more to build... | |
| Dissapointed with my new speakers "I think what I was running into was that I tend to listen at lower volumes and unlike the Klipsches we have, these really don't perform well at those volumes."I suspect those are two very different sounding speakers. My experience with B&Ws i... | |
| dedicated cd player or dvd-cd You'll find mhdt DACs listed on ebay by the maker. They are made in Taiwan I believe, and seem to have a lot of satisfied US customers.I picked up both my Paradisea (tube) and Constantine (SS equivalent) second hand here on Agon. | |
| dedicated cd player or dvd-cd I can recommend the mhdt Paradisea and vouch for many of the good things others have said about it if you do a google search on it. | |
| Low output moving coil cartridge Johnbrown,I agree 66db should work pretty well. Thanks for pointing that out! | |
| dedicated cd player or dvd-cd My Marantz DVD player does pretty well. Running it 2 -channel via external stereo tube DAC drastically changes the sound in a way that will appeal more to tube lovers. For multi-channel A/V however, the tube DAC I am using will not support other d... |