mapman
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| Vintage amps - Carver, Krell For high watts/high current, if you could swing it, I would look at newer Class D amps for best sound and cost effectiveness. Wyred 4 Sound has some relatively low cost units that has attracted attention.The Musical Fidelity Q#CR in my system cost... | |
| Outstanding brands? "Not MBL to my ears, I don't like a guitar string plucked coming at me like a Mack truck in size."I've heard this criticism of MBL before. Having heard MBL 111s at least, I'm not sure I understand it. Is it more attributed to 101s and their partic... | |
| Help/Advice Choosing SS integrated One important thing to consider is the speakers you are driving. Some integrateds, including some Mc models out there, do not deliver high current compared to separates as is needed for balanced sound with speakers where impedance varies significa... | |
| matching speaker to room size? if you like the C2s, check out their website (www.ohmspeakers.com) for available upgrades that can bring them up to date with other newer speaker technologies.If you like the OHM sound, for that room, you might also consider either Ohm 100 series ... | |
| Advice on a nice integrated is needed Strickly my opinion nay advice FWIW:I'd toss the VAC Phi Beta into the category of high class integrateds as well. Its the best looking one at least IMHO.The JRDG seems to have a sterling reputation as well.The Emitter seems to be the most ground ... | |
| Help/Advice Choosing SS integrated I toss some of the well reviewed Musical Fidelity integrateds into the pot of makes to look at as well. | |
| New vs. old DACs - opinions? Stan,The general trend has to be upward. Its a legitimate question but I don't think the answer is very useful for determining which way to go other than if you shoot blind, the odds say you will probably find the right DAC sooner with new versus ... | |
| tube for mhdt Paradisea Ejlif,I have similar observations regarding my other tube versus stock tube as well. | |
| New vs. old DACs - opinions? Your question is too general.You need to compare specific DACs, old or new.You also need to make sure the DAC, OLD or NEW, fits into you system well, for example, ratio of pre-amp input impedance to DAC output impedance should not be too low. Anot... | |
| Hi-End for Black Metal? " I respect complexity, talent and musicianship of Yes, and I've been to their concert (with Rick Wakeman), but I could never connect emotionally to their music neither."Yeah, Yes' lyrics are not the most accessible and easy to relate to in genera... | |
| Live infectious funk jams....quality recordings Scorpio - Dennis Coffey and the Detroit Guitar Band | |
| Vintage amps - Carver, Krell For Carver, I believe the later TFM models are higher current and would work better with speaker designs that are more current hungry and have more difficult loads.I had an m4.0t Silver Seven prior to my current Musical Fidelity A3CR. That model d... | |
| What is "rich mans" DL-103? Its funny that "delicate" is a term used to describe high end carts in general. I would argue the same term applies to the sound of some high end digital as well, like DCS.Does that mean that really "rich mans" high end stuff is inherently delicat... | |
| What is "rich mans" DL-103? Is the Audio Technica AT-33PTG low compliance like the 103R and thereby requiring a heavier mass tonearm? If not it might be hard to do an apples and apples comparison between the two using the same table/tonearm.If teh AT is higher compliance, te... | |
| Digital sound is fine, but analog rolled off Why? Assuming stylus and cart and cartridge alignment is in good shape, I'd check into the impedance matching from cart to phono and phono to pre-amp as Tvad suggests as a likely culprit. |