mapman
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| Please teach me something The other guys nailed it.Good luck! | |
| Just moved and have a smaller audio room 10.5 x 15 From the list you provide, I'd be interested in the Gallo's most off the cuff.Monitors (with sub added later if needed) is another good way to go. I like Dynaudio or Triangle monitors and REL subs best.Smaller omnis can also work well and are ofte... | |
| internet radio I use a Roku Soundbridge (~$200) and an mhdt Paradisea tube DAC (~$450 used). The Internet radio sound quality near matches my other sources on the better stations and is wonderful. I'm listening to Audio Candy Red WHite and Blue now as I write an... | |
| How many great CDs do you have? This is actually a very good question. One of the goals for my system has been to get most CDs to sound good enough that I do not feel like I am missing anything.After some recent system upgrades (tube pre and DAC), most of the CDs I play (I own a... | |
| The best speakers to pair with McIntosh MA7000 ? That's a mighty nice looking amp!Glancing at the specs, it looks like it should be able to drive most anything, so I think you can choose your speakers to audition depending on your preference.If you are willing to consider something a little diff... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? The Ohms rule when it comes to pipe organ. | |
| 10 Levels of Turntable Mastery Seruiusly, the thing that got me into audio as a kid was watching that little needle follow the grooves on records and being amazed at the fact that sound came out. Its still amazing to me that the sound can be as good as it is given the task at h... | |
| 10 Levels of Turntable Mastery Dougdeacon,Wow, that is a mess! I think I'll switch to all digital.... | |
| Jitter reduction, best device? This may have been addressed in other threads, but how does one know for sure that jitter is the issue when not satisfied with the digital sound? | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? No. They are also out there in standard redbook format CD. | |
| Outdated CD player I you want to experiment with something newer or different, do the DAC route as others have suggested. That is where most of the difference will come from. | |
| Jitter reduction, best device? I agree you are probably better off trying a different DAC rather than trying to adjust what you have.How about a tube dac? I can vouch for the mhdt DACs based on my very positive experience with the Paradisea. These can cost under $500 used.Or th... | |
| Musical Fidelity's USB Ready V DAC No bleached tonality with my A3CR amp either. It was Stereophile Class A recommended as well, I believe, for whatever it is worth.Greeni, can you be more specific which MF products exhibit this? | |
| Mcintosh xrt20 or Gallo 3.1?? Wow, two radically different designs, apples and oranges to compare really.Never heard these particular Mcs, but the line arrays in the Mc's would lend themselves better to listening from more of a distance in a larger room I would expect.The Gall... | |
| Internet radio stations that sound really good Audiocandy Red White and Blue Radio is a home run.Material on this station regularly sounds as good as some of my best CDs with my current rig. Outstanding range, dynamics, imaging detail, soundstage....wow! |