mbacinello

Responses from mbacinello

Favorite Non-Major Record Label
Winter&Winter is superb in recording quality, performances and packaging. 
Subwoofer other than Strata 3
try an ACI titan...its sealed and could be had new for your price supposed to be an excellent musical sub. 
So You Think You Know Your Mozart?
im slightly younger ears..26 yr old....10/10 first time , and it ws very easy...but enjoyable. 
Gon bonkers with def tech...help..
id say for your ht/movie mix you made a good choice, i think definitive technologies makes excellent home theater speakers, but only reasonable music speakers. If you were far more interested in music than movies id probably suggest something else... 
Totem Hawks/Forests - Upstream Components
Totem has been showing their speakers recently useing Plinius electronics, they are widely regarded as a great match. Either integrated or separates should work fine, generally separates tend to offer higher performance, though not always...most p... 
Ray Brown Soular Energy XRCD?
CD Universe has the sacd and the standard redbook listed, no XRCD, I already own the standard redbook cd, and dont have an sacd, so im looking for the xrcd as an alternative. google search brings up the redbook cd, sacd, and dvd/a, no xrcd except ... 
whats your idea of loud music.
i find the music im listening to almost always sounds best at a REALISTIC sound level, and by that I mean the sound level a real live instrument would make. A violin sounds most like a violin at a moderate volume, it sound rediculous at 110db. how... 
Most Emotional Monitors - Match w/ Cary SLI-80
reference 3a is an awesome speaker and can be driven with very low power. in many (not all) it is equally enjoyable as the totem mani-2's...i auditioned them one after the other although in diferent systems, despite costing twice as much i couldn'... 
What is a good combination for Proac Res 2.5?
sonic frontier power 3's and line 3's one of the best systems ive ever heard 
What was/is the heaviest weight amp you herd/own
just looked it up the krells i refered to in the earlier post are 600 lbs/side!! and the size of a coffee table 
What was/is the heaviest weight amp you herd/own
ive breifly heard the Krell MRA's a few years ago, as i recall they were several hundred pounds each like 300+lbs 
Pass Aleph 3 vs Classe dr3
anyone? Im more interested in opinions on the Classe, as there is plenty of info available on the Aleph. Is the Classe still competitive with modern equipment....especially at its used price (aprox. $900)if anyone has owned one, what did it sound ... 
Best speakers circa 77-79'
mission 770 - have a pair still making music up at my cottage useing a phase linear 300 amp and SAE mk2 pre amp and the very first sony discman as source 
Totem Hawks vs. Forest
ive heard both extensively...the forrest is better all around, but depending on your needs ie. if your willing to give up the lowest octaves you find the model 1 to the the best choice, mid-range and up it at least as magical if not more so than t... 
Bryston VS Musical Fidelity
Id say it depends on what you want to power with it, ive heard Totem mani-2's set up in an all bryston system (4bsst and bp25 pre) and in an all musical fidelity system (a3cr pre and power) and no contest the musical fidelity was more enjoyable, d...