mcondon
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| Good "warm" CD player for $500 If you can stretch your budget or buy one used, the Eastsound E5 is a stellar sounding source for the price ($800 new, $500 used). Do a search on this player on Head-fi.org and you will learn a lot about this player. Bottom line is that it is chea... | |
| has anyone tried PS Audio perfect wave duo I think very few people have heard them, just beta testers. Their impressions on PS Audio's forum have been generally quite positive, with three caveats. First, the Transport/DAC supposedly sounds best on high-res formats that are not widely avail... | |
| Wadia 170i transport experience? It sounds like the Wadia will work with your Nakamichi. But my impressions of the Wadia are similar to those of Jab. My DAC is a Northstar M192, which has two digital coax inputs. My intention was to use the Wadia for music and my $170 Oppo 980H u... | |
| Music Reference RM 200 vs. Mcintosh 275 amp I have demo'd the McIntosh and thought it sounded very good. Very warm, great mid-range. Obviously, it is "colored", but in a way that is very enjoyable. It is an amp that will maintain some value (esp. if bought used), so there isn't much risk in... | |
| AKG K702: Headamp Gilmore Lite or Woo Audio 6 The AKG K701/702 are known for being slightly bright with a tendency toward sibilance. Avoid the Gilmore Lite, as it also can sound lean/bright -- it was voiced to liven up HD650s. If you want solid state at a low cost, you should look into the He... | |
| advice on amp - $3,500 maximum budget Petland, thanks for the description of the Marantz. My short list has changed quite a bit since my initial post and now includes the Marantz, the Electrocompaniet, and the Butler. Moscode isn't interested in extending the warranty on the refurbish... | |
| advice on amp - $3,500 maximum budget Petland, thanks for that feedback. The Ayre sounded so good during the demo, but is too expensive and would require too many system changes (like finding a balanced preamp to replaced the single-ended Manley Shrimp and changing speaker cable termi... | |
| advice on amp - $3,500 maximum budget Wow, Grannyring, it is great to hear from someone who has heard the Sehrings. I will keep my eye out for the Electrocompaniet. Your feedback further confirms that the RM200 would not be the best choice and that another tube hybrid like a Butler or... | |
| advice on amp - $3,500 maximum budget Thanks for all these comments and suggestions. The Marantz is an interesting suggestion. Also, the Moscode had been on my radar, but I would have to buy used to afford one, as the new Moscode 402au is well above my price point. I do have some conc... | |
| advice on amp - $3,500 maximum budget Clio09, I am not sure why two threads were posted, but it was not intentional on my part. (I would not have typed out the same first entry twice, as it is fairly long.) If this thread can be deleted, that would be fine with me. | |
| advice on amp - $3,500 maximum budget The cabinet is open in the back. The doors would be open in the front while the amp is on. The shelf clearance from top to bottom is 11". Roger Modjeski at Music Reference thinks the RM200 would be OK in the cabinet because it runs relatively cool... | |
| Would Peachtree Decco be a step up from Rogue 66? Why go with the Decco one box solution -- preamp, power amp, and DAC -- when you already have a preamp and power amp? I would think the Rogue is a better preamp than the preamp in the Decco. (I don't know much about Threshold amps.) Overall, it wo... | |
| Apple TV vs Wadia 170i? Assuming you will be using an external DAC and not the analogue outs, I would go with the Wadia. I did a fair amount of research on this and found some decent threads on Head-fi.org from people who had owned both. The general drift of the comparis... | |
| Where to hook up DAC? I'm not sure I completely understand your question, but I will give it a shot. If you want to play music stored on your computer's hard drive (let's say through iTunes), the easiest solution would be to buy a DAC with a USB input. You then connect... | |
| Amp recommendation: Cary SS vs. McCormack vs. Ayre Thanks for the feedback/recommendations. I will look into the Parasound amp as well.It is strange that there are so few reviews and online comments of the "lower-end" Cary solid state amps. Maybe that is all I need to know about them (?). |