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| Integrated Amps vs. Separates. At @$1500-2000 retail and less the best integrateds are very competitive and sometimes surpass seperates, but over this amount the cost of extra box is not overwhelming and the physical/engineering advantages of seperation will win out as superior... | |
| Best Musical Fidelity A3cr amp/preamp under $1500 each new, Wes Phillips did complete review recently in OnHiFi/Soundstage, Sam Tellig will review in October Stereophile.....he will be blown away, mark my words. Analysis Plus Oval 9 speaker cable is as... | |
| advice for integrated amp Musical Fidelity A3, A300 are extremely hard to beat for the money, they will embarass many seperate amp/preamp setups, beautiful rich sound, powerful, remote control, look great | |
| Bargain power conditioners Mike, stay with HTS2000, stage three filter in the 2500&3500 models sounds worse than HTS2000 IMO......I have tried both and use only HTS2000, Sam | |
| Bright Star Audio Isolation Devices Emil, most reveiwers like them very much, but I would not use this system on purely aesthetic reasons, looks like you encase your beautiful component in a crypt, visually unacceptable to me. I prefer simple, elegant solutions that are invisible or... | |
| Too much bass even in large room...? This room size requires speakers to be on long wall, 24ft, pulled out 4-5ft from wall. Should then have nice 7-8ft nearfield seating position (equilateral triangle). If you put them on 14ft wall, which I bet he has, speakers are too close to corne... | |
| Help with AudioQuest Cables Trey you were very close, but you missed Argent speaker cable which was above Forest and below Clear, and Jade ICs which were below Turquois.....good memory though, Sam | |
| DIY Equipment and Speaker Stands DIY not necessary, Audio Advisor has very good and stylish Atacama metal speaker stands for $99 a pair......these will also function must better than any you make yourself....also has 4 shelf "Studio Tech" metal equip rack (similar to Target rack)... | |
| Bargain power conditioners RGD fear not you will like the results, Robt Harly from TAS is not over hyping this product. BTW I have been getting great prices on Canadian stuff here, he he he, got price from authorized dealer here in USA for PSB Gold-i at $1699, retails usual... | |
| Bargain power conditioners David is correct do not use computer power protector, do get Monster HTS 2000, Robt Hartly from TAS was very impressed. Go to www.globe-mart.com and get new one for $125. | |
| Mozart's Requiem- Best recording on CD All the above mentioned, and most recordings use the Sussmayr edition..........Hogwood uses Maunder edition, and Norrington uses Druce edition......for those who like Mozart cantatas you must own Exultate Jubilate and other assorted works on Oisea... | |
| Mozart's Requiem- Best recording on CD At full price on Harmonia Mundi label we have Herreweghe using "period instruments", 2nd choice here probably is Gardiner on Phillips. At budget level Hickox on Virgin Ultraviolet label is probably best value, performance also near best available.... | |
| Musical Fidelity A3CD Review In new September Stereophile Sam Tellig mentions he will review MF A3CD in Oct issue, he has already tipped his hand though and said in his current review of Rotel 991 CD that he prefers A3CD, also will review MF A3CR preamp and amp.... this shoul... | |
| Auric Illuminator Kit Try it, so cheap you really should, use duplicate CDs to compare effect as I have. Shows most improvement on average or worse recordings, smooths out digital glare/grain in treble with no detail loss.....I have treated 1/2 of my rock/alt CDs to go... | |
| Price/performance curve Tony, what were rooms like where you heard great sound? Floor size, ceiling height, etc. I would guess that a well asssembled $10-20,000 system will give you 90% sound of cost at no object system. Just look at the wide range of equipment prices in... |