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| Good sounding carrousel cd player?? I recently purchased a used Anthem CD-1 and had it upgraded/modded by Chris Johnson at Parts Connexion with: Audiocom Superclock II, Bybee purifier, new/better caps, Telefunken CCa tube and better RCA outputs. After about a month of listening, I c... | |
| How much does your system retail for? Let's see, about $11,000 retail. Actual cost more like $7,500, which is about 68% of retail. Wow, not bad. I'm glad I took the time to do this. Makes me feel much better, although it won't help convince my significant other. | |
| newbie seeking stereo system advice Hi Sean:In your price range, either used or new on sale, a couple of good bets are the NAD C541i and the Cambridge D500 SE, both of which have been very well rated in various audio mags (for what that's worth). Also, you could try to find a dealer... | |
| Mating Tube pre's with SS amps I've just made the move to a tubed pre and SS amp. In my case, both pieces are from the same manufacturer, Blue Circle (specifically the BC21.1 preamp and BC22 MKII amp), which helped avoid impedance mismatch. More than that though, although they ... | |
| What is the best Beatle Song I've always been partial to "Yesterday", although it may be more properly identified as a McCartney piece. Also on my list of favourite Beatles' tunes is "Maxwell's Silver Hammer"... 'cause its my name dammit and its the only Beatles tune my mom w... | |
| Where do you draw the line??? Why is it beyond belief or beyond a reasonable doubt that someone might find a less expensive piece of audio gear or system more to their liking (or even better sounding to them) than a more expensive one?For example, I've listened to different sp... | |
| Shipping Speakers, watch out I guess this is my lucky day: UPS delivered a Blue Circle BC22 and MR1200. The box for the BC22 had one slight indentation and the MR1200 box was fine. So far, no problems. Modded Anthem CD-1 to arrive next week by Canada Post/Xpresspost. Keeping ... | |
| Shipping Speakers, watch out WOW, direct response from the manufacturer. That should help restore some faith in humanity, or at least in the audio world (if not shipping companies).Over the past month, I have been having some fun upgrading my system and doing business with so... | |
| Seeking full range single driver speaker recs I've been thinking about the Zu Cable Rune speaker. It is essentially a single driver speaker, but has a tweeter for 12-15kHz and up. Very efficient load and reportedly goes down to 40Hz, ans potentially a little lower with proper placement. | |
| Y-Connector with XLR ends for Bi-Amping? You might also want to check out Zu Cable, they also have Y-cables for vertical and mono bi-amping available with RCA's or XLR's. The web page for the RCA's is http://www.zucable.com/YZ-rca/index.htmlHappy hunting. | |
| Open-Minded or Gullible? Viggen, analogue:anal/digital:finger has me ROTFLOLWTIME. | |
| CEC Transport Parts Connexion (http://www.partsconnexion.com) in Toronto, Canada, which is owned and operated by the founder of Sonic Frontiers, will perform repairs and mods on Sonic Frontiers, Anthem and Assemblage gear (all from the same corporate family). | |
| Matching preamp to amp Gunbei,Thanks very much for the advice/info re: Luminous Audio AXIOM. I will check it out and maybe give Tim a call.I did indeed decide to go for the Shallco on the BC21.1. Everything I've read/been told recommends it. Gilbert and BC have been exc... | |
| Matching preamp to amp Hi Gunbei,Thanks for your response. I got the BC22 spec from Gilbert and the BC21.1 spec from the review on Soundstage. I had been thinking about a different pre that requires an amp with 50kOhms to operate ideally. I've decided to go with the BC2... | |
| Matching preamp to amp This is exactly what I have been trying to figure out, impedance matching. I am probably going to go with a pre and an amp from the same manufacturer, Blue Circle. The BC22 amp has an input sensitivity of 22kOhms, whereas the BC21.1 preamp is said... |