milpai

Responses from milpai

Is my setup mid-fi or hi-fi?
At then end of the day when you come home and play your music - it should relax you, make you want to play more, set you in that toe-tapping mood. If it cannot do that, then whatever the cost/brand - it is a shame-fi!! 
Advice on a speaker purchase
Heeee.....I answered this question of your's on ausioasylum forum :-)). But will still say - audition the Quads. I auditioned them accidentally and ended up owning them. 
decent integrated to replace NAD 3400
A NAD is the only integrated that can replace NAD.Just kidding. But you have a lot of options in that price range. The only thing is you need to personally audition them. Start with Arcams, NADs, Rotels, Roksan Kandy, Music Hall, Creek. On Audiogo... 
Power Cable - what´s your best?
You need Signal Cable Power Cords. 
Good Interconnects for NAD?
Signal Cable Silver Resolution. 
best sacd out there 1,000.00 or so
Marantz SA8260. Get an in-home demo and be ready to be amazed. If you listen to Jazz/Classical, then SACD will make it. Else you will not make it with SACD. 
Small-ish speakers for a very large room?
You need to audition the Quad 12Ls or 21Ls. 
Best cd player for under $800.00
If you can find a Marantz SA8260, nothing else comes close to it in the price range. It is so good in CD-playback that you can compare it to CD only players costing upto $2500. But the best way to find it out is to get a demo in your listening env... 
Where to buy SACD's ?
elusivedisc.comcduniverse.commusicdirect.comacousticsounds.comwww.towerrecords.comAlso at Frys stores. 
Marantz SA 8260 Disc Error
Sns, no problem. But good to know that your player is fine now. Enjoy your music :-) 
Is SACD dead?
Gmardinly - good morning/afternoon/evening....whatever when u woke up. How was the hibernation?Kurt_tank - I like your post.Aida_w - subscribe to newsletters from Elusivedisc.com, Acousticsounds.com, musicdirect.com, etc. 
Marantz SA 8260 Disc Error
Kjweisner,Here is a link to a thread with similar issues:http://www.audioasylum.com/forums/hirez/messages/220294.htmlI have faced this issue with 1 SACD till date - Patricia Barber's Modern Cool (MoFi). The other SACDs that I have play fine on any... 
Cables with Forest Totems
Signal Cable Silver Resolutions. 
SACD - Dying already?
Did you gys read on the H-ROM on this very forum. I had not even heard about it - but for this forum. Looks like it will store 300GB with existing Red Laser. Transfer rate is 20MB/sec.Adds to more confusion from a consumer point-of-view. 
Whither Blu-Ray and HD-DVD?
Nice....more confusion for the consumers, unless this is mainly used for data storage. I wonder how come the tech media is not sploshing the headlines with this news. It has awesome storage - compared to todays HDDs on home PCs and Laptops.I hope ...