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| USB Input on McIntosh C2700 Check online auction sites for either the Wadia 170i / 171i or the Pure I-20. While no longer available new, these docking stations had a chip that provided the necessary electronic handshake to allow extraction of the digital stream from several ... | |
| Bluesound Node 2021 - adding Sub Commenting on audiotroy’s post: I agree but with the provision that the mains have enough bass output to interact with the sub and help smooth the overall response of the room. However, my experience is that small speakers can often benefit from s... | |
| martin logan I’ve owned the 11A’s for a bit over two years and am very pleased with them. I drive them with a Mcintosh MC452. At least one other A’gon member had this same combination and found it not to his taste. However, I spent months shopping for a new am... | |
| Critical subwoofer tip That is achieved by time and phase alignment of the sub, LF, mid and HF drivers. Full Stop.@ieales Yours is not the first mention in the discussion referring to the importance of time alignment. I don’t think I understand this in the context of lo... | |
| Critical subwoofer tip I think it is safe to say that I am one of the confused ones. If we ignore changes in amplitude over time (impulses) and just stick with a sustained tone at a given frequency, how are two wave fronts 180 degrees out of phase not the same as two wi... | |
| Selecting Preamp for MC452 amp seeking most enjoyable experience possible in price range No doubt that Audio Research makes some impressive preamps and there are references on various web forums of people using AR preamps with Mac amps with good results. However, this does not match my experience.To the OP, when you do your research, ... | |
| Upgrade preamp? Anyone have any experience pairing McIntosh preamps with Bryston amps? Deciding between a C47 or sticking with Bryston and going with their BP26 preamp with external power supply. I bought a used C47 some time back and, when it first arrived, I t... | |
| Should a reference speaker be neutral, or just great sounding? When a speaker manufacturer refers to their product as a "reference", I would expect it to mean that all the boxes are checked; the specs are great, the parts and materials are very high grade and the SQ at a level that would satisfy most critical... | |
| Thoughts on a C 47 Mac I’ll take the middle road. If you don’t have a fetish for blue meters, the C47 offers a lot of what the more expensive Mcintosh preamps have, albeit with fewer inputs and less bling. As @gphill mentions, you also get an onboard DAC (so-so, IMHO) a... | |
| What is turn on/off sequence of amp and pre-amp? @g_nakamoto The original post is pretty old but since your question is more recent, I’ll put in my 2 cents . I am presuming you are referring to the use of a 12V trigger between your MX132 and your MC602 you mentioned in a previous post. I have al... | |
| Big source improvement using CD player @puffbojie I still use a DV-50S for playing CD’s, SACD’s and Audio DVD’s on my main system and think it sounds great even after all these years. However, I haven’t used it as a video source since blu-rays came along. That said, I just tried an old... | |
| Trading Magnepan 1.7 to Martin Logan Impression 11A worth it? The Absolute Sound reviewer, Paul Seydor, found the 11A’s to be more forward and less forgiving of poor recordings than the Montis, which he seemed to indicate might be very slightly recessed in the midrange. In his opinion, the tonal balance of t... | |
| ROGUE SP-5 OR MODWRIGHT LS-100 I was about to respond to the OP but stereo5 took the wind out of my sails. I would not have guessed that the RP-5 would have been a good match for either of the amps mentioned. Insufficient voltage at its rated distortion to drive the MF 2550 and... | |
| What would be a good amp to drive a pair of Martin Logan Impression ESL 11A? Since I own a set of the 11A's, I am motivated to break my oath of silence (at least as far as forums) and add my own "sage wisdom" to the mix here and strongly encourage you to audition any amp candidates with your own components if at all possib... |