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| Top resale value speakers Magnepan leads the field in resale value. I don't know of any speaker line that even comes close. | |
| VMPS RM30's vs. Newform 645v2's or 3's If Maggies are out then consider the Newforms. They are very good speakers and, being dipole exhibit a strong reverberant field which should really shine as surround mains. | |
| any Selah RC4 owners in the crowd?? I don't own a pair of RC4's but, have been over to Rick's house to audition them about 6 months or so ago. Lets start with the midrange since it often dominates the listening experience. These speakers will deliver a midrange as good as any speake... | |
| Consonance as a brand-musical or not? The CD players that I have heard sounded very good. Smooth, grain free, and relatively wide frequency response. I could live with one without a problem - I think. The only area that they make come up short compared to some others is in the immedia... | |
| Furitech vs. Bedini Demagnitizer Well I have not heard CD's demag'd from the Furitech but, I am not sure if the Bedini really makes all that much difference. I just don't use mine anymore. Actually, if you would like one I am willing to give it to you but, shipping will be on you. | |
| Music Hall CD-25.5 vs CD-25 w/mods?? If you were to really get objective reviews of players before, and after mods, I bet the results would be a mixed bag. Perceived improvements in some areas, tradeoffs in others. Mods don't always improve the subjective long term listenability and ... | |
| Daedalus DA-1 How much do these boxes cost? Are the less expensive that the Vandy 3A's? | |
| Class D Amp For 'Stats? Here I go speculating again (it's a bad habit you know), but I blieve that if you have an Atmasphere or CAT, and any of the switching amps (as good as they are, and they are quite good) for 3 weeks of audition on your Sound Labs you will find your... | |
| Class D Amp For 'Stats? I have a Bel Canto evo-4 and, it sounds outstanding on my Magnepan 3.6's. My favorite amplifier on these speakers. However, I do not like it on Sound Lab U2's as the sound character is thin and bright'ish. Switching amplifiers have an output filte... | |
| Decision between Zu Definition OR VS DB99 I believe Zu offers a trial period of 30 or, maybe even 60 days. This, and the fact that the Definition speakers are held in such high regard right now, would sway me into giving them a try. Indeed, they sound like special speakers from what I hav... | |
| Isolation Transformer MGE certainly makes one of the best, if not the best. http://www.mgeups.com/products/pdt120/powerc/tpz100/t100.htmIf the supply in your existing amplifier is well designed then you are not likely to need an isolation transformer feeding it. Howeve... | |
| Which Mono block amps for ML Summit Speakers? I like the McIntosh MC-252 amplifier. With the included autoformer, it is less susceptible to impedance anomalies associated with longer speaker wires. It looks and sounds outstanding. http://www.mcintoshlabs.com/mcprod/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=... | |
| Redbook Comparison Esoteric and Reimyo If the new DCS machine is anything like their Elgar/Purcell, and I have read that it is, then my advice would be to search out one of these players for audition if at all possible. Yes, it mostly boils down to personal preference among these top-n... | |
| Which One box cd player Yes, a 230V machine will work perfectly with a 240V power system. Both players would appear good choices. I prefer the Meridian because it's current. | |
| Best DAC under $2K MF Trivista 21 and the BC Dac 2 are both winners. Limit your choice to one of these and you can't make a bad decision. |