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| Budget amps that can hold their own. NAD C320BEE. Simply excellent - especially the power amp section. | |
| Birdland Odeon Ag DAC - how good is it?? Interesting. Then why is Perotta listed on Birdland's site as an authorized dealer? How much is the Platinum dac? What D/A conversion technology is it using, the same as the Odeon Ag or is it something else? | |
| Musical Fidelity Tri-vista 21 DAC The Trivista 21 is a very good Dac. It has excellent soundstaging, a very even balanced spectrum and reasonably dynamic. Definition is also a strong point. The musical flow is good and the dac is easy to listen to for hours on end. Although I hold... | |
| Modified Jolida JD100A or Cary Cd308T The Jolida is superb assuming HDCD is not your priority. It provides that "reach out and touch me" presentation of the best playback systems. The comprimises are a slightly soft bass (but eminently musical) and perhaps not the most extended in the... | |
| New Management at Atma-Sphere Music Systems I certaily wish Ralph the best and hope his new designs don't fence in the customers too much. We don't need another super expensive amplifier. Inginuity doesn't have to be expensive. And lets hope Atmasphere remains relatively stable. They are re... | |
| Prolonged use of PAUSE on a CD player I leave my Pioneer 414 DVD player (transport duties) on pause all the time. Sometimes for days at a time. Even weeks when I am on vacation. I rarely use "Stop". And, I have never had a problem with it. Granted, a relatively cheap machine will not ... | |
| I want surge protection, but I have no grounds MOV based surge arrestors don't merely divert current to the ground and neutral conductors (circuits). They dissipate the energy of the surge pulse in the MOV assemblies. Now the ground or neutral conductors do carry current during these surges bu... | |
| what to match to music fidelity dac 21 Pioneer 563 which is still on some dealer shelves such as Best Buy. Ridiculously cheap and ridiculously excellent. | |
| Evo Gen II users--any AC line conditioner advice? The MGE Topaz Ultra-Isolator is one of the best power conditioners for highly efficient switching amplifiers and, if applied correctly, they are among the best conditioners for any amplifier, even the highly inefficient linear designs. I have used... | |
| Atma-Sphere with Gilmore on HE 2004 I will agree with "Rushton" that the problem is not with the Atmasphere. These amps remain my favorite after listening to many others. They also work on many speakers - not just electrostatics (though they sound absolutely superb on these). On my ... | |
| Have you heard the new Zanden digital gear? What is the technology inside the Zanden and, what is it's price? | |
| Tube stage for CD player? Go with a Jolida JD-100. The tube is just after the dac and it does not contaminate the signal with op-amps and other active devices. Sound is sweet, dynamic and very palpable. | |
| My, My...what a nice sound this amp has ... Probably redundant by this time but, I will say it anyway, nice colorful and enjoyable post. | |
| Do the Jeff Rowland 201 amplifiers have warmth? Here is a thread with some comments on the sound character of the new amps. http://www.audiocircle.com/circles/viewtopic.php?t=8700&highlight=rowland+201 | |
| what best subwoofer for Magnepan 3.6R I have a pair of Vandersteen 2wq's with my 3.6's and they work extremely well. Very seamless. REL is also highly regarded and reported to work very well with Magnepans. You can't go wrong with either of these two. There are undoubtably a number of... |