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| SAE A502 on the fritz - again. What next? A simple answer: Out with the old and in with the new. Difficult to beat the NAD 320BEE for a low priced decent integrated. | |
| CDP-Tube Suggestions Interesting thread. I think the Sovtek 12AX7WA exhibits a slightly warmer and more robust sound than the stock, EH and Telso JJ tubes in the JD-100. At the same time it tames the highs well without sounding appreciably more rolled off than any of ... | |
| Redbook Quality on Hybrid SACD's I think there is some variation here. Yes, there was a recent thread on AA Hi-Res about this. In any event, although I am still out to lunch on this topic even after reading all the posting, I can confirm that some CD layers on SACD hybrids sound ... | |
| Upgrade my Jolida on the cheap Hey Jayctoy, for redbook playback do you prefer the Jolida over your Sony or, any other SACD player that you have heard? I really like my JD-100 but, the upgrade fever is high and I would like to have a player that exels in both formats. | |
| Universal Players. Marantz 8400 vs.Denon 5900 Just for info, and with a grain of salt, there is a review of the new Sony SACD-XA3000ES in one of the current English magazines. I don't remember whether it is Hi-Fi Choice, News, or what. I was in a hurry when I read it. The author compares the ... | |
| Best Digital Amps I hear tell StereoTimes is coming out with a review of the Acoustic Reality EAR II amp. Suppose to be real good. The Bel Canto, Tact, newest Spectron and Rowland are all very good amplifiers. The appear to be well engineered and don't require repl... | |
| BEL 1001 MkIV Power Amp/Soundlab Speaker Synergy? High current is not the only important spec in an amplifier. A good example is the Innersound amplifier. It addresses both high current requirements and high rail voltage requirements (required to maintain high power into rising impedances). Forge... | |
| BEL 1001 MkIV Power Amp/Soundlab Speaker Synergy? Isn't the BEL a 50W amplifier? I am going by memory here but, I believe the Sound Lab impedance curve ramps up quite a bit with frequency (or maybe it is with lowering frequency). In either case, a 50W amp may run out of voltage (therefore power) ... | |
| REL stadium II vs. stadium III I listened to a friends system extensively and it was the N805s and Standium 2. We never could get it to blend satisfactorily regardless of adjustment or location. It could have been a room problem but, we got frustrated and eventually gave up. Th... | |
| Meitner Dac 6 vs. Theta CCll Extreme Dacs I have not heard either but, my local dealer told me that he has not found a dac that outperforms the Theta. He told me that he was smitten by its sound and just did not expect it to be as good as it is. | |
| Which universal player: DV-50 or Trivista? If you listen to CD a lot, Musical Fidelity just introduced their Trivista 21 Dac, which is a separate redbook DAC, with the Trivista player circuits and some improvements. Hi-Fi+ reviews it in the current issue and, likes it a whole, whole lot. R... | |
| Best OTL speakers Sound Lab electrostatics. These present the higher impedance load that OTL's crave without the dips characteristic of dynamic speakers with fancy crossover mechanisms. For 4 ohm or other dynamic speakers with impedance fluctuations below 6'ish ohm... | |
| VTL ST-150 vs ARC VT100 MK2 The attached link is is worth reading. It was posted today on Audio Asylum.http://www.audioasylum.com/forums/amp/messages/29827.html | |
| Best sub match for Magnepan 3.5's I am running a pair of Vandersteen 2wq's with my 3.6's. The sound is satisfactory. I think the bottom lacks a touch of definition that one can hear on large full range speakers such as the Soundlab electrostatics but, this could be true with other... | |
| No Bi-Amp but tubes for Maggies -- can it be done? I own the Magnepan 3.6 and have run them with the Atmasphere MA-1 mk2 with and without a Zero autotransformer; the Atmasphere MA-2 mk2 with and without the Zero autotransformer, and the Wolcott Presence 220 with and without the wideband transforme... |