newbee
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| Marantz FWIW, whether you like a high end Marantz CD player or not may more depend on the rest of your system than anything else. I have a Wadia 302 and a Raysonic 128 CDP. I tuned my system (using tubes in my integrated amps) to a give me a sound with a ... | |
| Can changing speaker cables often require adjusting speaker placement? I sort of agree with Mofimadness--I really have no idea of space limitations in your room so forgive my ignoring problems that may prevent you doing anything, but here is what I would do to optomize the sound, and perhaps correct the 'forwardness'... | |
| Connections Putting the accessories between the amp and pre- amp changes the signal emanating from the pre-amp. This is a strong signal but it might affect the impedance values seen by the amp and damp it somewhat. I don't know in this case but I think since ... | |
| I have seen some Interesting comments about Mcintosh lately dchang, Its not that Rolex makes bad watches, just that they are nothing special unless you just happen to really like their casework. You buy their case and their reputation much like a lot of audio equipment you see advertised in the audio magaz... | |
| Jazz for aficionados In the event that someone doesn't remember (or never read) the Brer Rabbit story, substitute therefore the warning about the results of wrestling with pigs. :-) | |
| Connections You can connect the Equalizer inputs to the Pre-amp outputs. You the connect the Equalizer out puts to the Amp inputs.The Dynamic Processor is something I would put in the Tape loop. You would connect its inputs to the Tape out and its outputs to ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados For some reason, when checking in on this thread, I'm always (or most always anyway) reminded about the Brer Rabbit and the Tar Baby story. :-) | |
| Pass INT-30A with Acoustic Zen Adagio Forgive another brain fart on the Pass 30A which I find IS based on the 30.5 amp. But you knew that. :-) | |
| Pass INT-30A with Acoustic Zen Adagio Depends on which model you select I suppose, they are all voiced differently. But except for the late model Sonata which was a 'bit hot' they are fairly balanced with a warm(er) upper-bass midrange. On older model Preludes (or other models) you m... | |
| Pass INT-30A with Acoustic Zen Adagio That is a very nice integrated amp. I've thought of getting one for myself. I think your instincts are correct, i.e. you might benefit from getting different speakers. I think one of the underrated speakers presently out is Silverline Prelude Plus... | |
| Best mellow sounding 12ax7 for Thor TA-1000 preamp New Production Mullards can do what you want quite nicely. On a budget that is what I would (and do) do. | |
| Is the word 'Integrated' that hard to spell? Integrated is not a hard word to spell. I agree. Neither is boor nor pedant. | |
| When is your Hifi good enough? When you can't think of anything that will improve on what you already have. I don't own the 'best' of anything, but I have invested a lot of time in synergy and set up of what I have. I often sit and think how nice some other stuff might be, but ... | |
| Is high end audio to snooty for its own good? IMHO most of the snooty attitudes that we experience come from salesmen who are pushing their own product and denigrating the product of others hoping to make folks insecure about their own stuff and buy something new from them. Most of these sal... | |
| Silverline Speaker Opinion Gary, you didn't ask, but FWIW, IMHO, depth of field is more of a product of the distance from the rear wall (and side walls) than the design of the speaker, i.e. even the best design will lose depth of image in direct proportion to the distance t... |