nick778
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| Pioneer to stop making plasmas Who knows if Pioneer will spec their TVs from Panasonic to be comparable with their current Kuro Elites or not. This might be the last year to get a true Kuro Elite Plasma from Pioneer. Word was they couldn't make any money on selling them even th... | |
| McIntosh C220 C2200 C2300 differences? You can see the specs for the C220 on McIntosh's site plus I haven't heard this unit.I have heard the C2200 and C2300 though and bought the C2300. The C2300 is an update to the C2200 and uses a R-core transfomer which produces less noise and hum. ... | |
| Ice Block Amps From my experience, matchining a good tube preamp with better class D amps produces the 'best' sound, imho....when you are using a class D amp. | |
| New Bel Canto amps compared to older models? I have a Spectron Amp ($7195 MSRP)....mono-blocks would be twice that but not a fair comparison against the Bel Canto 500 watt/channel mono block that are $3000 each. I think using one Spectron amp that puts out 600 watts/channel at $7195 retail i... | |
| Please suggest good balanced Preamp It isn't truly balanced end to end but I'd also consider the McIntosh C2300. I know you mention you don't like tube rolling but rolling the 2 linstage tubes to something like Amperex or Telefunken SP would bring out the best in this premap.I've be... | |
| Shipping Questions - First Time Seller 80 lbs isn't that much for common carriers such as UPS or Fedex Ground as long as it is properly packaged. I would use the original boxes and have it reboxed in another box with large bubble wrap or foam all around the original box; don't ever use... | |
| Power Plant Premier making sound worse? The PPP will put out 1500 watts contiunous and if the componenets draw more than that or close to it the PPP will shift to passing current directly from the wall or not produce the quality of sound it usually does, respectively.I use mine with a d... | |
| Wall Insulation I'd insulate them in addition to what the coverings previously mentioned. I agree with you also about the ceiling and since the insulators will already be out there to do the ceiling, the walls shouldn't be much more of an expense.For drywall, I'd... | |
| Amp/preamp combo for B&W Matrix 801's I have the 803D mains and they do indeed like good high current power. After going through a few combinations, I now have the Mac C2300 peamp (with different linestage tubes) and a Spectron Audio MK2 amp (class D) which provides 600 watts/channel.... | |
| Rotel class D amps. Buy or not? There are several reviews of the Rotel I believe on the Rotel site and elsewhere. They are your basic B&O IEC modules without a lot of attention to the input and output stages; they do produce power but imo sound lean and bright.For a better C... | |
| What processor? I've had the Integra 9.8, the Anthem D2 and the newly released Cary 11a which retails for $3500. The former two have integrated video sections for scaling and distribution of the video signal and are somewhat more feature rich.The Cary 11a, howeve... | |
| Integra processors good? As far as features and to get you into a pre/pro, they are ok but the 2 channel sound(and thus HT sound) is very lean according to some. That is the tradeoff for all the video features. It just doesn't sound good, imo, as a preamp.Cary's new 11a a... | |
| Cambridge Audio 840c DAC vs Cambridge DACMagic Although not a direct response to your question, I'd also consider the Bel Canto DAC3 which can be found used on AG. They are great sounding DACs. | |
| Pre amp match for Bryston 4B ST If you can stretch your budget another $800-$1000 I'd take a look at a used Audio Research LS26. | |
| What is the best analog sounding CD player $2000 Cary 303/300 used or their CDP-1 which is essentially the SS portion of the 303/300, imo. |