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| Best Integrated Amplifier for B&W 685 If you heard the 685's with a Marantz receiver at Magnolia, wait until you hear them with the PM8004 I recommended. I would not describe this amp as bright. Again, this integrated amp is a different class of Marantz - built in their reference fact... | |
| Integrated or receiver or separates advice sought +1 on the recommendation of the Creek 5350 SE. I would suggest finding a gently used Arcam A28 integrated amp too. Very nice amp and specs for the money. If unable to find either of these at your stated budget, I would also suggest you take a look... | |
| Best Integrated Amplifier for B&W 685 Congrats on your 685's. They are very nice speakers. Your right, they require power, as do most quality speakers to get the most out of them, but not as much as you may think. The trick is to provide them high current power and I would think 60-70... | |
| Topnotch BluRay Concert..... Here are some Blu-rays that I use for reference discs, both audio and video.Heart Live in Seattle, label is Image Entertainment. This concert is one of the rare 5.0 only DTS HD Master but believe me, it lacks no bass.Rush Snakes and Arrows, label ... | |
| is an RCA "pre out" same as "audio line out"? I believe you mean you are shopping for a 5.1 or 7.1 AVR (Audio Video Receiver). If so, Imhififan gave you a list of some good AVR's to consider that are being cleared out at or below your budget. Also, consider the NAD T748 being cleared out way ... | |
| Do I need to use filler in my speaker stands? I would fill them if the stands you have allow it. Not only will it increase weight and stability, it will reduce resonance. Here is another alternative to sand. I use crushed industrial quartz in my 24" monitor stands. Cost about $3.00 for a 40 l... | |
| NAD 375 or NAIM 5i or NAIM Unite Qute Yes, all HT receivers have built in DAC's. Most now have HDMI, optical and USB inputs. I am not currently streaming any digital files from a computer to listen to - my sources are LP's, CD's, SACD's, and of courese Blu-rays & DVD's. LP stay in... | |
| starting a 5.1 or 7.1 surround Of all the equipment you listed, the 2 channel Adcom power amp and speakers can definitely be used in a 5.1 or 7.1 config.Since we don't know budget, lets start the cheapest way - get a 7.1 or 7.2 channel AVR with a full set of PRE-OUTS. You can u... | |
| ARCAM AVR-600 vs. Yamaha RXA-3010 ??? For 2 channel performance, the Arcam. There is one more posibility to consider though. At the price of the Arcam you could keep the Yamaha and use it for center & surround duty only and get an audiophile 2 channel integrated amp with a HOME TH... | |
| need suggestion for which speaker matchs NAD M2 Usually it is the other way around - you have picked your speakers and want to know what is the best amp for them. In your case you already have an amp or are committed to it. Since it outputs 250 wpc and has greater than 60 amps of current, I wou... | |
| Is it too much to ask.... I sell for a living. Anything I can do to "speed up" the sale, is money in my pocket. Why? Because time is money! If that means posting more info than what is necessary for the sophisticated buyer, but holds the hand of the one who needs it - so b... | |
| what would you do? Sorry but just a little confused. Who buys amps based on a serial number? Every piece of equipment that I have bought new was by a model number; not serial number. If the carton was sealed, good enough for me. The only time I could see this being ... | |
| Best phono preamp under $250 I recently acquired a Pro-ject Phono Box S for a secondary system. I installed it in my main system first to see how it would play with my Pro-ject RM5.1 SE/Sumiko Blue Point No. 2. I was blown away by how it performed compared to the phono stage ... | |
| RCA output on a turntable? Assume $700 is the budget for both table and phono stage, right? If so, no problem - Pro-ject Carbon/Ortofon 2M Red at $400 and take you pick of these readily available phono stages:Pro-ject phono Box DC- $150Cambridge Audio 551P - $150NAD PP2i - ... | |
| Any good moderately priced bluray players? I don't know if this is important to you or not, but please be aware. One of the problems with new budget to even mid level players is a lack of even 2 channel analog outputs. They are HDMI only. You mentioned you want to use it in a 2 channel sys... |