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| Best single-malt Scotch... I like many. Great thread. Here's a recommendation for Balvenie. I think I have the spelling right. I prefer one of the older ones that are aged in Port wine casks. | |
| Not happy with Krell SACD I second the recommendation that "break-in" is REAL. To be fair you should give the player time to do what it can do. If after several hundred hours of break-in you are still displeased, atleast you will be confident that you just don't like the s... | |
| Good sounding carrousel cd player?? I second the rec. for the Sony 555 player. It sounds great on redbook and you get SACD. If you want you can get it modded at some point in the future (and still be close to your price point) or use an outboard DAC at some point in the future. | |
| McIntosh MCD-205 Changer? Jolen laub: Trust what your ears tell you. If you want SACD you might consider one of the Sony's 555 or 333. Good Luck, | |
| McIntosh MCD-205 Changer? I have owned a 205 for a little over 1 year now. I can compare it to the Anthem CD-1 (tubed changer), and the Sony 333 and XA777ES. I have the 205 because I wanted a changer and it can be worked from the same remote as the rest of my MAC gear (MA6... | |
| Experience with Vonschweikert VR2 or Logan Aeon i? Thanks for your response. I received my Dark Cherry VR-2's about 3 months ago and love them. Email me off this thread and we can swap set-up info and maybe learn more from each other. Thanks, | |
| Which speakers excel at low volume? One humble recommendation for the Von Schweikert VR-2. I have owned this full range speaker for 3 months now and am consistently impressed at the resolution I get a low volumes. Also, I will second the recommendation for what a good "loudness" (eq... | |
| Please guide re: Sony CDPs If you DO want the ability to play SACD, I would stick with the 555 and consider tweaking it with mods and cones and better powercords, etc., etc, to stay close to your budget and get the most out of redbook and SACD. They seem to do some inexpens... | |
| Levinson No. 383 v. Musical Fidelity Trivista 300 I would listen to people who have used these amps with your speakers. There is so much variation in how components synergize together that you should probably listen to those who have similar components and speakers to you. To be consistent I will... | |
| SACD/DVD-A and 2-channel recordings I might have been a little sloppy in my language use when I used the term "layer" instead of "mix". It appears that atleast for SACD's, there will always be a newly mixed 2 channel SACD version even when there is also a multichannel version. Thank... | |
| SACD/DVD-A and 2-channel recordings Bomarc: What I think I correctly understood from my friend, is that Sony mandated that every SACD recording or remaster have a dedicated 2-channel SACD version, not just a regular redbook version. If I understood that correctly, and if that is tru... | |
| SACD or DVD Audio, which one is winning the race? I have heard that all SACD relaeases will contain a remasterd 2- channel SACD layer regardless of whether they are multichannel recofdings or not. Does anyone know if this is true and if DVD-A will do the same thing?Thanks, | |
| What to power Thiel 2.4 speakers? I used to own the 2.3's. I first drove them with a Sonic Frontiers Power-1 (55W tube amp) and then a McIntosh MA 6900 (200W Solid State integrated). Both sounded excellent. Different, but excellent. Always take quality over quantity. As much quali... | |
| Perpetual Technologies P1,P3, and Monolithic PS I owned this Trio for 6 months. My P3A had been modded by Dan Wright and I had the speaker correction softwarre for my Thiel 2.3's. I ended up selling the lot because after several months of listening I just did not like it. On my system, in my ro... | |
| Commentary on McIntosh Digital Products? I own the MCD 205 changer and the MA 6900 integrated. I love both pieces. The 205 gives me all I want from my redbook collection. I may add a SACD player at some point but I have been very satisfied with my 205 (great PRAT!). |