pardales
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| Downgrading Help Do some mods to the philips. | |
| Want to get excited about SACD again?? The more I listen to my own system, with different SACD players, and the systems of friends, I am beginning to realize that one has to have a system of a certain quality to reap the rewards of SACD. Like Socrates said, a 1k system with a $300 SACD... | |
| SACD- my intial thoughts.... It stands to reason that a well made sacd player will sound excellent on sacd and excellent on redbook by virtue of its excellent construction and attention to detail -- So, a Sony SACD 1 should sound better then a SCD333ES on redbook and SACD. Be... | |
| Has anyone tried the new McIntosh CD changer? I disconnected the MSB DAC to remind myself what the 205 sounded like. You know, it sounds great! Really. I don't think the DAC was a big enough of an improvement to warrant keeping it, and in fact, I think the sound of the 205 is more open and le... | |
| Sam loves the McIntosh MCD205. Do You? I disconnected the MSB DAC to remind myself what the 205 sounded like. You know, it sounds great. Really. I don't think the DAC was a big enough of an improvement to warrant keeping it, and in fact, I think the sound of the 205 is more open and le... | |
| SACD- my intial thoughts.... that a well made sacd player will sound excellent on sacd and excellent on redbook by virtue of its excellent construction and attention to detail -- So, a Sony SACD 1 should sound better then a SCD333ES on redbook and SACD. Better quality, better... | |
| Choosing a SACD player...please help I have narrowed it down to two players. I am either going to go with the Phillips 1000 and get some mods done, or, the Sony XA777ES (and maybe do some mods in the future). | |
| Choosing a SACD player...please help I really appreciate all the opinions, experience, and details. If I could make one more statment that sums up what I am looking for (which hearing from all of you has helped me to clarify) its this: I want superb redbook playback, with SACD as a b... | |
| Choosing a SACD player...please help My system is in a bit of transition. I have all MAC gear (6900 integrated, 205 cahnger, tuner) and Thiel CS2.3 speakers (which I will be selling soon to get a pair of monitors to accomodate a small room and limitd space). I listen to everything (i... | |
| Choosing a SACD player...please help Please also recommend where I can buy new units. I am not against used ones, but I'd like to know where I can get new ones at good prices. Thank you, | |
| Sam loves the McIntosh MCD205. Do You? I wrote a review of this changer a couple of months ago in this forum here at audiogon. Do a search under Mcintosh in the "digital" forum and it should come up. I thought it an excellent sounding changer for those not interested in hyper-detail an... | |
| What McIntosh Amp With Thiel 3.6 Speakers? I own a pair of Thiel CS 2.3's, and drive them with Mac's MA 6900 integrated amp. It has autoformers. I support the above suggestion to use one of the Mac amps that has autoformes with the bigger Thiel's -- In general, I find the Thiel - Mac combo... | |
| How old is too old ?.... If you have the cash for new speakers.....go crazy! Speaker shopping, to me, is the funnest kind there is in this game. Are there better speakers out there?...Sure there are......you've got a nice stereo so go get some new speakers and have a ball... | |
| Has anyone tried the new McIntosh CD changer? I hooked up my 205 to an MSB Platinum Plus DAC yesterday and did not experience any of the static pop problems Goodsie mentioned (atleast not yet). Perhaps it is not a systemic problem. I'll update if anything changes. | |
| Suggestions for a DAC Many good things have been said about the new Channel Islands VDA-1. Do a search at audiogon and audio asylum for reviews. The DAC and the beefier power supply cost $500 new, and you can do a 30 day home trial and return it if you don't like it. C... |