phillyb
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| Cary 306SACD vs Esoteric X03 Hi,The Cary is right up front, the X-03 more balanced and natural, both are excellent, it gets down to what you like, the Cary has the best bottom end I have ever heard as far as punch depth. Listen to both in your system, theye are both state of ... | |
| Best CD player now made. Any Accuphase CD player. Open, Musical with natural detail. Good as analog. I own analog also and this is one of the few CD players I could listen to for a long period of time. | |
| Cary 306 SACD Sounds like Cary has quality issues. Same transport as the Sony SCD1 means you be replacing it in a few years, Slide motor will go bad, that is the only problem the SCD1 had. Stick with the major players of digital audio, Sony, Accuphase are the t... | |
| Review: Resolution Audio Opus 21 CD Player Nice review, but I should mention that a few owners of Accuphase cd players that were running there units balanced were not taking into account the balance polarity being defferent then USA made balanced pins 2-hot, 3-cold, Japan is 2-cold and 3-h... | |
| Power cord and Sony SCD-1 Not all Sony SCD1 had a problem, my does not and another owner I know does not, we switched ac to check, switched sound became dead, no depth and little width. To many rumors not enough fact on the web at times. Also the Sony is balanced. | |
| Is Sony SCD-1 still worth to possess? Sorry,The SCD1 still sets the standard in SACD playback. Newest review in Absolute sound. I tired much expensive CD players at home, Linn, Levinson and Krell Reference they all went back. SCD1 was and is a statement product. Built like a statement... | |
| Any information on the new Ayre C5xe player? But will it top the Sony SCD1, still rated as one of the best ever, In fact Absolute sound called it one of the few digital players that they call a "classic" design. And they never been to happy with any digital format!I think in some ways digita... | |
| Impact of Ferrite Chokes on power and signal They work well if you know what your doing with them. Cardas uses them in there top of the line power cords and interconnects, but they been doing it for years and know how and where to use them.I tried the clip on ferrite once, and the sound just... | |
| Transparent's Network Boxes Tried them (Ultra's), they never worked in my system, dark, dull and to bass bloated bass. I did keep one set of interconnects that worked very nice between the cd player and the preamp and they were the Super balanced interconnects.The other inte... | |
| New Beatle's Remasters The Masters are going to be used. You will hear the Mono versions as intended, and the Stereo versions that were mixed for the States. The Mono is the way the Beatles recorded most of there music...beleive it or not. Phil | |
| Other problems with Sony SCD1 besides TOC Read Hi,All The Sony SCD1 is a classic and once you flip polarity at the male end it is one of the best of all time. Absolute Sound even went as far to say the same about it, slow yes, but all so worth it. The 20K Linn does not touch it for the money. ... | |
| Halcro DM-58's or Levinson 33's? Both are over priced.Go with the newer Mcintosh designs at least give them a listen, like me you may be surprised.PhillyB | |
| McIntosh MC402 and MC501 Mike,I did not hear the newer designs, perhaps they just better with my current system. I still stand by what I said, be the newer designs are another story in this point in time.I am very happy with the sound. PhillyB | |
| McIntosh MC402 and MC501 Hi,I use the MC402 with my Dynaudio Confidence 5 speakers, these are 4 ohm speakers and need current, I have had no problems what so ever. Another plus of the MC 402 and the C200 preamp, the stock cords sound very good, I switched them out with so... | |
| The new Mcintosh MC 402 Mcintosh,Is old school with old school designs, Stick to Rowland, Levinson and the Krells. All are better built and better sounding and much, much more reliable. |