photon46
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| cambridge or nad preamp Trip, Sugarbrie's advice parallels my experience with preamps. I went from an Adcom gtp-400 preamp to a Cambridge c500 & the Cambridge was much better. This was with an Adcom amp & Maggie 1.6's. Then I got a Belles 150a Hot Rod amp & f... | |
| Is my dealer lying to me? I'm not so sure that Cambridge has recieved the degree of disdain in this forum you describe. Many here have recommended them as a decent budget player. Sure, the cosmetics, programming, and ergonomics aren't the greatest, but they hold their own ... | |
| Digital Cables in Cambridge Audio D500 Gil, I have been very pleased with the Aural Symphonics bnc/bnc digital cable I bought from www.hcmaudio.com to use between my Cambridge cd4se & Assemblage 2.7 Platinum dac. They retailed for about $160.00 and are going for $25.00 on sale. | |
| Replace Cambridge Audio D500 or add DAC? Gil, I faced the same question with my Cambridge cd4se. I purchased one of Sonic Frontiers Assemblage 2.7 platinum dacs ($1298.00) and have been very satisfied with the upgrade. It took the player to an entirely different level of refinement. Good... | |
| BDR Cones & Pucks with BAT Tube Amp Dude, I've also been experimenting with BDR cones. I have sets of 2's & 3's which I have been alternating back & forth between my Music Reference RM5III preamp and Assemblage 2.7 Platinum dac. Each set sounds a touch different and I'm not ... | |
| It's October I want to hear horror stories about equipment. How about a horror story with a happy ending? I purchased a used Music Reference RM5 III preamp through an online auction. Corresponding before bidding, the owner was well spoken and articulate, offering no overt reason to be wary. When the pre ar... | |
| REL Q150e vs. Sunfire True Subwoofer Jr. I'm not so sure that Johnnyw's hypothesis is correct regarding the Jr. being less effective than the larger Sunfire. The smaller, lighter driver of the Jr. is reported to make the Jr. better suited to music reproduction than the larger Sunfires. C... | |
| A minor rant Sd, you aren't the only one who's noticed this irrational behavior on the part of reviewers. I'm sure we've all noticed many times that a component under review is "tweaked out" with accoutrements that are vastly out of rational proportion to it's... | |
| Musical accuracy in subwoofers Thanks all for your responses. As suggested, I tried disconnecting the mains & listened to the reproduction of various instruments. There are very clear differences between a closely miked electric fender bass, an acoustic bass, & tympani ... | |
| New Maggie Owner; What amp???? Docwarnock's post points to the fact that you've got to consider how loud you'll want to play them. So you've got to factor room size into the equation, along with your tastes. I settled on the Belles 150a Hot Rod (200 watts @ 4 ohms) and have bee... | |
| A meeting by the River.... A crosscultural exhange I've enjoyed alot is "Cho," by Steve Tibbetts & Choying Drolma.(Hannibal label, HNCD1404) On a visit to their Tibetan Buddhist nunnery,Tibbetts was smitten by the beauty of the nuns chanting & song. He recorded them... | |
| Help needed re:cartridge/preamp/setup? Not that it makes much difference, but when the folks at NeedleDoctor.com tested the output from this cartridge, I believe they found it to be 2.2mv, not the stated 1.6mv. | |
| Tube preamps under 2K with 2 outputs? Sibelius, Roger Modjeski's Music Reference RM5 also has 2 sets of outs and lists new right at 2k. It occasionally pops up used and is often a great value. I've had one for a few months and couldn't be happier for the money spent. www.electron-valv... | |
| How do people dust their systems? Geez, we REALLY need to get a life. Sitting in front of the the monitor discussing the ways we dust our gear. But seriously, every week I just dust with a feather duster. (Also, Billy Baggs makes a nice wool duster - you can check it out on his we... | |
| Darn it, I scratched my Roland Now what Here's a trick that I've found to work better than black markers for touching up scratches on a matte black painted surface. It does, however, require use of printmakers etching or lithography ink. You can find it in well stocked art supply stores... |