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| Designer Hall of Fame Nelson Pass from Pass Labs is clearly most notorious but it seems that none have mentioned Flemming E. Rasmussen - GryphonJacques Mahul - JM LabKen Ishiwata Marantz Signature | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? I`d second JM Lab. Nova Utopia BE is by far the best speaker I have heard yet. But JM-s are very picky about upstream components. Camdenyard,I think you mean Alto BE. | |
| The best CD Player for the money I am just curious if there are any owners of the new APL NWO-DAC 1 already? | |
| Mark Levinson 390S 110v/220v again If you explore more treads you see that newer Levinson gear is not easily convertable. Step-down converter does not help either, because newer Levinson stuff has a chip inside that detects if voltage is 60Hz or 50Hz. | |
| Time to pull the trigger on BluRay? Goldmund new bluray player looks attractive. It is called Eidos 20BD | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music Nice to see that people like Arvo Pärt. | |
| Marantz SA-1 or Krell 300cd for redbook playback? I have not heard Krell 300cd but I have compared directly my SA-1 with new Accuphase DP-500, DP-65, Levinson 390S, Esoteric DV-60, several Arcam players etc. and none of these have bettered SA-1 for redbook. I would say that SA-1 sounds as refined... | |
| McIntosh MCD500 vs Marantz SA7S1 Rjhalla,I assume that in your direct comparison between SA7S1 and MCD301 both players were connected through same preamp? Your previous post is somewhat inconsistent with your last comments. "I honestly believe the Mac 201 beats them when run di... | |
| McIntosh MCD500 vs Marantz SA7S1 Being somewhat familiar with both brands digital equipment I tend to credit more Mtdking comment.Running direct or not is another matter. If you prefer running direct it usually indicates to weakness in preamplifier. In this case a good passive li... | |
| What's the oldest piece of gear in your system? The one that changes disks. | |
| Used MF Trivista 21 or Benchmark Dac1? Trivista is less digital sounding than Benchmark but Bel Canto Dac3 is nice step further of Trivista. | |
| Speakers that reveal bad recordings? Not for me. Agree with Newbee´s first comment.I personally prefer to tune the sound in other end of the system. Speakers are most troublesome to change and if they are veiled and colored you won`t better it much with upstream components. Every month are avail... | |
| Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive? Typical audiophile drives bicycle with belt drive and anti vibration system. What more? | |
| Best female vocals on CD Emi Fujita is pretty good but Jheena Lodwick and Susan Wong are just fabulous. Recording quality is one of the best I have heard. | |
| Which amp matches best my JM Lab Mezzo Utopia ? Johnk,What amplifier have you compared to AV Challenger?Do you use also Jm Lab speakers? |