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| Upgrade Path: CDP or Preamp Wait until your wife cools down and then buy an Anthem Pre-Amp off Audiogon, preferably one with upgraded tubes. They are a great deal, sometimes around $500. I think that you'll like the tube soundstage. If not, you can always sell it. | |
| Jazz in San Francisco From SFJazz:Nancy Wilson at the Masonic on Sat. I haven't been to the Masonic but it's a short taxi from downtown.Kitty Margolis at the Palace of the Legion of Honor on Sunday. Nice museum. Near Land's End on the other side of town. The venue must... | |
| bright up "warm sound" speakers Jean Luc,Bring your speakers out further into the room. Two feet is too close. There are a lot of past threads and web sites that discuss this. Rives Audio is a good site to start with. When I looked at this, the most recommended place for tight b... | |
| Madrigal Mark Levinson out of business. I've worked for several small electronics manufacturers and the knowledge of the people in the factory is always essential to producing quality products. I don't see how the manufacturing can be effectively transferred with so little advance notic... | |
| How to improve headphone sound on Anthem Pre1L? The current sound is thin and lacks imaging and depth. I have Grado SR225 headphones. I think the fix I'm looking for would be a drop in replacement for the current op-amp.The alternative is a dedicated headphone amp.Thanks for answering. | |
| Totem Hawk, Plinius 9200, Rotel rdv-1060 a match? Totem was using a Plinius 3200 to demo the Sttaf speakers at the recent Stereophile show in San Francisco. Sounded really good to me but I didn't have the time or ability to get a really good demo. For instance, I couldn't crank up the volume or c... | |
| Which speaker for Musical Fidelity a3.2 ? One reason I chose the MF a3.2 amplifier was for it's versatility. It has "tube-like" smoothness and full sound but with the detail and control of SS. This means that it can match with either thin, detailed speakers or warmer speakers. It's not to... | |
| Question on shipping speakers without boxes. Thanks all for the responses. My original message was a little misleading. I'm thinking of buying speakers where the seller does not have the original boxes. What happens if the speakers are damaged and the seller feels they did an adequate job wi... | |
| Bad room for sound? Thanks for the responses so far. My ceiling is vaulted from 9' to 11' and so I don't see any problem there. I guess my main concern is that I'm looking at upgrading to some speakers that have significant bass and I don't want to end up too heavy o... | |
| I need a female jazz vocalist. No Krall, No Norah Casandra Wilson, highly recommended. | |
| SPeakers 90% of your sound Phasecorrect-Thanks for sharing your experiences. I know you've been contributing to Audiogon and perhaps it shows. The components you've been swapping must have all been good quality and well-matched with your system. For sure, a bad or mis-match... | |
| Great soundstaging speakers = 2k Caco,I guess I'm a little confused by the terminology but I think I know what you mean. More often then not, I've heard "huge soundstage" applied to speakers with a small sweet spot and precise requirements for speaker placement. In the sweet spot... | |
| To upgrade cd player?? The slippery slope? Miser,You have discovered the slippery slope. I started with a very-used Dynaco pre-amp, beat-up power amp, etc. My advice is to pick a certain "level" that you apsire to. Then buy components at that level. For instance, don't spend $1000 on a hig... | |
| SACD and DVD-A: Apples and Oranges? Tonyp-The potential market for SACD is huge. In Sony's vision, every CD would also have a SACD layer. The manufacturing cost can't really be much higher. It's a matter of setting up all of the mastering facilities with SACD mastering gear (from So... | |
| Line level or speaker level, scientific reasons? ? I've found that it's not a big deal whether the powered sub is driven with line level or speaker level. It's not a big load on either. The argument can be made that the line level setup has less distortion since the amp is bypassed and so is whate... |