prsmccarty
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| Sony SCD-XA5400ES-Best SACD for under $10,000 Well, that's good news. I would recommend trying every power cord in your house whether it's a high-end replacement or not. The one that comes with the player is pretty bad. I got improved sound just by grabbing one out of a drawer that I had left... | |
| Sony SCD-XA5400ES-Best SACD for under $10,000 Well, since I've already admitted to being an idiot, here's another update. My previous cd player had a captive power cable so I didn't have an extra cable lying around the house. I was forced to fire up the 5400 with the 3 cent power cable they p... | |
| Sony SCD-XA5400ES-Best SACD for under $10,000 Update after 100hrs of continuous play...HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT. Yeah, bass is great, midrange is neutral, instrument timbres seem very accurate, BUT... soundstage is narrow and shallow. Barely two-dimensional. Presentation is so forward that when li... | |
| Sony SCD-XA5400ES-Best SACD for under $10,000 My Tag Heuer tells me we've spent far too much time talking about watches. I just bought a 5400 ES to replace my beloved XA7ES and although the build quality really pales in comparison with the XA7 (like comparing a can of Altoids to an iPhone), t... | |
| Proac 1sc or 2D for this size room I believe the speaker which was "much heralded" was the front-ported Response 2. I have owned both the Response 2 (still do) and the rear-ported 2S. The 2S missed the mark IMO. They didn't disappear like the 2. Placement was much more difficult an... | |
| ProAc 1 SC vs. ProAc D1 Nice to hear an opposing opinion, Acurus! The reason I asked about break-in is that it has been my experience that these mid-range drivers with the rubber surrounds that are so common these days take a very long time to break in compared to the fo... | |
| ProAc 1 SC vs. ProAc D1 Do those of you who preferred the SC feel as though the D1 review samples were sufficiently broken in before the comparison? I have a pair of Response 2's (original front ported version, though I have also owned the rear ported 2S model and a pair... | |
| Audio Research LS3B vs. Conrad Johnson PV10b The PV10's are not even close to being in the same league. I've owned CJ stuff for the past ten years. A PV12 would be a better consideration. It is leaps and bounds more sophisticated than the "10". At that point it would be a matter of opinion a... |