pubul57
Responses from pubul57
| McIntosh MA6300 The MAC is a good amp, but given your budget of $5,000 for a complete system, I would say you are spending a bit too much for the system. If you intent is to build a system you will own for the next 10+ years, I would start the process with find t... | |
| McIntosh MA6300 OP, what is your overall budget, and what is in your current system, and how are you playing your MP3 files through your system at the moment? USB? | |
| McIntosh MA6300 As Davt suggests, you need to frame your question with some context - speakers you need to drive for starters. Are you also asking if $2,400 is a good price for a 6300 in good condition? (a different question). Also tricky to assess if something m... | |
| Is it possible to transform the EMM CDSA SE? highfi, that is the way I hear it too. | |
| Is it possible to transform the EMM CDSA SE? You might be right, but it is a sad component that needs that much work to sound SOTA, if the CDSA did not my float my boat for any reason, I would choose the path of simply buying a component that did, without the time and effort you are describi... | |
| Gallo 3.5 vs Merlin VSM-MXe I hear the Merlins the way Marty does. I think they do provide a fairly unobstruected view of the source with little editorial, you would need to find that with the amp, etc. | |
| Benchmark dac - why such diverging opinions? Is this the sort of device that could switches for filters so you could select "neutral" and "warm" - so you could have the truth and ad some warm maple syrup when called for. | |
| Is it possible to transform the EMM CDSA SE? I have 6 Herbie Tenderfeet under the unit and 3 Brass Pucks on top with a 2" maple plinth on top of them, and I use JPS Digital AC with Running Springs conditioner. I don't know if any of this makes a huge difference, but the player sound plenty g... | |
| Gallo 3.5 vs Merlin VSM-MXe Only heard the Gallo is show conditions so my opinion of it is not too worth. Have owned two iterations of the VSMs the past nine years and they are to my way of listening the finest two-way speakers in the world, at minimum, highly competive with... | |
| Best Tube Pre-Amp under 4K Just curious, have you considered using a Channel Island passive? That seems to be the approach preferred by the company. But to answer your question, the Joule 150MKII must be considered among others at the price point, I had the signature editio... | |
| Who stay with Merlin longest time 2002 MX to MXe to Master BAM, by the far the longest owned piece of equipment I have, and of course, the rest built around it. | |
| What time do you wear? IWC Portuguese Chrono for work, Seiko Orange Monster for weekends -- something by Nike when on the bike (no motor). | |
| Cary 805s or Atma Sphere M60s? Glad you had a chance to try the Atma-sphere OTL and come to your own conclusion, we all hear differently and seek different things from the sound of our equipment, in both cases it seems we might be on the same page. Which is not to say I would n... | |
| Cary 805s or Atma Sphere M60s? Thanks Onemug. I recently read the reviews of the 3.7 which sounded very interesting indeed. The I went to the Mag website and reading the stuff on type of amplifier needed and they almost defined a "good" amplifier as one that doubles down output... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Knghifi, you do have to wonder how much better it can possibly be (if it is) - you really have to wonder about this market place; who really buys this stuff? 10 people in the world? |