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| a question of cables, interconnects and CDPs TubinoIf you would like to go the real budget route, try the JVC SA600/602 CD/DVD/DVD-A player. This was the player that was reviewed by The Absolute Sound in its latest issue. I own one and have it paired with a vintage Marantz 2240 receiver and ... | |
| 140wpc into 8 ohms: enough for Contour 1.3SEs? Newbee:Thank you for the clarification ... it makes infinitely more sense. It also helps to jar my brain some, as I probably knew & forgot that it was a relationship based on 1 watt . So, my NAD at 50 wpc should produce about 102 db. My normal... | |
| 140wpc into 8 ohms: enough for Contour 1.3SEs? Hi Sean:I am reading your responses with great interest and the opportunity to learn. Hopefully, you will indulge my questions. Some background:In my second system, which I use for 2 channel HT purposes, I have a NAD 320CEE (50 wpc) integrated am... | |
| 140wpc into 8 ohms: enough for Contour 1.3SEs? Carl:If you were to go to the Dynaudio website, the following comes from the Contour 1.3 SE's spec sheet:Sensitivity (2.83 V/1 m): 86 dBRecommended Amp. Power:Small size rooms: > 30 WattsMedium size rooms: > 80 WattsSounds like the 140wpc wo... | |
| Hours sitting around just listening to music? Hi Quicke, I guess if your thinking goes along the lines of "audiophile" is a pretentious term ... then I would also guess that not sitting in the sweet spot concentrating solely on the music would somehow be a "pride" thing. Curious choice of wor... | |
| Records of the Year 2003 Hi Blue:You may want to try listening through the Shins' Chutes Too Narrow CD a few times as the CD is relatively short (39 minutes). What has so struck me about this album was its 60's feel and sound to it. It displays many of the influences from... | |
| Records of the Year 2003 Ben: I enjoy your lists because they typically showcase how the musical tastes of Great Britain and the US both come together and diverge. It is like reading Uncut or Q or one of the other British music magazines. I found that I purchased more mus... | |
| Review: NAD C-320BEE Amplifier Another update regarding the associated gear that I am using with the NAD 320BEE ... The Pioneer PD 65 cd player has been replaced with the Music Hall MMF CD25 cd player. The difference in system performance is literally like comparing night and d... | |
| Review: NAD C-320BEE Amplifier I forget in which magazine I was reading this, but the BEE designation also has other significance within the NAD world. Apparently, Mr. Evardsen feels that the BEE designation is for those NAD components that give you 90% of the overall performan... | |
| Surprised by quality? Bombay:I may have given you the incorrect impression about the SACD versions of the "Louis Plays" recordings. If you own/have listened to the redbook versions of these recordings, in a few places, the recording of the brass is so harsh as to be pa... | |
| Has anyone used an Input splitter? Not to ignore your question ... just some quick questions first. Does the preamp that you are considering have a separate phono input or are all three inputs line level inputs? If the preamp does not have a separate phono input ... does your turnt... | |
| Surprised by quality? About four years ago, I came across several recordings by Louis Armstrong that were just so engaging and melodic, that it almost instantaneously changed the types of music that I listened to. These recordings were: - Louis plays Fats Waller- Louis... | |
| headphone amp under $350 I am using the Creek OBH 11 ($200) with my Sennheiser 600 and I am pretty pleased. What Hi Fi reviews some headphone amps in its latest (January) issue and gives top honors to the Creek OBH 21 SE ($400) over the new Musical Fidelity X-Can and one ... | |
| Your Top Five for 2003 Kana:It must be that time of year for "best of" lists. What follows are my nominees: Best Top 5 New Music for 2003:1. The Thorns ... "The Thorns"2. Mark O'Connor ... "In Full Swing"3. Rosanne Cash ... "Rules of Travel"4. Evanescence ... "Fallen"5.... | |
| Small integrated with decent headphone outputs ? The Sennheiser HD-600 work best (and I am pretty sure were designed to work) with a headphone amp. I had been using Grado SR 60 headphones and just recently upgraded to a HD-600/Creek OBH-11 amp combination and I find the combination quite good. I... |