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| Need a cdp A couple worth considering:Emotiva ERC2 currently on sale for $400. XTZ CD 100 I own both players (along with a Rega Apollo). Both excellent players. Track down the Emotiva review in Stereophile and the XTZ review in Hi Fi World.Rich | |
| TUBE MAGIC CANADA IAM 96 INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER Maybe I am the crazy one, but if you go to TubeMagic Canada's website they go on about their financial issues, including running out of money. I can't imagining spending any major cash on their products. That aside, where would you even go to au... | |
| Hooking everything up for the first time No, do not use speaker cable.Purchase a standard analog interconnect with RCA plugs.Same type of interconnect that you would use to connect a CD player to a receiver.Rich | |
| Which loudspeakers work best close to back wall? From experience, Rega (Ara, now RS1) and Ascend Acoustics (Sierra 1) were the best stand mounted speakers for near to rear wall placement. The Sierras can also be placed on their sides with no ill effect. I have also have a pair of Opera floor sta... | |
| Repair or Replace - Marantz CD63se Hi Sfar - Sorry to hear about your friend. With almost 5000 cds, I can't imagine downloading them onto hard drives. No inclination whatsoever and besides I like having the physical media.The point I was getting at was simple, if you like cds and t... | |
| Repair or Replace - Marantz CD63se Hi Zd - Understand your point. But it was just lousy luck on my part as both drives crashed within days of each other. My iMac is a version 2.4, considered vintage no less, is no longer supported by Apple, and does not sync with the Cloud and blah... | |
| Repair or Replace - Marantz CD63se Johnny ... And then what do you do when the hard drive crashes and dies? I am in the process of attempting to recover my data from an iMac hard drive that died after 6 years of use. The data had been backed up a little while ago to an Iomega hard ... | |
| CD Player under $1k One that you will not hear spoken about that I took a chance on after reading a review of it in HiFi World is the XTZ CD 100 Divine .I moved the XTZ CD 100 into a system where I had been using a Rega Apollo for a number of years. To be honest, I ... | |
| tube gear vs solid state...cable effectiveness I have found that my tube systems sound different with different cables. My cables cost total per system are probably 1/10 the cost of what you are using, but still I find that copper sounds different than silver, a $150 interconnect sounds differ... | |
| Will a Music Hall a15.2 drive 4 ohm speakers? My hunch, but it is only a hunch, that your amp should deliver more power at 4 ohms. So, unless you go very inefficient with speakers, you should be ok.As for upgrading, Music Hall is part of the same audio family along with Creek and EPOS.At the ... | |
| Any clear winners: small speakers/small room.... If that is the case, then I would look at the Ascend Acoustics Sierras or the Omega Loudspeakers 3T (single driver).Rest of your equipment?Rich | |
| Any clear winners: small speakers/small room.... By small, I am taking you to mean small bookshelf models (14in X 10in X 10in at most). I have used a lot of small speakers in small rooms over the last few years. Most cost a few hundred bucks (which is why I experiment so much), with three being ... | |
| XTZ Divine 100.49 and subwoofers A few months back, HiFi World reviewed a complete XTZ system (amps, cd player, and speakers) and rated the system pretty highly. If I remember the summary correctly, the system offered very good value for the money.I own an XTZ cd player (Divine C... | |
| What current speakers to use with Marantz 2230? I used a 2240 and 2216 with current era speakers for a number of years. The speakers were all of moderate cost. The best of the lot were the Rega Aras (now R1). Good rich sound, nice bass response. These speakers new go for $700. Another good matc... | |
| Recommend speakers for Music Hall a15.2 I have been really pleased with a set of Ascend Acoustics Sierra speakers that I purchased a few years ago. Solid sounding with the music types I listen to ... 60s/ 70s rock, opera, Americana, vocals. The speakers have a real sense of presence and... |