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| Tube amp for Spendor S3/5 SE Using the Prima Luna Prologue 2 with Spendor A1's. No problem driving them at all.Best regards,Rich | |
| small speakers You have plenty of power with the NAD C320BEE. I posted a review of the NAD 320 here.Best regards, Rich | |
| New speakers needed on a budget I have owned the Opera Plateas for a few years. Work well with solid state and tubes. All hardwood construction. Not much on the web about them, but I can pass you a review, if you like. There is a current listing for the Plateas (no affiliation).... | |
| Integrated as preamp? The situation that you are in is that you have source components that are not in the same league as your speakers and amps. Lots of things that you could do and the CD player would be where I would look first ... but do you spend $600 on the next ... | |
| Integrated as preamp? Yes, you can use the integrated as a preamp. If your current set-up sounds great to you ... stop and don't do anything else. Live with this set-up for a few months and begin to identify your likes and dislikes before considering any potential upgr... | |
| Newbie could use amp, receiver help. Logically, you are going to need a power amp and a preamp. You can purchase a HT receiver, which combines the power amp and preamp or you can purchase separates or a combination of the two approaches (for example, use a HT receiver as a preamp wit... | |
| CD/DVD player that plays cd-rs under 300.00 Audio Advisor has the Cambridge Audio 540 v 2 for $280. Vanns has the Denon 2930 CI for $200. Best regards, Rich | |
| Which songs/albums take you back to college? My college years were from 1975 - 1979 ... so I had prog rock, disco, and punk going on. Albums that take me back to the good old NYU days: Dylan - Blood on the Tracks; DesireCarsElvis Costello - Oliver's ArmyHarry Chapin - Greatest Stories LiveSp... | |
| Rolling Stones SACDS Real simple ... cardboard digipak ... says ABKCO .... says 2002. The topic has come up before .Best regards, Rich | |
| Speakers....Epos and up Hi Earthquake:There is nothing wrong with the NAD T743 and it would work fine with the EPOS M12i. When you begin to move up to seriously better equipment though, you will begin to notice the ceiling levels of your other equipment. It just happens ... | |
| Replacement CD on a tight budget? Stretch your budget to $200 and look at this Denon 2930 universal player reduced from $850. Vanns has the 1940 for $90. Denon must be introducing new models. Best regards, Rich | |
| Speakers....Epos and up The EPOS M12i are a real step up from the M5 and it will keep you with the same house sound. At some point, the NAD is going to be the limiting factor though. Regards, Rich | |
| energy rc-10 vs swan 2.1???? I have the Energy RC 10 and have used them with both tube & solid state amps in secondary systems. Very smooth sounding speakers with a decent amount of bass. Also work very well on bookshelves. Vanns has the Energy RC 10's in rosenut for $3... | |
| MH a300 vs A3.5? Like the others, I have owned MF equipment over the years. In my case, it was the A3 integrated, A300 power amp, and CD PRE 24 cd player/ preamp. All great stuff. For integrated amps, I would go in this order, starting with the most desirable firs... | |
| Reissue recordings with added tracks I always thought that the decision by the artist not to release demos and the like in the first place was probably the right one. I can not think of a single instance where it has helped a release and can think of several that it has harmed ... Bo... |