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| BBE Sonic Maximizer I used the BBE Sonic Maximizer quite a bit in the late 80's when CD's first came out. I had quite a few concert recordings that were just of so so quality (bootlegs) and the BBE really improved the sound. I was using both EPI 100's and Boston Acou... | |
| Less filling - great taste? Arcadia Audio is selling some NOS Rega Ara's for $325. Excellent speaker and it gets better with better equipment. Replaced the NHT SB2 as my small speaker of choice.Regards,Rich | |
| Tandberg Troll Without knowing where you live and your willingness to ship the unit, but you could try The Sound Smith . They can be a bit pricey, but they guarantee their work and do a very good job. They also specialize in Tandberg repair.Regards, Rich | |
| NAD C370 with Wharfedale Diamond 9.1's Bob:They are both good products. The resulting sound will be on the warm side of neutral. If you are looking for a CD player that pairs exceptionally well with the NAD , try the Music Hall CD 25.2. The 320 has a bit more finesse than the 370, but ... | |
| PrimaLuna Prologue 1 or 2? Hi Craig:Congratulations on going with the Prima Luna product. I think that you will enjoy the Prologue 2. I have done well the SED Winged C 6550's and KT88's tubes that Upscale also sells. The stock tubes are pretty decent to get you started.As f... | |
| PrimaLuna Prologue 1 or 2? Craig:Between the power and preamp, I would say the biggest sonic benefit is in switching out the preamp. But then you are getting into a hybrid situation (tube preamp/solid state power amp) and you may or may not want to do that. Supposedly that ... | |
| PrimaLuna Prologue 1 or 2? Craig:Points well made, though if I follow your dates correctly I may still be older (damm). So, I own the Prologue 2 integrated and Prologue 5 power amps. With either unit, I have never found myself obsessing about 3/4 of the stuff that I read re... | |
| PrimaLuna Prologue 1 or 2? Craig:The Prologue 2 will allow you to use different tube types: KT88s (supplied), as well as 6550, EL-34, 6CA7, 6L6GC, KT66, or 7581. The Prologue 1 can only be used with EL-34. Each tube type does sound somewhat different. You may find yourself ... | |
| Bob Dylan's Modern Times, a new Masterpiece? First and second impressions of Modern Times ... it reminded me stylistically of a cross between Dylan's "Self Portrait" and the Band's "Moondog Matinee." Still need to do another 6 or so listens, but if my impressions are spot on ... Modern Times... | |
| 4 ohm amp into 8 ohm speaker or 8 ohm am into 4 oh JM:Amplifiers/receivers are rated at both 4 & 8 ohms. As long as you are just running the one pair of speakers with each amplifier/receiver, your speakers and amp will be safe. It is when you add more than one pair of speakers to a receiver/am... | |
| Cayin A - 88 T , sounds great but ... Saki 70:The Prima Luna P2 can use: KT88, 6550, EL-34, 6CA7, 6L6GC, KT66, and 7581 tubes. I have used both KT 88's and EL 34's with the P2, as well as with the P5. I prefer the EL 34's with my P2, mostly because the speakers in use only go down so ... | |
| Cayin A - 88 T , sounds great but ... Saki70:I have been using the Prima Luna Prologue Two happily for the past year and a half. Admittedly, auto-biasing was one of the things that made me go with the P2, as I wanted a no fuss tube amplifier with possibly some tube rolling as the only... | |
| CD sound quality Nrostov & Seanl:I wasn't looking to stomp on anyone's parade. I left vinyl behind about 10 years ago for a host of reasons and admittedly, I am sometimes tempted to buy a turntable, because I really like turntables, not vinyl. I just understoo... | |
| CD sound quality Nrostov:My hunch is that bonvoyage has a CD collection and not a vinyl collection, if for no other reason than the NAD does not offer a phono input. Also, I am not sure how applicable a discussion about selling an 8K cd player is when the other pe... | |
| CD sound quality The NAD C720, which is based on the C320, will come alive with the right CD player. I had the most success with the Music Hall CD25 cd player. The combination was magical. See my remarks for my 2 channel HT system. With totally respectable CD play... |