rbstehno
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| Tubes or Sand for Totem Arro under 1k? as far as the classe integrated amps go, if you would stick to the cap 101 or cap 151, the sound would be very nice at a low volume level. another integrated amp that would be a very good combination with the arro's would be a mcintosh 6500. class... | |
| Tubes or Sand for Totem Arro under 1k? i also use the arro's in my office/den, very nice speakers. other option's for an integrated amp for the arro's would be:mcintosh 6500, classe cap series (101, 151). any of these amps (imo) have a tube like sound but with the punch of solid state.... | |
| classe ca-300 or bryston 4b sst for thiel 2.4 i agree with theo. go with the classe. it is a much warmer sounding amp. thiel's in my opinion tend to be on the more bright side and i think the bryston would make it even more bright sounding. | |
| Using a DAC with the Esoteric DV-50 tough call. the esoteric is such a nice piece along with the tri vista sacd player. sony makes a good transport but the sound quality in cd playback (without any external dac) is pretty bad (any sony: scd1, 777es, 9000es, etc...) but with a dac or... | |
| ok guys get me into 200+ wpc classe ca-200, odyssey stratos or the monoblocks for a little more $$$ ($1600 right now on audiogon). | |
| aerial10t vs. vandersteen 5 i agree with Avguygeorge. i would go with the 5s before the 10t's. i don't agree with Avguygeorge however on speakers costing less money that sound better than the 10t's. there are a few out there and i have a pair that i think sounds better. if i... | |
| SS apm for Totem Mani -2 i use a pair of odyssey monoblocks with my mani 2's along with classe preamp and cd player. I have the upgraded monblocks (120,000 caps) and klaus from odyssey is making the extreme version of the monoblocks, which i have heard are also very good.... | |
| Would an external DAC improve the sound of my SONY i would agree with bigkidz. sony doesn't have the best sound in cd playback. the transports are very good and there are a lot of people that modify these transports to sound very musical. another way is to purchase an external dac unit. other dac'... | |
| Please recommend SACD player under $6K - "warm" imo, the Esoteric and the MF Tri Vista are very nice musical players. no lean/cold sound from these players. an even better player would be the classe sacd player but at twice the price of the above units. all sony's (imo) tend to have a lean soun... | |
| which monitor isn't lacking in the bass dept.? i second Jh2os response about the Mani 2's from totem. very musical full range monitor. they are expensive but worth every penny. they are rather ineffecient, so you need a good powerful amp to drive them. i upgraded from a pair of totem 1's mated... | |
| Speakers and Stands. What do you use between them? i used to use blue tack until i read that blue tack smears the sound. didn't realize this until i removed the blue tack. the article recommended using a piece of wood between the stands and speaker. i tried this and I noticed more detail and at fi... | |
| One big subwoofer or two weaker subwoofers? i would agree with Sdcampbell and Sugarbrie, it's the quality that counts. I have had a REL subwoofer in the past and they are very good, and imo, one of the best out there. For audio, i never heard a subwoofer that I liked with a bigger than a 10... | |
| speaker order audition the totem mani-2's, model 1's, and the forest. | |
| Best Monitor speaker - low volume level listening listen to the totem mani-2's. they need a powerfull amp and good stands but sound very nice at any volume if you have the right equipment. | |
| Bryston or Classe for NHT 3.3 i used to own NHT gear (2.9's, 1.5's, super one's, super zeros) for my ausio room and still use an ac-2 and pair of sub two's in my home theater room. i used to get fatigue with the 2.9's after a short period of time. i tried many different amps w... |