rbstehno
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| Has anybody heard the new Classe CDP 100 very musical. to me, it sounds very similar to my classe cdp 1.5 cd player. i'm not sure about the new rounded look for the amps and cd player. they also raised the price of all their components. i don't see a need to upgrade my classe components ... | |
| Aerial 9 to 10T if you like aerial speakers, IMO the 9's blow away the 10's. bass isn't muddy (slow/loose) like the 10's, overall the 9's are a more musical speaker. | |
| jolida 302a + totem arro / pre-out for sub? i have the arros in my den and they are a very nice sounding speaker for their size. if you want to go with a sub, try to get one that is fast and musical like the rel strata III, totem lightning, or vandersteen. if you don't have a pre out, you c... | |
| $4000 to spend on a SS power amp - help me choose i would audition amps from classe, mcintosh, musical fidelity, and odyssey. | |
| Are Wilson speakers i upgraded my totem model 1's to the totem mani-2's. if you like your model 1's, you will love the mani-2's. from what i rememeber about the sound of an older pair of wwp's, i like the totem sound better. the new wwp 7's are very nice speakers for... | |
| 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... |