rcprince
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| Power for Innersound Isis That's Roger, all right! I don't have the guts to take him up on his challenge myself. Although tube amps tend to clip more gracefully than solid state, you'd probably notice the sound becoming "hard", or congested or glarey, on loud passages or t... | |
| Where can I get small apogee speakers? I don't own them, but I have heard them and, as I've said on other posts, think they're something special, particularly when driven by the Red Rose (Audio Prism) electronics. Good bass extension for a small box, but probably better suited for smal... | |
| Power for Innersound Isis If you talked with him, I'm sure he recommended his power amp as well. I know two Innersound speaker owners who are very happy with the Innersound amp. If you can afford it, worth an audition. | |
| Which Sony dvd playr is a good CD playr The S9000 (the SACD one) will output a 24/96 signal from its digital out, I believe--check the many posts on this unit, it has gotten a lot of good feedback. And you get SACD too. Your last question is a little confusing--for a signal to be "upsam... | |
| Basis TT Opinions I'll chime in with a couple of observations. I've owned an Ovation for about 10 years, and have heard the 2001 and 2500 tables and agree with Mes' description of the ease of use and excellent sound from them. One consideration between the 2000 and... | |
| Best Bach St. Matthews Passion There is an excellent recent Harmonia Mundi recording of this work (Herrewghe/Collegium Vocale Gent), typically fine HM sound and an excellent performance, which has a lot of extras with it -- a CD-ROM, a booklet, etc. Another highly regarded one ... | |
| Cable observations ....Cardas NBS I find Asa right on the money about the way that NBS cables work with tubed equipment. I bought a pair of NBS Monitor 0 running between my Jadis preamp and amplifiers and was extremely happy with how they let through much more detail without losin... | |
| Where can I get small apogee speakers? It certainly isn't small as a bookshelf speaker, but I think the Stage may have been as small or smaller than the Centaur Minor. | |
| I need the more better digital Forsell or CEC TX1 transport, Audio Logic 2400 DAC; much less sterile, and much more involving, than the brands you mentioned. You could add a DCS Purcell to that as well, to increase the harmonic richness of your CDs. Or else go with a turntable ... | |
| More Dumb "Classical" Stereotypes I find the above posts, particularly Tubegroover's, to be excellent recommendations. I might add for an uplifting Baroque piece Bach's Brandenberg Concertos, particularly Nos. 4 and 6. Although it's not a great recording, the Archiv recording with... | |
| State of the Art? I don t care anymore. I know how you feel, and I think all of us who have been in this hobby a long time have felt that way at some point. I'm no longer into constant major upgrades (my amps, preamp, turntable, transport and DAC have been pretty much the same the past ... | |
| Info on Monster Alpha Genesis 500 I'm sure others of us "old-timers" can help more, but I recall the 500 was the top of Monster's line in the mid-80s, then surpassed by the 1000 (which I owned for a few years) and then the 2000. It's an MC design, reasonable output, and if it soun... | |
| I need TT Help: Please advise The Regas are fine tables, the advice on the models available above is good. A Basis 1400 used with a Rega arm would also be a good alternative. If you can stretch your budget a bit, I noticed a Basis 2000 with Rega arm for sale on AudiogoN, askin... | |
| E.A.D. in trouble? Where have you heard that they have problems? | |
| Latest comments on PS Audio PP? I've had mine since early fall, was extremely impressed with it then and still am. One of those rare products that lives up to its hype. Multiwave is worth the upgrade,too, easily. |