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| upgrade or all new? Don in TN,I'll "Volunteer" another opinion....Looks like you've got mostly older stuff of reasonably good quality. I don't have any personnel experience with any of the equipment in either of your systems, except the Athenas. So, I'll start there.... | |
| Bookshelf speaker suggestions for Office Does your "Phono pre-amp" have volume control? If so, you could buy a pair of powered monitors and be set. I use the Quad 12L Active monitors and think they are very good. They are a very attractive mid-sized monitor which have built-in bi-amp 60 ... | |
| Tone controls- to use or not? Use the tone control. That's what it is there for......TIC | |
| Spades or bananas connectors? I agree with the other posters concerning bananas, but not just any banana! By far, I prefer the BFA style banana such as these used by Jeff Day of 6Moons fame to create his White Litning Moonshine cables:http://www.audio-magus.com/product_p/mcls4... | |
| CD/DVD Player with variable output volume control? Taftbay,Thanks. I was unaware that Cambridge was providing that feature.TIC | |
| CD/DVD Player with variable output volume control? Mjcmt,I think you'll find lots of player's remotes have volume keys, but I believe they are "system remotes" controlling the amps volume in the event of the consumer having the universal player and amp from the same manufacturer.TIC | |
| Why Mac Mini Over Slim Systems Products? It would seem to me that using the USB output from the computer and using a USB DAC that uses Asynchronous USB mode would be the optimal setup. I know there are not yet many DACs on the market that use asynchronous USB communication, but they woul... | |
| CD/DVD Player with variable output volume control? Mechans,If must have a universal then I am clueless. The ones I have are a couple of years old and none have much by way of good sonics although the volume is adjustable.What older universal player do you own that has variable volume control? I'm ... | |
| turning my system on during lightning storms You would need to unplug the system in order to avoid lightening damage.I'm no expert on electrical systems or lightening suppression, but I would think the most logical approach is a whole house surge suppressor installed at the meter by your pow... | |
| CD/DVD Player with variable output volume control? Oppo 983 is the next step up in price/performance. After Oppo, not too many units I know that play DVD and have variable volume control. The Cary DVD-6 does, but has fewer volume step in it's standard build. I think Cary offered an upgrade which p... | |
| Oppo as transport Audphile1,I've used my mod'd Oppo 971H as a transport and it is about the equal of the dedicated CD players and transports I've used. However, it is highly modified, so I can't compare it to a stock unit. BTW, the mod is so good that I didn't noti... | |
| Speakers: $3,000-$4,000 on Audiogon How about a pair of speakers from Castle? There are 3 pair of floorstanding Castles for sale on A-goN right now and they are a bargain at the asking price. Here's the most recent listing (BTW, I don't know the seller).http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-b... | |
| amp to pair with decco for under $1000 If you buy an amp "with phono", your only choice is an integrated amp. In that case you would be using the Decco as only a DAC, so you might just want to consider buying a good integrated amp w/phono and a seperate DAC/USB-DAC. Ultimately it appea... | |
| "Budget" cable advice, please Rebbi,If it fits your budget, you may want to go with a full compliment of cables from Morrow Audio. Mike Morrow personally builds each cable and they are of good quality and design. He also offers a 60 day in-home trial, so you can try them for 2... | |
| best speakers on AGON for about $500 Those Sound Dynamics 300ti's for $200 is a great deal. One could likely live with those speakers for a long time to come...TIC |