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| Parasound Halo JC-1 -VS- Bryston 7B-ST? What is better depends a lot on the rest of the system. My buddy had a pair of well worn in JC-1 amps into a pair of Dunlavy speakers fronted by a Sony SACD player and a Sim P-5 preamp (if memory serves me right). He wasn't happy with the sound fi... | |
| Any other Nicolette Larson fans out there? Pops - Eva passed away back in November 1996. I believe much of her "success" has been since her passing. Truly a great loss and a "pure" talent if there ever was one...http://evacassidy.org/eva/ | |
| Pink Floyd reunion Apparently its associated with the upcoming Live 8 concert so look for more details to come. Reportedly they have not played in public together since 1981... | |
| What is the best DAC to buy used in the $500 range the $500 dACk (Version 2) that was just listed a few hours ago probably has little or no competition at that price. I do not know the seller or his particular DAC but I know many people who have had great success with the earlier versions. | |
| Help me pick a digital cable each one will offer something differnt and its your ears that have to be the happiest but for what its worth a buiddy of mine had a few of Moray's cables and he bought my I2digital (as you know a close neighbor of HDVX) from me and it became his r... | |
| Help me pick a digital cable 2 cables that have seemd to have garnished a lot of good feedback are the Stereovox HDVX which I think goes for around $100 and Chris Venaus' Pulsar cable which depending on type of termination desired or if you want the cryo version whill come in... | |
| Matching pre-amp for Bryston power amp There are a number of tubed preamps that would fit the bill but don't discount a Bryston preamp. The BP-20 doesn't have a remote so you would have to look at the BP-25 or newly released BP-26 (guts are the same as the BP-25 but it has a new face p... | |
| Info on Using BAX to Ship Bought a pair of demo speakers in Idaho (1.5 days drive from my home in Alberta) and used Bax. Paid $300 for them to be flown up here in 3 days via Salt Lake after traveling via their truck from outside Boise. They ended up on a truck and sent to ... | |
| amps to match Magnepan MG3.6 Spkrs This topic has been covered quite a few times - check the archives for a lot of great choices/advice. You can also visit the maggie user group over at Audio Asylum as well. Quick answer - Bryston 7B's/14B,Sim W-5, big, as in powerful tube amps lik... | |
| Is EMM DCC2 better than DAC6/switchman combo? I believe Nreddy is referring to a Sony SCD-1 modded by Vacuum State Electronics who have technicians on both coasts in the US. try www.vacuumstate.com | |
| Speaker Cable to Replace Zu Cable Wax I can also attest that I moved from Zu Wax to Ibis and then onto Luminous Audio as well. Tim builds a great cable... | |
| Best copper interconnect cables No speaker cables as my system location (distance from my rack to my speakers) precludes me from using Dennis' speaker cables. Dennis will build you a long length if desired but advises that shorter lengths are preferable. Maybe if I ever get a ch... | |
| Best copper interconnect cables Yup, Chimera for me too and I've tried plenty... | |
| refurbished xa7es or scdxa9000es the xa9000es does not have a variable output, only fixed in either multi-channel or 2 channel | |
| PC for Brsyton 4B SST while there are a few Bryston owners who use aftermarket pcs to some "better" result I think they are in the minority as most owners do not experience any benefits. You are better to spend your money elsewhere but if it makes you sleep better at n... |