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| Boston Acoustics and Snell bought by D&M Holdings I think there are some potential negative consequences to a sale of this type, especially as it relates product offerings and design control. There some positive ones as well. This can often mean in infusion of cash to get products off the drawing... | |
| H2O Signature Stereo vs H20 Signature Mono Amps Henry quoted me $2500 for the Stereo version 6 months ago. Have prices gone down? | |
| Amp for Apogee Stage's I've driven my Stages with several amps with good results. The load is not that difficult, as compared to some of the larger Apogee models.Much depends on your tastes. I had the mentioned Aragoon 4004 MK II in my system for a short time. While it ... | |
| Behringer DEQ2496 - wow I had the Behringer 2496 and the mic in my system for a couple of months. In the end, I found it seriously lacking in transparency and it had a high noise floor. The build quality is just not there, the DACs are cheap, and the PC-based user interf... | |
| Pass Lab x2.5 preamp owners -- plse help I have an X2.5 and don't find it to be bright at all. In my sytem is sounds neutral and clean. It will reprodouce what it is fed. You might want to look at your source component, the Naim CD3.5 has a reputation for a forward midrange and high freq... | |
| consonance 2.0 sacd: EC99 upgrade from 6H30. I got my SACD 2.0 back a couple weeks ago from the service center that did the upgrade. I let it break-in the recommended 100 + hours.The 6H30 tube had an obvious "tube" sound, the highs were slightly rolled off, very deep base was down, and the m... | |
| How to match preamp gain to amp sensitivity? If you are looking at a passive unit, I own and can recommend both the Placette products (excellent attenuator with 125 steps for volume control) and the Sonic Euphoria PLC (excellent dynamics). Both have 30 day in home trial programs.-Rick | |
| Amplifier For Martin Logan CLSIIZ? I owned CLS IIz for several years and went through a number of amps. The impedance on theses speakers gets pretty low and varies quite a bit. They need a quality amp.The Inner Sound amps (designed and built by Coda-Continuum) work very well. They ... | |
| Best Inexpensive DAC The Bel Canto DAC 1.1 can normally be had around $500 and the DAC 2 for a bit over $800. Also, the Perpetual Technologies P-3A is fairly good with a few modifiations for less than $500.Rick | |
| Acoustic Research Speakers AR-90 Try Layne Audio for new AR replacements or repair:http://layneaudio.hypermart.net/AR.htmRick | |
| Custom Made Dust Covers? Thanks to all who have provided the needed information so quickly. This place has never failed to provide answers to my varied questions.Thanks again!Rick | |
| Sony S7700, S7000, or ??? best low cost transport? It depends very much on the DAC and its sensitivity to jitter. Many transports sound different because of the amount of jitter they produce and how well the DAC is able to correct for it.The better your DAC handles jitter, less difference youll h... | |
| What steps forward were actually steps backward? Getting rid of my Bel Canto DAC-2 in favor of SACD was a sorry move. At least I was able to get a replacement DAC-2 here for a fair price and dump the SACD player.I don't want my components to be musical, I want them to be accurate so I can hear t... | |
| Passive pre-amp any good??? A good passive will not limit your dynamics or roll off the frequency extremes. Also, most sources today will drive any power amp to clipping. Gain is rarely needed (at least in the century).Placette Audio and Bent Audio both make very transparent... | |
| mod my cdp or newer cd transport or ?? long I went through a similar exercise not long ago. I also have a DAC-2. I tried several transports from a higer-end Muse to a cheap Marantz player.Transports do sound different with the DAC2, but not in a way I would characterize as "major". After tr... |