richardfinegold
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| Best 2 Channel SACD with Analog Outs My other Blu Ray players require a monitor.Your suggestion about the Oppo is good. How does the Oppo SACD performance alone stand up to other SACD players that you have heard? | |
| New AV system help please If your preamp has only analog inputs, then you will need a Blu Ray that has analog outputs. Analog outputs are a weak spot for Blu Rays the feature them (many do not) as they tend not to put a lot of quality into analog outputs. You could also ge... | |
| Recs for MUSIC only discs for my 5.1 surround sys For classical music, try arkivmusik.com. They have over 2000 SACDs listed, and many blu rays. I would suggest claudio Abaddo blu rays of Gustav Mahler, but it depends on your tastes as well. | |
| SB Touch w/upgraded power supply: good next step? Marcober I listen to Internet Radio with 3 devices in different systems. They are Apple TV, the Marantz NA 7004 streamer, and the sbt. Allowing for differences in the systems, I don't detect a whole of difference with Internet Radio. Given the rel... | |
| Any word from anyone on AudiogoN about the new Rega Apollo R CDP? People's mileage can vary, as apparently Robbob has had no trouble with his Apollo reading discs, but all that I can say is my experience was that the player is slow in starting (which I always attributed to it's buffering) and fussy with discs. I... | |
| NEWBIE need help understanding Seperates V Receive Separates versus an AVR? Conventional audiophile wisdom is to denigrate receivers as inferior to separates. Receivers have really improved in the last several years and thre are many that sound very fine indeed. They are also easier on the budget ... | |
| SB Touch w/upgraded power supply: good next step? I think your problem is that you are using the analogue outs. The SBT is a heck of a value, but at it's price point it can't be expected to do everything well. I suspect using it the spiff will sound much better and eliminate the click. I wouldn't... | |
| Any word from anyone on AudiogoN about the new Rega Apollo R CDP? @Baka 1969 I haven't heard the Rega Dac, but others have commented that the Dac sounds more open than the Apollo, and I can well believe it. The Apollo sound is neat and tidy, with good insight and pacing, but it isn't a big wide open sound. For a... | |
| Help Needed - Music Only System TheronPerhaps you should explain that active speakers differ from conventional speakers in that they supply their own amplification. | |
| Any word from anyone on AudiogoN about the new Rega Apollo R CDP? I have the old Apollo. I never really fell in love with it. It takes a long time to play a disc and it won't play many that play well on other players. Ultimately it gave way to a NAD universal transport feeding a PSAudio Digital LinkIII. | |
| Not considerin3D,isn't AV market rather stagnant? People don't see the benefits of multichannel and better sound at all. Most of my friends are content to listen to their TV speakers and get music from an i-pod. | |
| Newbie Question on Arcam Why have you ruled out AVRs by Pioneer, onkyo, Sony and Denon? I have owned AVRs from all of the above and prefer them all to Arcam. | |
| Best SACD Player Help Needed A lot of good advice from other posters. I would add my 2 cents and say consider getting a Universal player ( the Denon 2900 ihas been mentioned). If you decide SACD isn't for you, you still have a machine that will do a lot for you. Many threads ... | |
| Need Advice On A Network Music Player Well you have a fine DAC. Probably another reason you were interested in the Bryston transport. I listened a bit to the Squeezebox today using the Marantz NA 7004 as the DAC. Perhaps not to surprisingly, the combo sounds a lot like the NA 7004 on ... | |
| Need Advice On A Network Music Player Just listened to the Marantz for another hour. I also own the Marantz 8003 SACD/CD player, which has been replaced now by the 8004 (see another thread under this folder). The 8003 , 8004, and the NA 7004 all use the same cirrhus logic Dac chips. T... |