rlb61
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| Help, moved and very unhappy the sound of the syst Marty -I am forced to conclude that it has very little to do with your room and everything to do with your AC, dedicated lines notwithstanding. Here's a low cost solution. Get a high-current Ultimate Outlet, mini-Lab Cable and Juice Bar from PS Au... | |
| B&W 803 vs. 804 My cousin has a pair of Matrix 801s with the North Creek cross-overs. The imaging is great, but I find the bass to be bloated and the highs to be sharp and grainy. The mids are great. I much prefer the sound of the N804s and 803s to the Matrix ser... | |
| BAT VK-D5 CD Player Needed New Transport Assembly Upscale is right about mechanical things breaking down ... they all do at some point. HOWEVER, the Phillips 12.4 transport DOES have a reputation of being unreliable and for having problems early on in the ownership cycle. It's THAT simple. I beli... | |
| B&W 803 vs. 804 Blackie -Your point is well-taken. My room is a typical condo livingroom/dining room deal 22x17x8 which, IMHO, is a big room. The 804s, with proper amplification, fill up the room and sound great. Don't get me wrong, the 803s are a fine speaker, I... | |
| Speaker cable for BW Nautilus 803 Goone -Yes, I'm using CST-1 bi-wire and it really sounds awesome. No baloney. The bass is deep, big and palpable ... I really disagree with those who claim the 804 is lean in that department. I still think it's the ICs which are your problem. Do y... | |
| B&W 803 vs. 804 I respectfully disagree with the prior posts. I auditioned the 804s and 803s side by side. The N803 bass response was marginally better but certainly not worth an extra $1,500. Face it - the 803 has two 7" woofers while the 804 has two 6.5" woofer... | |
| Speaker cable for BW Nautilus 803 I'm using the Coincident CST-1 with N804s and the sound is slammin'. I think you're getting to the point of diminshing returns as far as speaker cable is concerned. Perhaps you should look at the AZ ICs since I've read about some problems with the... | |
| BAT VK-D5 CD Player Needed New Transport Assembly You've got a problem ... the BAT uses the Phillips 12.4 transport which is one of the most troublesome, unreliable transports on the planet. I had a Cary 303/100 AND a 303/200 which both had Phillips 12.4 transport problems. I finally junked 'em. ... | |
| BAT VK-D5 CD Player sometimes does not play a CD I believe the BAT (like the Cary and many others) uses a Phillips 12.4 transport - I've heard of and experienced MANY problems with this transport from disc error readings to skips, to sound droputs. You'd think for approx. $6k retail, BAT could s... | |
| Now I know what they mean by a bright cable. I had the same problem. Was using the Air Matrix when I changed CD players (went from Cary 303/200 to MF Nu-Vista 3DCD). The Air Matrix were well-burned in and were still somewhat bright when I used them with the Cary. But, my ears were aching aft... | |
| Mapleshade CD Favorites Al Lee - "Ain't Playin' The Game." Really an amazing disc from an unheralded artist. | |
| MF Nu-Vista 3DCD Just thought you'd like to know that Ben from Kevro (the distributor for MF) spoke with a couple of dealers AND Antony Michaelson (MF's Managing Director) about my questions ... talk about GREAT customer service. Anyway, the dealers and Mr. Michae... | |
| MF Nu-Vista 3DCD Thanks for your response. One more question: Is there supposed to be a small cutout on the bottom plate just under the transport? As to the sound, it is quite awesome - I didn't find it bright at all. In any event, I'm sure it's gonna get even bet... | |
| Difference between 24/96 and 24/192 I think it really depends on your ears AND the transport. I've found that 96k upsampling sounds far better to my ears since it's not OVERLY detailed - it also (for some strange reason) sounds better with a Sony transport than a Phillips. The 192k ... | |
| What group do you wish would be remastered? "Laid Back" has been remastered as part of the "Capricorn Remaster" series. |