rlwainwright
Responses from rlwainwright
| B&W Matrix 805's, need amp, pre-amp, or integrated You should investigate the Emotiva line of products. Their XPA-2 amp ($799) along with their USP-1 preamp ($449) would probably work *very* well with your B&Ws and are within your budget.If you do not need as much power as what the XPA-2 offer... | |
| krellpower1 I wouldn't worry too much about the amp/speaker interface. The single most important arbiter of sound quality is the speaker/room interaction. After that, source material plays the biggest part.There are many, many speakers that would work well wi... | |
| Tube Pre/Monoblock Recommendation You might want to consider a pair of Butler Audio TDB-2250s running mono for your amps. They will output 800 watts/ch. in this configuration. Whoa!Check 'em out here:http://butleraudio.com/tdb2250.php-RW- | |
| What is the best vintage TT for new audiophile? I like Buconero's option. The Denon tables in those days were *very* well-built, look terrific, and last almost forever. A DP47 with a 103 cart. would be a terrific setup to have...-RW- | |
| Help Trying to choose new speakers $1500.00 used? You might want to check out the new Lore Pendragons at $1500/pr. They are getting *fabulous* reviews. And you'd have the comfort of a 5-year warranty that comes with them...-RW- | |
| 45rpm gold record? As mentioned above, gold records signify an artist having sold 500,000 records. However, the gold record given to the artist(s) is almost *never* the album which earned the award. This is from Wikipedia:" Most gold and platinum records are actuall... | |
| A main stream after DVD? Ummmm, Bluray discs...-RW- | |
| PC or Mac? The Win PC option will probably be significantly less expensive. The software available for the Windows platform offers you *many* more choice/options. Unless you are completely brain-dead, I would think the Win PC option is decidedly more intelli... | |
| Counterfeit 'Amused to Death' Vinyl lp? Look at the leadout area of the record. There is usally some hand-written notation there indicating mfgr., etc.From your description it sounds like you got taken. File a complaint with FleaBay, not that it will do you any good...-RW- | |
| "Rubber Soul" Hard left and right pans were the style back in those daze. Plus, the early Beatles albums were recorded on 4-track machines and use multiple overdubs to achieve what is currently done with multi-mics and a 24-track recorder.-RW- | |
| want to You need something to provide the signal (the Mac) and another device sitting with your big rig that will take this signal and do the decoding etc. needed for playback by the analog amps.You might want to look at the WD TV Live product, seems to d... | |
| Amplifier's Amps? I had one of those amps, I really liked it! It had good dynamics and a beefy bottom-end. I attribute those qualities to the hi-current design. H/K has been making ultrawide bandwidth, hi-current amps for quite some time and the Sig. 2.1 is a very ... | |
| Good Mission stand mount models? please advise. Some of the best small speakers I've heard were the old Mission 770s. They really were dynamic and detailed enough to be very good speakers for the bux. I speak of the "clear" woofer model, not the black woofer model. Very nice stands could be had... | |
| Best wire to connect amplifier binding posts? Skin effect at audio frequencies is a total non-issue. You really don't see the effects until you're up into the MHz+ bands.Just make sure the wire you use is of good quality and of sufficient gauge to support the anticipated power plus a little e... | |
| Thinking about an upgrade The 804 Diamonds look really nice, would be a big step up from the Paradigm 40s.Also look at the Gallo offerings on Agon, many great deals on very good speakers. Very fast, sweet mids and top-end, excellent dispersion...-RW- |