robr45
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| How do I spend $5000? A CD player or DAC for my De Here is a vote for a DAC. An not a hugely expensive one either. Benchmark maybe...The resale value on digital is so awful that I would to have money falling out of my ass to consider an expensive player. Couple this with relatively high failure ra... | |
| Good beginner tube amp suggestions Right on joe_in_seatle, the baby was my first tube amp. | |
| No Audiophiles in Hollywood There was a sex in the city epsiode where one of the chics boyfriends was an audiophile and was playing jazz through a tube system. He was really into it and it was the focus of a 2-3 minute long scene from what I remember.The best part is that th... | |
| Most Reliable CDPs? Keep in mind that the transport mechanisms are often the most prone to failure and there are only a few manufacturers that actually build these while all the others source them as oem. There is far less diversity out there than what you might thin... | |
| Magnapan MMG and Scott 222 Id be interested in hearing the results. I have found that the more power the better with MMGs- but do recognize that small amps can sound quite nice as well. I used a 70wpc KT88 integrated for a while.I now use 300wpc on my MMGs- which was a majo... | |
| Good, cheap, loud speakers Infinity Primus | |
| Neutral el-34 .re-issue o/p tube for Jolida 302b. The most neutral and extended EL34 I have ever heard is the EH 6CA7. SED is quite good but definitely a little sweeter and slightly fatter sounding. Probably still my favorite current production tube.-Rob | |
| Anyone send back Magnepan MMG's? j-stereo,7in is probably too high. Most people prefer 2-5". You should really check out the magnepan users group on aa. | |
| Difference b/t Paradigm Active 20 v.1 & v.2 These are killer speakers, but unfortauntely never were that popular in audiophile circles. No active designs are btw...Instead of holding your breath waiting for your question to be answered a call to Paradigm might be worthwhile. | |
| Best used speaker - Vand 2CE or Soliloque 6.3? Amplification? Room size? Music preferences? Type of preferred sound? | |
| Anyone send back Magnepan MMG's? Do MMG's get toed in at all? ...while on this thread? Any/more setup comments are appreciated! Thanks and good listening! Typically they do like a little toe in. Set up with these things can be rough. A lot of trial and error. The biggest thing i... | |
| Why are hi-end active monitors not more popular? Can we all agree at this point that active design is superior to passive all things being equal.It seems to me that this would be very tough to argue. | |
| Anyone send back Magnepan MMG's? No- I think that they are an incredible value.I will agree that they are not the greatest all around performers, but they do pianos vocals and strings very well.My only concern is about the driver discontinuity. What you explain is 100% opposite f... | |
| The Most Realistic Speaker Technology? What kind of music do you listen to? How big is your room? Amplification?We all want "real" sounding music-like a musician is in the room. However, we all have different ideas on what that means. | |
| B&W DM640 - is there anything wrong? I have a chromatic scale mp3 I can email you if you like. Basically a frequency sweep from 20hz to 20khz starting with the left speaker and then moving to the right.This may be helpful. |