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| integrated amp suggestions solid state I have used and love the ATC SIA2-150. 150 watts where the first 15 are in class A and then moves into class A/B if more power is needed. The ATC has the rich full bodied sound of class A with the nuts of very well designed class A/B. I preferred ... | |
| 2 Subs I'm using a DSpeaker Antimode 8033s ($500.00) on my two subs and have the best bass I have ever heard. A lot has been written about the Antimode if you do a search you will find all the info you need. A good thing about the Antimode is that sub pl... | |
| Need Advise for open sounding monitors Look into Shelby+Kroll monitors and the matching sub. I have had mine for about 10 months and am amazed at how full, deep, and wide the soundstage is. Imaging is spot on and not to sound cliche but the S/K's do deliver the "you are there" sound in... | |
| Granite stands for speakers experiment Look into Herbies Fat Dots and/or feet. I used the Fat Dots under my monitors on a granite slab and got great results.Good luck | |
| Your best ''outstanding'' products in last 5 yrs? DNM HFTN IC's - Very natural sound like having no cable at allWarpspeed Optocoupler - LDR Preamp simply amazing in letting the music flow.Shelby + Kroll Nano Monitors and Woofer Monitors (subs)- Huge sounstage and imaging with deep articulate bass... | |
| DNM Stereo speaker cables-experiences? I have been using the DNM Stereo cables and HFTN IC's for sometime now. They replaced Crimson and Audio Consulting Solid Silver and Cryoed speaker wires. Everything that Mapman and Gnobber (cool moniker BTW) has written is spot on. Top to bottom c... | |
| DAC 3-4k range Will you be upgrading the 2.1 that you have to a 4.1? or will you be selling the 2.1 and buying a whole new unit? | |
| best "bookshelf" speakers for nearfield listening I'm using Shelby + Kroll Nano Monitors. They are designed to be used as sound board monitors and sound awesome in the nearfield. If you do a search and go to the web site scroll down the home page and use the menu at the bottom. I bought these to ... | |
| And, we keep on searching for speakers, .. What Newbee said....+1He described it perfectly! The best I ever heard was at a close friends house with electronics that he custom built to fit his horn speakers. I listen to his system on a regular basis and have come pretty close in my own sys... | |
| Replacement for RA Opus 21 CDP Look into the Abbington Music Research (AMR) CD 77 and CD 777. Good luck,Rodge | |
| Can Anyone Recommend a Good Speaker ? Check out Shelby+Kroll Monitors and matching sub $2500.00. Clean, clear and perfect toneful bass with highs and mids to match. If you go to the site click on the menue at the bottom of the page Rodge | |
| What Integrated Amps have the sonics of Separates? I'm very happy with my ATC SIA2-150. I went from tubes to this integrated and feel that I haven't missed a beat. There are some great reviews out there. Do a search and read for yourself. They are all true. | |
| Coax to Optical Converters Anygood? Al,Your assumption is correct on the addition of jitter with a converter, no argument there. I was going to rely on the Dual Core to handle the jitter.Assuming that bit errors do not occur, and I would expect that they would not occur with any dec... | |
| Coax to Optical Converters Anygood? In any event, I think we're both agreed that the choice of a converter is less critical than what the OP appears to have been envisioning. And that reports of experiences with particular converters need to be considered in the context of the jitte... | |
| Coax to Optical Converters Anygood? The Dual Core is designed to work with analog, computer, and digital input.Here is DSPeaker's reason for using optical rather than coax as taken from the FAQs page: Q: Coax s/pdif (RCA) sounds better than optical tosink in our ears and due to the ... |