rsbeck
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| Any Good SACD Player Plays CD Well Wally -- If you can get the $$, Go for the Emm Labs.I find that in the long run, you end up saving moneywhen you upgrade in larger steps. | |
| Advise for CD player upgrade? Arcam? Rega? MF? It is going to be awfully hard for vinyl to keep up withSACD and even upsampled CD. A few years ago,it might have made some sense to say forget digital,but at this point in music playback history -- I don'tthink one can say that unless one has an ... | |
| classical suggestions Stravinski, The Rite of Spring and Fireworks by theChicago Symphony Orchestra -- PLUS -- Petrouchkaby the Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted bySeiji Ozawa. [BMG 09026-63311-2] | |
| Any Good SACD Player Plays CD Well I have ordered the EMM Labs Dac6 for myself, but formy younger brother, I have bought a Sony SCD XA777ES.My reasoning is this; I am a nice brother, but I amnot going to buy my brother a Dac6. For 1,600 [used],I bought him the Sony SACD player on A... | |
| classical suggestions Mahler's 1st sympony by the NYPO, conducted by Leonard Bernstein -- you're going to love it. Personally,I would recommend staying away from the Beethoven's5th type things -- you've heard them too much. But --that's just me. I also recommend Simply... | |
| paradigm studio 100V2 with Mcintosh tubes I think the McIntosh pre and 2102 would sound greatwith the Paradigm 100's. Or, with just about any speakers. If you find that the 2102 isn't driving the Paradigms hard enough, buy another 2102 and run them as monoblocks. The 2102 is a powerful am... | |
| Advise for CD player upgrade? Arcam? Rega? MF? Between 1,500 and 2,000 --You can get a used Sony SCD XA777ES.Or a used Sony SCD 777ES.The XA is a CD/multi-channel SACD playerThe other is two channel only.You get a great CD/SACD player -- and -- when youget more money, you can have these player... | |
| Solid state amp ultimate stop... I've got both Levinson 436's and Krell FPB 350 MCX's.Both are at the top limit of what I want to spend on amps at this juncture, but that could change.I've had both in my system for a time powering myfront L & R.They are slightly different sou... | |
| Any opinions on how to improve my set-up? Instead of a receiver, use a surround processor andmulti-channel amplifier -- the difference is enormous.Anthem AVM20Anthem MCA-50Check it out. | |
| You got $10000, build a system. I am not Canadian. I recently spent some timeshopping with a friend who is on a budget. Paradigm and Anthem are owned by the same parent company. When Paradigms and Anthem were paired, it seemedto me that there was excellent synergy there and alot... | |
| Building the Best "Used" Budget System under $3000 1) Go for an integrated amp. Something like a Creek 5350SE, which is going for $925, used, on Audiogon right now. Another possibility --- Musical Fidelity A3.2, which has a new price similar to Creek and would probably sell for a similar amount,... | |
| You got $10000, build a system. Alternative ---**All used prices.......Anthem AVM 20 -- $2,500Anthem MCA-50 -- $1,500Paradigm 100's -- $1,500Paradigm center and surrounds -- $1,000Revel B-15 subwoof -- $2,000Denon 1600 DVD DVD-A Player -- $300Sony SCD777ES CD/SACD -- 1,500 | |
| You got $10000, build a system. If you truly need to limit yourself to $10,000.....1) You'll probably need to go with a receiver rather than separates. Check out something like a B & K 307, used. This will be the brains and amplification for your system. I've seen them goin... | |
| Denon DVD2900 Vs Marantz Dv8400. The problem is in trying to do it all in one box.You can get a great DVD player for $300.Then, if you are convinced that the Marantz hasthe sonics you desire -- use it for DVD-A and SACD.The best solution, IMO -- is to get something likethe Denon ... | |
| B&W 803 Nautilus -HELP I don't know if the 334 is powerful enough to drive thatspeaker to max enjoyment. I heard the N803's driven by a Plinius sa-250 and it sounded great. I would alsolook at speaker placement. Speaker placement can make the difference between heaven a... |