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| BAT to BAT - What's Best? Blindjim,Sorry to hijack this thread, but can you recall as to why it's a "No" to the Shunyata Aries? I seek what in you seek in your original post. Thanks. | |
| Amp/ Pre-amp options for B&W 602 S3s + Bi-wire? If it were me, I would look at a decent integrated amp such as the Arcam A85. A substantially better unit that's worth considering is the YBA Integre DT. The YBA is a very musical amp and sounds fabulous when paired with my B&W CDM1SE's. Other... | |
| Tough choice for a new setup, please look Not familiar with most of the players you've mentioned but I've listened to CEC 51XR and previously owned the CEC TL-5100 transport. Well, in my opinion the 51XR as a standalone CD player is just mediocre and not too impresive but the TL-5100 belt... | |
| Best CD Player under $1200 Try a used Sony XA7ES. It's under $1,000 and sounds better to the Arcam units to my ears. The Arcam seems to be the best of the bunch in your list. | |
| PMC vs. ATC Hi Marco,Congratulations, you just revived a 2 years old thread! May I know which model of the PMC mini-monitors that you find the bass thumpy and the treble etched? You may have the impression that the bass is over-emphasized because PMC's which ... | |
| Small bookshelfs that reach 42 hz I have owned B&W N805's and now the PMC's which utilize Dynaudio drivers and generally agree with your assessment on the 140's. The bass of my PMC bookshelves is surprisingly full and belies its dimensions. My PMC's which are TL design stays c... | |
| Preamp with lots of outputs? I felt compelled to chime in here. From what I read, it seems that the initial post started by Tripper further exacerbated by the humor in Jax2's posting had caused a whole lot of mess here. Looks like Doug really needs some outputs! Chill out guy... | |
| What is better than Bose but costs less? I agree with AVguygeorge. Being a novice 10 years ago I was coaxed by one of my mate in buying the Bose Acoustimass AM-10 brand new. Sold it off 3 years later at 80% off the price I've paid for them. I wouldn't touch them unless if you're only on ... | |
| Spare change on a speaker cabinet I have Magnepan 3.3/R speakers. Where the heck am I supposed to put the coins?A small blob of Blu Tac will do it. Will improve the sound and at the meantime makes a great fashion statement. | |
| More power or better quality power? Ohh yes I guess those tube guys don't care about neutrality anyway as they continue to roll their tubes... | |
| More power or better quality power? I do believe that if one amp/preamp sounds substantially different when level matched operating within their linear region, then one of them is broken (possibly by design).In my opinion, I don't believe one design is broken if it does not sound th... | |
| More power or better quality power? If I were you, I would look at the amp first cos your current NAD is on the low-end. If you upgrade to better speakers the NAD won't do justice to them and it's back to square one. | |
| More power or better quality power? I am researching new integrateds because my System sounds lifeless.Sonus Fabers lower models need an upfront and dynamic amp or else it would sound as what you've described. Also, since you listen to mostly rock, you would certainly need to look a... | |
| MC402 vs FPB 300cx offended Mac owners vs. offended Krell ownerBoth will sound great in their respective setups of different environments ultimately based on the listener's ears and preferences. Jc, I believe the description by Hassel you have quoted was made when t... | |
| MC402 vs FPB 300cx I guess the question remains are there others out there that compete with the Krell sound? Plinius maybe??If you find Mac very relaxed in its presentation, you would find Plinius even more relaxed. Seems like the Krell FPB will suit your listening... |