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Advise on used 1k to 1.5k pre-amp
Any thoughts,comparisons or recommendations regarding; Mark Levinson 38 vrs. Conrad Johson PFR vrs. Krell KRC-3 I'm considering these 3 used units as well as a new Adcom GFP-750.(is this like throughing in a Chevy against a bunch of Mercedes or is... 
Help me with a digital Font end
Inscrutable; many thanks for a very clear explaination, I think this will be a great way for me to go.Any suggestions/recommendations for a quality pre-amp in the (used) $1,000.00 to $1,500.00 range?Thanks,Steve 
Help me with a digital Font end
How do I hook up a pre/proc to a 2 channel pre-amp? I'm assuming that I should hook up my music cd-player to the pre-amp and my DVD player to the pre/proc(yes?,no?, maybe?) Do I then use any particular imput jacks on the back of the pre-amp to hoo... 
Help me with a digital Font end
I DEFINATELY do NOT want to compromise 2 ch. performance so there is absolutely room for another box in my system. I haven't really been exposed to this way of going about it, but it seems to be an excellent way to go (pre/proc. and a seperate 2 c... 
Help me with a digital Font end
Since Soix brought it up, Here's another question I have. Is the music capabilities of a fairly good pre/proc up to par with the sonic capabilitirs of a straight pre-amp? Does a Lexicon DC-2 equal an Adcom GFP-750 in music? 
Is my dealer lying to me?
I've just run into something similar while looking for speakers on the various audio sites. A respondent told me that my Cambridge Audio D500-SE was nowhere near up to the task as regards to the speakers I was considering (Vanderteen 3a sigs, Thei... 
Best speakers for 2000-USED
Thanks again for some much needed info (and a special thanks to Danheather) Maybe I'll ask the question here on this post that I asked on a seperate post. How do old pre-matrix B&W 802's stack up against the speakers that are being mentioned h... 
Best speakers for 2000-USED
So many speakers, so little money. Well I've got to start somewhere so maybe I'll try either Vandersteen 3A sigs, Von Schweikert VR-4 Gen 11's or Theil 3.6's. OK, so of these three, is there one which is hands down clearly a superior speaker? (Tho... 
Best speakers for 2000-USED
I bought a pair of Thiels 10-12 years ago (3.5's I believe) and ended up returning them after about 2 weeks. Something just seemed to be missing to me, they just didn't have the presence I was looking for. I really can't explain it, I heard all th... 
Best speakers for 2000-USED
Well I don't have the room for magnapan's so I'll have to cross them off my list. I'm still left wondering as to which speaker(s) in this used price range are the best at my main priority: imparting a real sence of precenece. A BIG LIFESIZED prese... 
Best speakers for 2000-USED
It would appear that I can't have my cake and eat it too, such a shame. There's nothing quite like the intro to Dire Staits "Money For Nothing" on an old pair of Cerwin Vega's with 15" woofers. The drum rolls are so real and involving, the excitme... 
Superior sound from newer CD players?
Thanks to all who responded. I've gotten some valuable info that really helps.