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| Seperates vs Integrated Two other integrated amps you should check are the Bryston BP-60 and the Musical Fidelity (sold by Audio Advisors). I have not heard either of them, but both have gotten excellent reviews. | |
| Opinions of Hafler 9500 or 9505 Amp Elgordo: I stand corrected. I had forgotten that by the time the "Hafler" Transnova series was manufactured, David Hafler had sold his company. I have owned various Hafler products over the years -- the DH220 amp and the DH110 preamp being the las... | |
| Adding a Second Sub I use two subs in my systems, but strictly for home theater. When doing any serious listening to music, I run only my Vandersteen 3A Signatures. (The sole exception is when I'm listening to full-range recordings of the organ, and then I like the e... | |
| MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE One last point I forgot to mention. If you are interested in getting an idea about which of the recordings in the Mercury and RCA series were the best, you might want to expore the back-issues and archives of "Stereophile" magazine and "The Absolu... | |
| MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE The early "Living Presence" LP's from the late 1950's and early 1960's had a reddish-purple label, with the words "Living Presence" in a half-circle around the top (silver print, as I recall). The Mercury "Living Presence" series and the RCA "Livi... | |
| Opinions of Hafler 9500 or 9505 Amp Good to very good amps, built with David Hafler's usual high quality design and value. Not state-of-the-art (never were), but an excellent buy used. | |
| What s your favorite amp 2500 used/ 4k You must add the Bryston 9B-ST to your "must audition" list. MSRP is $3800, but it can be bought at discount for around $3k. Outstanding amp -- selected as a "Class A" component by Stereopiles magazine. Output is rated at 125 wpc x 5, but is actua... | |
| Applause: Bummer Be thankful that the applause does not sound realistic. If it did, the music wouldn't. Reason? When recording, mikes are optimized to record the instruments, and thus are usually quite directional. Even omnidirectional mikes are usually placed in ... | |
| fisher 800-c tube reciever The Fisher 800-C was quite a unit in its day -- it was the first really good of stereo equipment that I bought back in the mid-1960's. At that time, Avery Fisher still owned the company, and his equipment was some of the best of its day. As I reca... | |
| Speaker cable termination Kimber Kable's "Post Master" spades are excellent, as are the WBT locking bananas. If your local dealer can't help you, the contact Kimber directly for both of these items. (See www.kimber.com) | |
| Magical, Musical, Mini Monitors As someone who also explored the idea of using "home audio" gear in his car, I have to urge you to re-think your idea. The combination of road noise and a less-than-optimal listening enclosure makes most home audio gear ill-suited to car audio app... | |
| Budget amp advice The B&K ST-140 is a good, classic design that has been around a long time. My personal recommendation, however, is to look at a Rotel, Adcom, or Parasound in your price range (either new or used). The other choice which you might want to explo... | |
| Best headphones under 800.00 USD The two headphones I'd recommend, based on owning both of them, are the Sennheiser 600 (very comfortable, excellent sound quality), and one of the older Stax electrostatics (also comfortable, and extraordinary clarity). The chief downside to the S... | |
| Home theatre and Musical Experience Steve: If your objective is to have a good system for music, then that's where to start, even if means that you may have to compromise a bit on the HT sound. I have been an audiophile for a long time, but wanted to build a good HT system around my... | |
| Bob Dylan, have an opinion? Thanks, everyone, for not crucifying me (with Good Friday just past). Individual tastes vary, and some of the jazz singers I like certainly don't appeal to everyone -- a good example is the late Betty Carter. Or in the folk vein, maybe Odetta woul... |