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| sub power amp and crossover,which one? jim's adwice is good. (i know - he also likes alfas!) i use two adcom gfa555's to drive my 4 ohm vmps larger subs. i was running 'em bridged yust fine, but due to all the recent talk of bridging halving the load the amp sees, & halving the cur... | |
| Best CD player under 5000 as i've seen emc-1's for as little as $2k brand-gnu, perhaps when the 24-192 wersions come out, the 24-96 wersions will meet my cheapskate approval guide, & isle czech one out. at least, it'll match my electro amps! ;~) doug s. | |
| Best speaker in nearfield listening tanks, hiflyer! :>) where, by the way, can ewe audition these speakers? i know only of hurricane hi-fi in az, that carries these. the distributor said he'd send me a pair for audition a couple years ago, but i was up-front & told him i coul... | |
| Best CD player under 5000 gregg, tanks for yer apology - it was unexpected & most appreciated. :>) leafs, while i know i'm not the only one who thought a certain mr. eber could be uncivil at times, i don't condemn a product yust cuz some yerk thinks it's the holy gr... | |
| Best speaker in nearfield listening must be some dealer pinging me w/negative wotes for encouraging folks to get more for their money by shopping used. oh well... | |
| Best CD player under 5000 leafs, as far as abandoning a preamp goes, even w/the resolution audio cd-50, known as being one of the best to use, run straight-in to an amp, i tink its' better to run it thru a preamp. so what if it *is* a tone control? if it sounds better, it ... | |
| Best CD player under 5000 ya, sure leafs, whatever... don't knock it 'til yuve tried it. no, i dint try a $5k cd player. i *did* try i highly respected $3k cd player, tho, & the results were as reported above. sure, perhaps spending $5k or more *will* get ya more resol... | |
| Best speaker in nearfield listening hiflyer, it's been a couple years since i've heard the extremas, &, to be honest, i don't remember the specifics re: amplification. i *do* remember they were great, & that they *do* require lotsa juice. yer monoblocs, at 150 per, may be en... | |
| AMC Tube Amplifiers sorry joe, looks like davie beat ya to it - w/*that* much $$$, now i can get those melos amps i lust after... ;~) | |
| Delphi owners- BDR carbon clamp nope, not yet davie - i'm waiting 'til i can get it for at least 50% off... ;~)doug s. | |
| AMC Tube Amplifiers joe, be careful - i tink these guys may be being nice to me cuz they're tired of me plugging my amp f/s, every oppurtunity i can get... ;~) and, i guess trelja's right - it's not that the amps are toob-like, it's more like: those who prefer toob a... | |
| Delphi owners- BDR carbon clamp poop!!! i thought i was *done* spending money on my oracle! ;~) regards, doug s. | |
| Best Preamp for under $1750.00 everybody knows melos is yunk, unreliable, poor service, etc. yust ask leafs! ;~) but, of all the pre's mentioned here, only the joule electra la 100 mklll wood be of any interest to me, to audition it against my melos music director. i'd be inner... | |
| Highest B/B ryllau, i fergot to add - if yer really serious about wanting to buy an amp yust for break-in purposes, the electro will be better than the adcom 555, even tho the 555 has more watts. the electro has a *lot* more current output - about 4 times the... | |
| Highest B/B ryllau - wanna rent the electro aw100 i have adwertised f/s here on a-gon for $800? ;~) sonics are ackshully pretty good, even toob-lovers tink so. i presently use a matched-pair of electro's in a wertically bi-amped set-up cuz i can't afford the ... |