seldenr
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| Your Recommendations Please Ok, so I'm a Yellowjackets fan, and I always carry a copy of "Dreamland" when listening to new equipment (1st cut). Maybe not meeting your criteria, but a good reference and a cleaner recording, check out Oregon's "Beyond Words" from Chesky. Again... | |
| Upgrading to Tube; Amp or Preamp Count me in the camp that uses a Rogue 99 pre, but currently driving a Plinius SA-100 Mk III (100 wpc SS amp). I did a lot of listening, also during a search for a system for my brother. I am tremendously satisfied with the Rogue, and the Plinius ... | |
| Please Help Solid State Amps ? For what it is worth, my brother and I auditioned a pair of 3.6's, which were first being driven by VTL750 monoblocks. Very nice. Then the dealer (Audio Concepts in Houston, Texas) asked if we wanted to hear something very special. We declined. No... | |
| Best tube pre under 1500? For another $0.02, I heartily recommend the Rogue 99. Used on Audiogon (if you can find one), can be had for approximately $1,300 to $1,500. After several comparison tests (using a McCormack DNA 225 SS amp into Soliloquy 6.3 speakers) the only thi... | |
| Jumping into SE tube amps. Suggestions? You might look at Antique Sound Labs. Their MG15 DT-S is a single ended pentode, which puts out 15 wpc. By the way, technically it is an integrated, and has received rave reviews. My brother bought a demo for US$550, and since using it hasn't both... | |
| Thiel 3.6 vs. Spendor SP100 vs. PSB GOLD Kevziek: I am hesitant to respond after the post by Artmaltman, since he has listened to, and/or owned, all of the speakers you mention. So, his response should easily trump mine. However, I wanted to mention that my brother and I spent a long aft... | |
| Loudspeakers played LOUD Back to the original question (but don't let me change the current subject if you choose to continue), I would respectfully suggest the Revel Salons. I had the chance to listen to Dunlavy SCIVa (albeit not the Vs) in one room, then the Revel Studi... | |
| Biggest soundstage in a CD Player ? Wow. I'm a bit intimidated by the quality of the opinions and experience of those expressing them. Nevertheless, I recently reviewed a couple of CDplayers and thought you might be interested.I was listening to Magneplanar 3.6s through VTL 750 mono... | |
| Diva , PSB , Dynaudio or Meadowlark ? My brother and I auditioned the PSB Gold, Dynaudio Contour 3.3 and Soliloquy 6.3. I wanted to like the Dynaudio, but the Soliloquy was an easy winner. Very musical, excellent bass, cleaner midrange. He bought them. Besides, if you ever want to try... | |
| Is there an SACD that can play cds well? Hey Mgottlieb. You could be the missing link in most of the threads on this topic. So far no one has adequately (in my humble opinion) compared the top of the line Sony SACD player, with CD playback, to a state (or near) of the art CD only system.... | |
| Old Philips CD as transport or new playe Terrific help you guys! Question, do your replies mean that the improvements made to CD playback in general over the last few years don't apply quite as much to transports? I.e., do you think a 10 year old transport is still technically sufficient... | |
| High-Bit CD s JVC XRCD worth if... Guys: Sorry, I have nothing to add, but wanted to say that I have the same question since I plan to add an upsampler and use current CD player as a transport. I also long for the wonderful collection of Bill Evans XRCDs, but if the overall sound i... | |
| necessity of 24/96 w/out dvd-audio...? Just a note to try to help clarify. Back to one of the original questions, ALL regular CDs use a sample rate of 44.1 khz, and a 16 bit word length (as originally specified in the Philips/Sony Red Book). This has not and will not change for regular... |