sgower
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| Do Audiophiles really like music? What a great thread! It's good to examine our motivations occasionally. I just have one thought to add. I love live music but I don't relate this to listening at home. The crowd noise, bad acoustics, and social interaction put live shows in a diff... | |
| Classe CA 401, CAM 350, or CA 2200 for B&W N802s? No, but I love my CAM350 on Thiels. I would think it would be great on the 802's as well. | |
| Best processor that is excellent for 2 Ch music if your DVD player does 5.1 processing, which many do. | |
| Is calibration services for DLP set worth it? Thanks for your inputs. The actual cost is $350 and I'm told this is really the only guy in the area doing this service. I have heard great things about the Sony SXRD but haven't found a decent place to view them. Best Buy has them but the display... | |
| Best preamp is no preamp: always true? active preamp. The only direct CD connection I have heard and liked was a $6K Wadia. For that you can buy a great CD and pre while maintaining flexibility. | |
| Which 5.1 ch Pre? I love my MAP1. Its an excellent preamp because that's all it is, just 5 channel analog. I don't use the UDP1 but I wish I had one. Its only drawback for me is the lack of balanced outputs. | |
| Reaplce Thiel 3.6's Tweeter I'm not familiar with your Counterpoints but it sounds like you are bridgeing a 2 channel amp for each side. I tried this my 3.6's and did not like the sound. Nor did the amps like the heat generated. I believe an amp in bridged mode sees half the... | |
| Stereo SACD vs. digital Don,Reubent is correct, the digital out is only for the CD layer so you are not hearing the SACD layer using this connection. I have the next gen Sony 999ES and I also have to set it for SACD stereo if you have an SACD with a multichannel layer, n... | |
| Am I crazy????? Try THIS The main benifit of spikes is to create a stable and solid base for the speaker. No floors and no speaker bases are perfectly flat. By using 3 spikes, this creates a "tripod" type mount that can't rock in any direction.My guess on hanging the book... | |
| Building a home theater. Soundscape in Santa Rosa is a Meadowlark dealer. They also have McCormack. I am using a MAP-1 multi-channel analog pre to set up my hybrid 2-channel/HT setup. So far I have set up as 2 channel only with the rest to follow later. This pre gives up ... | |
| van morrison's best sounding album? If you intend best sounding to be best produced, Van's latest Down the Road is very well done. I also think its the best release he's had in a few years. Of course I am a Van idiot as well. | |
| Thiel 2.4 VS 3.6 I purchased the 3.6 over the previous generation 2.3 Thiel. I have heard the 2.4 and I still prefer the 3.6's fuller sound and more neutral highs. To me, a very serious motivation to go with the 3.6 over a Logan/sub arrangement was/is the better i... |