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| Best Bookshelf/Monitors Speakers? Suggestions There are several Usher Be-718s (aka Tiny Dancer) available in your price range. They should satisfy you in terms of soundstaging and bass capabilities, and although they'd probably open up a bit more with more power I'd be surprised if you were u... | |
| Outdated CD player I've never heard your CDP and it may indeed be a fantastic player, but it's been almost 20 years since you bought it and I think you owe it to yourself to at least audition a couple newer players in your system. If it still sounds OK after that th... | |
| Jitter reduction, best device? Reducing jitter may clean up some of the edges, but I doubt it's going to turn a somewhat clinical sound into a meaningfully richer or more musical experience. I think you'd be better off looking for a DAC that sounds more musical to you rather th... | |
| Useful tweaks for Oppo 980/DTC 9.8 for MC-SACD If you're looking at Oppo mods you might want to check out www.tweakaudio.com. Ric's been modding these things for quite a while and is a pretty straight shooter. If you get to speak with him I'm sure you'll come away a little wiser. Best of luck. | |
| $600 +/- Bookshelfs w/ Holographic Soundstage Nice metaphor, but I think it leaves out a crucial part. The size of the window is obviously important, but for holographic imaging I think it's probably even more important to have a clear window. What good is a beautiful park if you can't see it... | |
| $600 +/- Bookshelfs w/ Holographic Soundstage I think you're on the right track. Sure you can put better electronics in front of them and the B&Ws will probably throw a better image than they do currently, but they will never image as well as the Proacs you heard.I had a similar watershed... | |
| "small profile" Center Channel Heh Heh. Always get a giggle when the "B" word makes an appearance.Well, thinking outside the cube and since matching isn't a priority maybe a single Gallo A'Diva ball will be sufficient. Given its design and likely good dispersion charateristics ... | |
| Most resolving solid state amp you've ever heard? "clearest sounding. most transparent. revealing. free of color."I think you've described Bryston amps to a tee (although I would add clean, fast, and tight). Exactly what the 2B-SST sounded like in my system, moreso than any other amp I've heard i... | |
| bryston bp-26 VS cambridge 840e What are you looking for that you think the BP-26 is not providing?I've had the BP-6 in my system, which is identical to the BP-26 minus the balanced connections and separate power supply, and I found very little if anything to fault. I would thin... | |
| Bryston SST, McCormack DNA, or Parasound Halo? Can't speak to the Halo amps, but if you're after a fuller, more robust sound with denser/more powerful images (relatively speaking that is) I'd lean toward the McCormack. If you prefer a quicker, lighter, clearer, and more airy 3-dimensional pres... | |
| Love my ipod, Hate my ear buds.... I was in your exact situation about 6 months ago. Couldn't keep those damn stock Apple 'phones in my ears more than 5 minutes before the pain outweighed the music, which itself added to the pain as the sound quality was awful (goes without saying)... | |
| McCormack DNA .5 and 1- big difference? I would guess you could get a stock DNA-1 or a DNA-0.5 Rev. A for about the same price, so unless you really need that extra power I would think the considerable sonic improvements of the Rev. A mods would far outweigh the DNA-1 power advantage. B... | |
| High-Def TVs? Some HDTVs do a much better job upscaling standard def pictures than others. Don't know which model(s) you were looking at, but my Panasonic 50" plasma does a pretty darn good job with a good standard def signal to the point that I don't mind watc... | |
| Good speakers for a low budget Cleaneduphippy makes some very good points, and it's frustrating how many people look for advice here without giving a clue as to what they're looking for or what they already have. As a general rule I don't respond to posts that aren't more speci... | |
| Good speakers for a low budget If you can find them used the Ascend Acoustics Sierra 1 would be a great choice -- great looks and superior sonics. Ditto the Epos M5, or you could get the ELS-3 new for about 400 bucks and obviously even less used.Noticed there's a new pair of Si... |