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| Gershmann speakers: Underrated or just average?? Although I haven't heard them at length, Gershmann speakers have always been one of the most impressive speakers I've heard at various shows--very transparent, open, dynamic, and musical, and they always make it into my top 5 at any given show. I'... | |
| Power Amp Neeed -- PLEASE HELP prevent mistake. I also like the Odyssey and Belles amps and would add a used McCormack DNA-1 and the Marsh Sound Design A200s as both are very neutral and open with great bass control. Best of luck.Tim | |
| Difference bewteen McCormack DNA-2 & DNA-1 ?? 4yanx,I seriously doubt Conrad-Johnson would endorse Steve upgrading the new McCormack amps, but you can take solace in the fact that many of the upgrades involved in the SMcAudio revisions have already been incorporated into your amp(I believe on... | |
| Anyone Heard the new Outlaw 950 pre/pro? I know the DC1 digitizes all analog inputs, so if you've got a good CD player, DAC, or turntable this is not a good choice. I don't know if the Outlaw pre/pro digitizes analog inputs, but their 1050 receiver does so you should check and if it does... | |
| Advice on DAC/upsampler Be careful about putting too much emphasis on upsampling. Much of the benefit depends on the implementation, and often upsampling makes very little difference as the added circuitry can easily cancel out the benefit of the upsampling if it's not i... | |
| Sony 555 vs. 333 as transport? Lee makes a good point about the multichannel SACD thing--always nice to have the capability in case it takes off and/or you get the bug.You might want to go to www.tweakaudio.com and check out what Ric Schultz says about the 333 and 555. It's not... | |
| consensus on passive preamps? Thanks C. I'm currently considering a Placette pre and very much look forward to hearing your thoughts.Tim | |
| Rec. vs. DVD: who should be responsible for DAC? The DVD player will matter much less since the Rotel will be doing the D/A processing. I think you'd have to spend a lot more on a better DVD transport to make an appreciable difference and you'd probably be better off putting that money somewhere... | |
| Why are there so many unopened amps, ect for sale? I've always been a little concerned that a lot of these "new in box" offers may be B-stock items that have been blown out by either a dealer or the company. B-stock can mean anything from a minor blemish to a unit that was defective and had to be ... | |
| consensus on passive preamps? So Flyfishnz, how does the Placette compare overall to the BC21?Tim | |
| Rec. vs. DVD: who should be responsible for DAC? Two thoughts. Be aware that just because the Rotel accepts analog inputs does not mean they are analog pass throughs. It is quite possible the Rotel digitizes ALL its analog inputs and then converts them back to analog again, which is something yo... | |
| Rec. vs. DVD: who should be responsible for DAC? Ditto what Sean said. One thing regarding video: apparently some Panasonic DVD players are using a chip from Faroudja that should put it head and shoulders above most if not all other low priced DVD players out there from a video perspective. If t... | |
| Recommend speakers While I agree with those above who recommend Vandy and I also happen to think they are fantastic speakers, the reason I did not mention them is that one of the attributes Trip was looking for was a "crisp" sound. Crisp is definitely not a word I w... | |
| linn v. tyler acoustics v. monitor audio speakers Man you are all over the place here. These are all so different I have to assume you haven't heard them all or you'd already have a preference or at least ruled one out. One thing I'll say about Linn is if you like it you like it a lot and if you ... | |
| Balance control vs. Speaker placement Oh, one more thing. I for one would not vary the distance of the speakers to adjust the channel balance. My guess is although you may achieve better balance you probably introduce several other negatives to the sonic picture by doing this. This is... |