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| Speaker Upgrade, Vandy 3a, Thiel 3.6 ect I agree with the others. Both the Vandys and Thiels are excellent speakers, but the Vandys can be very tough from a placement perpective and they may even be a bit too polite on the top end depending on your tastes. Thiels aren't an option with yo... | |
| HT vs. stereo pre-amps again If you don't want to deal with tape loops and volume mismatches just dump the Perreaux and buy an Adcom GFA-750. It is one of the better stereo preamps around bar none, and offers a dedicated HT processor loop to seemlessly integrate with your Sun... | |
| Monitors are falling Personally I think Jeffloistarca above has the best idea, but failing that...For floorstanders look at the Triangle Antals that I think you can get for $1500 new. They're not too big, and if they meet your aesthetic tastes I'd bet they make a huge... | |
| The best CD Player for the money All you 9000es owners, take a look at www.tweakaudio.com. Ric Schultz of Electronic Visonary Systems has thoroughly reworked all the important areas that Sony had to skimp on and turned this thing into something that should be truly special. There... | |
| MSB Platinum DAC p1s1 reminded me, there is a $300 ModWright upgrade offered to the P3A that is supposed to bring it to an even higher level of performance, and Ric Schultz at EVS is also said to be working on a mod for it, so there seems to be significant upside ... | |
| Electrocompaniet Nemo Heard the Nemos last weekend at the NY hifi show hooked up to a pair of Talon Khoruses. The rest of the electronics were also Electrocompaniet.I've heard the Talons before at length, and while the Nemos did deliver the quickness and dynamics these... | |
| Solve this fun puzzle Spend more money on speakers. While it is true in general that source components are vital to good sound, let's face it, at $900 you can't afford to be too picky. At this price level I believe you get the most bang for your buck by putting it towa... | |
| MSB Platinum DAC If you're looking at spending that much you should really look at the Perpetual Technologies P1A/P3A combination which offers true interpolation to 24 bits in addition to upsampling. In the near future the P1A will also offer room correction which... | |
| Soliloquy 5.3 Linn Ninka or B W? Help? Surprised you've mentioned Ninkas in the same sentence with the 5.3s--they're really polar opposites in terms of what they do musically and I would not consider them substitutes in any way. If you like a deep, wide soundstage with lots of detail t... | |
| Audio Physic Avanti 3 Just heard the Avanti III for the first time at the NY hifi show. They were driven by Hovland amp/preamp and in my opinion offered some of the best sound at the show.Others I have heard that rivalled the Avantis were: Coincident Tech. Total Eclips... | |
| SS versus Tubes Great topic raised with and(so far) discussed with class. Seems like we all agree IN GENERAL that while SS may be more "accurate" to the source, tubes can make a recording sound more "real." So the underlying source of the issue seems to be in the... | |
| help with DAC w/current system I believe a good outboard DAC will make a huge difference in your system. The original Planet was an excellent product but widely held to be tuned down to sound more analog-like--it's also said to make a good transport. A good DAC will strip away ... | |
| Putting together a new system I think this is where dealers can truly earn their money. As many above I too believe speakers are, overall, the most defining component of a system, but a chain is only as strong as its weakest link so you need to make sure they're driven by upst... | |
| Looking for alternative to Sonus Fabers Soliloquy actually voiced their speakers using Sim Audio equipment so this might be a good fit with your current system. Either the 5.0 monitors or 5.3 floorstanders(not very big but need space to breathe) would fit your budget, and they sell some... | |
| DAC or Upgraded Analogue in SACD units? Just to throw yet another option at you. Ric Schultz at Electronic Visionary Systems(www.tweakaudio.com) is completing a total overhaul of the Sony DVP9000 DVD/SACD player. You can go to his website for details, but this mod goes far far beyond in... |