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| $5000 universal player ... am I a fool ? Hello, I have heard some very nice high end units but ended up buying a Marantz SA-8001. This is a very smooth sounding player with dual mono discrete circuits. No cheap op-amps. It is a 2-channel cd/sacd only player and does very good on redbook ... | |
| speakers for my yamaha rx-v1700 Hello, I have a Yamaha RX-V1700 and am driving an older pair of Mirage OM-10 speakers,rated 90db @ 6-ohms that sound great with this receiver. This is the only receiver i have ever had that i did not have to ad a power amp too. I did leave the Yam... | |
| New noise from old set-up? Hey Chad, Sell all that junk you have or just let me haul it away too Bob's audio wasteland. Just kidding buddy !!! Wish i was closer the help you track this down. Cheers Bob | |
| LEGACY FANS ? Hello, You can also check out the Legacy amps. They had a stereo amp as well a mono blocks. These were made by Coda. Another good choice may be the Sunfire amps. Cheers Bob | |
| Preamp Turned Down/Amplifer Noise I have had the this noise when i was using speakers with a high sensitivity rating like 90 db and above. They seem to show more electronic noise. If your pre-amp has an adjustable gain like a surround pre-amp or a receiver try setting it to a low... | |
| Marantz - ST-7001 Hello, You may want to check out the Marantz web site and see if you can down load the manual. This may help with your questions. Good luck Bob | |
| Two-channel SACD player recommendations? Hi John, Bondmanp asked what tubed cd player my friend had. It was a Unison? not sure what model. I was surprised to hear that the Marantz 8001 was a little smoother than a tubed cd player. Maybe it was the tubes,not sure what he was using for tub... | |
| Two-channel SACD player recommendations? Hi John, My friend has a Marantz SA-8001 and wow what a nice player. This unit uses discrete output stages for the audio signal instead of op amps. It is very smooth sounding and i liked it better than a tubed cd player he also had on hand which s... | |
| What is the best CD player under $2000 ? Hello, I was at a friends house and heard his new Marantz SA-8001. This is a great sounding unit with good build quailty and looks plus it plays super audio. It also has a discrete output circuit instead of IC based op-amps. I think it will be my ... | |
| Biamping with a pair of 2 ch amps.... Hello, I would run them in the vertical bi-amp setup,hookup #1. This is one amp for the left speaker and one amp for the right speaker with one channel for the highs and one channel for the lows. This will give you better stereo seperation like ha... | |
| Banana plugs for Tara Labs Prime 1800 Hello, You may want to check out audioadvisor.com. They have the Audioquest spade to banana adaptors. Good luck Bob | |
| Paradigm Compact Monitor Hello, I have some lit from the upgraded model that has the aluminum dome tweeter. Both speakers look the same except the tweeter. Low freq. 40hz (DIN) +/- 2db from 55hz-20khz. Sensitivity-Room/Aniechoic 88db/85db. Max. input power 80/100 watts N... | |
| speaker connection Hello, If you are talking hooking them up in a speaker project like lets say 2-8" woofers. If they are both 8-ohm drivers and you hook them up in parallel you would have 4-ohms and would add about 3db but needs more current/power to drive them. If... | |
| MHZS Audio CD-66, Looks nice but is it any good ? Hi Guys, Thanks for all of the information and your time!!! It sounds like this could be a real nice machine once it is tweeked a bit. Cheers Bob | |
| CD Player with Variable Outs/Volume Control Hello, There is a Sherwood Newcastle CD-980T for sale on Audiogon that has a variable out. These are great sounding units for not alot of money. I have 2 of them. These units have dual Burr-Brown 20-bit dacs with dual mono circuit boards. Also you... |