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| Help chossing a good speaker. $ 3-5 K My favorite mini monitor works great with a good sub (which you have). The ProAC One SC with Target stands. Very dynamic, musical, disappear in a room as good as the best out there, but very inefficient. If you have a high powered amp the One SC w... | |
| Any Blu Ray player that will also play SACD's ? Older Sony Playstation 3 either last years 80 gig or the older 60 gig units. The 60 gig Playstations is fully backwards compatible with Playstation one and two games. Both have really good and fast loading blueray player and upsamples regular DVD ... | |
| Big Karan amps I have never heard a big Karan amp, but have owned a Karan KA-i180 integrated amp. It is rated at 180wpc into 8 ohms. I used it with Merlin VSM-M speakers and hated it. I think it was more the speakers then the amp. It played loud effortlessly, bu... | |
| Most Rockingest Preamp south of $2k used Rock is great from the Audio Mirror Pp1 and so is jazz. I was listening to some rock an hour ago (Jane's addiction- Down in a hole)) and blown away. The preamp is not forward or laid back. It is whatever your speaker and amplifier are. The Pp1 is ... | |
| Class D question............... Bel Canto makes some nice stuff. I believe they use ICE from B&O in their class D amps. The Hypex (UCD), imho sound better. Try a Channel Island D-200 amp. The Channel Island amps may not be using the newest HG modules from Hypex. I'm not sure. | |
| What do your think of the following... Get it. My buddy had the LPA-1, sold it and upgraded to an HDMI receiver (Yamaha) and is now kicking himself for selling the Emotiva amp. The Emotiva has a nice kick to it that most receivers won't have. For the money it's a no brainer. | |
| Class D question............... Hi Jw, I am building UCD700HG monos with the HxR regulators. I just sold my UCD700AD monos.I agree with the tube preamp. I also use a tube preamp. I have a modified Audio Mirror Pp1. The system sounds great! It is very revealing, but smooth.I didn... | |
| Class D question............... Hypex has made some great leaps in the last 2 years. The company has introduced HG modules with new regulators that sound amazing. Kharma is using Hypex modules in their MP series big buck amps. The technology is proven and sounds really nice. I a... | |
| Most Rockingest Preamp south of $2k used Audio Mirror. Best money on a preamp you will ever spend. I have the Pp1 and love it. Great dynamics and smooth. Under $2k for either one they make. | |
| The best amp for $2k tube, solid state or hybrid You have all given me allot of great advise. Tvad, I think your advise to "Wait patiently. Search the listings. Buy an interesting item when it appears at a price that will allow re-sale if it doesn't meet expectations." is what I will do. There w... | |
| The best amp for $2k tube, solid state or hybrid I read some reviews on the VK500. Allot feel it is dark sounding. The Belles may be more my thing. I like clean treble as long as it doesn't make my ears bleed. The class D amps are working really good with the ProAc One Sc clone I built.Valve Aud... | |
| The best amp for $2k tube, solid state or hybrid Thanks for the responses. I am going to use my NAD CD player as a transport when I finish my TDA-1541A/S2 DAC. I am a big DIYer as well. I think allot of people have underestimated the NAD T-585, because it is a NAD.I may be underestimating the Be... | |
| The best amp for $2k tube, solid state or hybrid How would Belles compare to Butler? Both have the same power. Sonic Frontiers made some nice stuff. Are they still in business? If not who supports them?I must be honest. I am leaning toward hybrid or solid state.I am selling my 350M's for the pur... | |
| The best amp for $2k tube, solid state or hybrid I looked at the McCormack a few years ago. I don't remember why I went another direction. I will research them again. They may have been more then I wanted to spend at that time.I don't know anything about Odyssey amps. They sure are reasonable th... | |
| The best amp for $2k tube, solid state or hybrid Thanks for the replies. I did some research on the Theta and there are some good reviews, most in a HT system. Some say the bass is great, but the mids could be better.I have not considered the Cary 120s. There isn't much info on them from people ... |