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| Emotiva amplifiers review/experience? While I do not own an Emotiva amp, I do own their XDA-1 DAC and it wounds absolutely wonderful. Build quality is first rate. One of the online reviewing magazines tested their 125wpc 2 channel amp which retails for 299.00. He summed it up by sayin... | |
| Amplifiers:A Keeper for Life. Do you know of one ? Shake777...........................You should not be embarassed having Emotiva products. They offer a lot of bang for the buck and a nice system can easily be built with their electronics. I myself own an Emotiva XDA-1 D/A converter which I use in... | |
| Software Question Dtc.......Thank you so very much. I was able to customize and I am very happy with the results. | |
| How do we remember 1970s amplifiers? My system in 1978 was a GAS Son of Ampzilla, GAS Theadra preamp and a GAS Sleeping Beauty cartridge mounted on a JVC Direct Drive turntable. Speakers were Rectilinear 7's. Never could get the 7's to sound as good or better than the old Rectilinear... | |
| $1000 player or dac recommendation There is a Sonic Frontiers CD 1 cd player listed here for around 1200. Might be able to get the person down a bit. I think it would work wonders with your other Sonic Frontiers equipment. I hade a Classe 10 amp for almost 10 years, I loved it. I o... | |
| How do we remember 1970s amplifiers? I had a Kenwood 8000 and something integrated amp. I think it put out 75 wpc. I used it with Rectilinear 3a speakers and the sound was excellent. I have fond memories of that system. My turntable was a Thorens TD160 with a Shure V15 cartridge.Shou... | |
| Amps for MBL 111 I wouldn't bother with the Emotiva amps. They are a lot of bang for the buck but your speakers are highly resolving and will likely show the amps shortcomings. MBL speakers like a lot of power. I would look for something in the 200wpc range and up... | |
| Impedance Mismatch: A.I. M3A, Krell KSA100 Scoutdog is waaaay off base. Many people use tube preamps and solid state amps. There is no law against mixing and matching. IMHO, a krell pre and power amp makes for a very fatigueing sound. Just sayin. | |
| Impedance Mismatch: A.I. M3A, Krell KSA100 I have a Modulus 3A preamp coupled with a Stratos Extreme stereo amp with a 22K input impedence. It is a match made in heaven. I am smitten with the sound and couldn't ask for any better. I would suspect your Krell amp with the 22K input impedence... | |
| Musical Fidelity V-Link with computer.. Rega Dac I tried it both ways. USB directly into my Emotiva XDA 1 dac and it sounded pretty good. Then, the usb to the V- link and coax from the v-link to the coax input on my Emotiva dac. Wow, what a difference! Music flows naturally, much more involving ... | |
| Speakers and system for compressed recordings? Like I said earlier, I was in the same boat as you. I bought the Odyssey Kismet Reference floorstanding speakers and never looked back. Almost all of my beloved Classic Rock from the 60's and 70's sound good, some sound incredible. Classical and J... | |
| Do Thiel Audio CS3.7 Rock? The best speakers for Rock and also Classical and Jazz to my ears are the Odyssey Audio Kismet Reference Floorstanding Speakers. They are simply amazing. My rock taste goes from Metallica through Pink Floyd and everything in between. They never, e... | |
| I just started listening to my CD player again One word: Shunyata. can't go wrong. | |
| Speakers and system for compressed recordings? Classic rock sounds great on my high end system. I was in your situation for years until I found the right combination of amp and speakers. Almost any kind of music now souinds good on my system. The Blu-Ray version of DSOTM is absolutely mind blo... | |
| Best treatment for speaker feet???? I use a inch and a half thick slab of black granite under my floorstanding speakers. The speakers have cones and feet protectors which I purchased from Adona, sitting on top of the granite. As the speakers weigh 85 pounds each, they are extremely ... |