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| Shocker - CAL CL 15 vs Marantz KI Pearl SACD I had a CL-15 I bought used years ago. Really liked it; should'a kept it. I made the mistake of trading it for a CL-25, that broke a couple of years later, & by then CAL had gone out of business, or been bought out.I now have a Cary 303-200 th... | |
| I need suggestions and ideas in picking a preamp. I'd say think about replacing the monster interconnects. Even Nordost Blue Heavens for maybe $100 used I've had great luck with.A tube preamp? Do you want new or used? If used, $1K can get you a very good tube preamp. $1800-$2000 can get you a ver... | |
| Need Help Choosing a Tube Preamp for a Classe Amp the VTL 5.5 is supposed to be excellent. I have a Cary SLP98 that I love--extremely quiet, "neutral", looks gorgeous. ARC & C-J worth checking out of course..... | |
| totem model 1 vs. quad 11L Spendor 3/5 SE's are a lot cheaper than Totem 1's used, & sound great with good SS electronics. I use mine with a C-J PF-R pre-amp & MF2250 amp in a small room, & they sound great, with plenty of bass given their tiny size. I'm pretty ... | |
| What do you think about Magnepans 3.6R for me Have you thought about selling the 801's? Huge, near impossible to ship, but they should sell at some price. Also the drivers &/or crossovers tend to fail on M801's or M802's.....I sold my M802's a few years ago & bought Totem Mani 2's; ne... | |
| CJ MF2300A- What's a good price? What're they asking? My guess would be, $1k or less (less would be nice). I have a MF2500A--it is excellent--& a MF2250--also excellent. I haven't heard the 2300A, but at the right price...... | |
| What do you think about Magnepans 3.6R for me I'm amazed that you've been able to power b&w 801's with tube amp(s), in that large a room, & have been happy with the combo. Even mono-blocs w/eight 6550C output tubes per side, is that correct?IMO, you need to use big SS amps in a room t... | |
| USPS Priority Mail I can't believe that it'll be cost effective to ship two 50 pound boxes via USPS Priority Mail. And if they're double boxed & packed extremely well, UPS Ground should be fine.I've shipped delicate crystal, china, keyboard & audio equip. al... | |
| How Important is Getting Your Rack Out I have my rack off to the side, & my power amp in between the speakers. It "looks" much better that way too, IMO, if that matters. I don't even have real expensive IC's to the amp, & I think my system sounds fantastic. And I know it's not ... | |
| How Important is Getting Your Rack Out I have my rack off to the side, & my power amp in between the speakers. It "looks" much better that way too, IMO, if that matters. I don't even have real expensive IC's to the amp, & I think my system sounds fantastic. And I know it's not ... | |
| How to make Sony DVP9000ES play Hybrid sacd layer Does the OP have the DVPS9000ES? Or the DVPNS9000ES? The first has a Sony Flat Rate Program repair cost of $212.00, the 2nd is $126. (Frankly I don't know what the DVPNS9000ES is?). | |
| Beginner's questions re: amps, sorry a bit long I like the idea of a Mac integrated. They're supposed to sound great, & have good resale. I haven't owned one, but I don't think you'd go far wrong. They are kind of huge tho for an integrated as I recall.A 38WPC integrated tube amp will reall... | |
| How to make Sony DVP9000ES play Hybrid sacd layer *It plays sacd "native" discs but not the sacd hybrid layer discs*Mine is doing the same thing. Also, mine stopped playing most DVD's all the way thru, it "locks up" after a time.I doubt, at the used price DVP9000ES's are going for, that it's wort... | |
| Totem Mani 2 sig vs Dynaudio special 25s Are you buying used, or new? If used, I'd probably go with whatever spkrs on my "list" I found at a great price/opportunity.I've owned The Mani 2 sigs for a couple of years, & there is apparently no one who has owned them who doesn't love them... | |
| Vinyl sounds a bit thin and slightly strident. I don't want to get killed for saying this, but if you're playing SACD's on a sony 9000ES, & you liked the sound of your vinyl rig before, it could be just that the sound of SACD is spoiling you? (9000ES owner & L-T vinyl hobbyist).The one... |