sugarbrie
Responses from sugarbrie
| sub 1000 used cdp with balanced outs? Rotel RCD991 and Cambridge Audio CD6. | |
| Should Speakers come first in a gradual upgrade? I would get the REL sub now. It will solve all the problems you state that your speakers and the rest of your system currently has. Your system is well balanced now. The Complete is only a 50 watt amp, so you may have trouble powering some higher ... | |
| BEST SUB FOR MUSIC I guess at $2K new it would be the REL Storm III. I would also consider the REL Stadium III. It can be has used for around $2k, the Stadium II even less. | |
| Cheap Stuff That Keeps Up? 1) $100 Aiwa CD Changer with $129 Stan Warren mod used as a transport. Even without the mod it makes a good transport. Stan's Pioneer DVD Player mod is also a steal.2) In addition to the DM302, the also discontinued B&W P5. Sold for only $1500... | |
| Power cord recommendation for REL Strata III? If you believe that the power cord affects the sound (I do); I have found with my REL that a longer cord does a better job of "filtering"?? the AC. I originally had a One Meter Vansevers cord on it; the difference from the OEM cord was slighly bet... | |
| A reasonable integrated w/ remote - possibly tube? Audio Refinement Complete (a baby YBA Integre). With remote brand new only $1100 MSRP. Comes close to tube sound with solid state. There are lots of reviews on this baby. | |
| Power cord recommendation for REL Strata III? It should be a least 2 meters long. I use a Vansevers 211 standard power cord with my Storm III | |
| Best recordings for the following... For the Four Seasons I like the Gil Shaham with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. For a wild ride the Nigel Kennedy recording is interesting (it is the recording that got him noticed despite having punk spiked purple hair at that time). | |
| Christmas music My favorite Messiah is the Trevor Pinnock recording: | |
| DVD player for 200 Ditto on the Pioneer and the mod. | |
| Stranded or solid core for digital audio cable? I would lean toward solid for your intended use also. | |
| Christmas music The Spike Jones classic: "Let's Sing a Song of Christmas" | |
| Opinions on old B&W's $500 is a good deal for the Pre-matrix 802. On eBay they were fetching $700 to $800 depending on condition. | |
| 300 disk W/ outboard DAC or single play W good dac The Cambridge D300 is $175 new on closeout at Audioadvisor along with the $199 AMC mentioned. On ebay you may find an original MSB Link DAC for $150 to $175. The older Soundstream/Krell DACs for around $125+/- are also pretty good. I recommend you... | |
| Other great classified add sources,even Canada? Other good sources are Audioweb.com and Audioshopper.com --- You will see some of the same ads as here; many people post in more than one place. |