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| Jadis Eurythmie - Anyone ever listen to them? Baranyi,Oops. I meant to say a they cost me a hair less than a USED pair of Avantgarde Duos would have (you can check Audiogon for prices). | |
| What is the best cd playback system? Anyone have any idea what NWO stands for? New World Order? | |
| Reel to Reel Tape Decks Thanks for all the responses so far. Marakanetz, I had planned on a pro or semi-pro 1/2" 15ips capable deck. I like the idea of a Nagra IV-S (or similarly-sized Stellavox) because of its size. I like the idea of an Otari MX5050 for its flexibility... | |
| Starting a high-end audio shop... Am I crazy? I agree with Rec and Gregm. The overall customer base is relatively small, there is very little support infrastructure, and something not mentioned by either - a fair number of us (part of your customer base) are natural-born cheapskates. I, too, ... | |
| Please recommend CD player w/volume under $5500 Oops. I meant to say DCC2/CDSD. I have not tried the DAC6e/CDSD and cannot imagine why I wrote that - could be that I had recently read Oneobgyn's review... | |
| Please recommend CD player w/volume under $5500 The archives have a number of threads on the subject. While the idea of going direct from source to amp is pleasing from a conceptual standpoint, it is a matter of execution, and I have yet to find one I prefer without preamp. Personally, I have f... | |
| What is Better? SS Amp+Tube CD OR Tube Amp+SS CD Bonger, Chazzbo started with the premise that the speakers were sensitive enough for tube amplification and gave a variety of recommendations. I neglected to read your other posts before writing my response to note that you have Totems. None of th... | |
| What is Better? SS Amp+Tube CD OR Tube Amp+SS CD A lot may depend on your speakers... High-efficiency speakers which present a stable high impedance load will allow decent tube amplification bang for buck (a search of the archives will find a world of suggestions). Lower efficiency speakers whic... | |
| Anybody heard of CEC I think of Austilia? C.E.C. is a Japanese company. Their belt-drive CD transports are the only products I have heard. They are quite good. There was a thread about C.E.C. about a month ago here. If you follow the link to Mutine, you can find a list of products offered... | |
| What hybrid power amp? I second the Counterpoints, especially the NPMs. | |
| McIntosh vs. Accuphase I have had the chance to compare Mac (both tube and SS) and Accuphase (always the higher-power amps) in a variety of situations. In almost all cases, I have found the Accuphase amps to be "more musical" (never thought I'd use that adjective for an... | |
| wht does a preamp do? The components which perform the function of the preamplifier can easily be put inside an amplifier (or a source component, especially if the source component has a really big box to house it). When you think about it, back in the late B.C. era ("... | |
| Music out there with good bass For classical music, you might try Edgar Meyer - Bach Unaccompanied Cello Suites. It's performed on double bass and sounds wonderful. It continues to surprise me with its delicacy. Other classical music with strong clear bass is almost any organ w... | |
| Can you suggest a warm high-end CD player? Ever-ready to play devil's advocate, I will take a different tack.Your McIntosh amp is pretty "warm" by itself and I imagine that you don't really need to double up on the tube output. If you can find an EMM CDSD/DAC6 (or DCC2) combo available to ... | |
| How much does your system retail for? Last time I posted, I wrote my system was worth 125 Boardwalk hotels retail (and I had "paid" 40-50 hotels). I off by a factor of five - I had forgotten my Monopoly® rules. It was more like 25 hotels (assuming it costs 5 houses to buy a hotel), an... |