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| Curiousity killed..... As far as I know, just the ownership of McIntosh changed when it was purchased by D&M Holdings; management policy would not have changed; and if it ever comes to actually wanting to contact the McIntosh parent, D&M Holdings (stands for "De... | |
| Curiousity killed..... And for what it is worth... McIntosh is now owned by a Japanese company :^) (albeit one where the majority shareholder is a Belgium-listed private-equity fund run by an American group (and the 2nd largest shareholder is Dutch)) :^). | |
| How is your many titles in your digital collection Tireguy,I can only surmise hybrid SACD discs are perhaps being counted as CDs. I frequent 2-3 stores in Tokyo and I have seen the number of titles offered grow significantly this year and on-shelf availability has sky-rocketed in general. Doing a ... | |
| Ikeda Sound Labs Info? The number that Raul provided belongs to someone who lives/works in Saitama Prefecture, just north of Tokyo. You also need the country code of 81 before the number but when dialling from outside Japan, you generally leave off the zero at the front... | |
| Big Stupid Warm Speakers In terms of physical size, warmth/"musicality", and good size/quality/bass per dollar spent used, you might try a pair of Merlin Excalibers. As I remember they are about 6'-6'6" tall, look a bit like very large and tall Vandersteen 3s, have a very... | |
| Accuphase voltage conversion 110/120 to 230 VAC Uli's idea is probably the easiest solution. Another solution would be to buy a 50Hz unit from Japan and get it switched from 110 to 230 volt in Europe (should be relatively easy/cheap) as Japan uses both 50Hz and 60Hz units (depending on which si... | |
| Best Plasma sony,pioneer.Panasonic ? Kal, you are, of course, right. While I have seen two generations of both the Panasonic and Pioneer in darkened rooms and enjoyed both, I have never directly compared the two in those conditions. I have only directly compared them in the lighter a... | |
| Good looking tube amp suggestions I have not compared your two faves but when I was looking for a tube integrated for a headphone system, I compared the Manley Stingray and a few other similarly-priced integrated tube amps (a Cayin amp - model forgotten, a VTL IT-85, Marantz 66, E... | |
| Who makes the narrowest SACD player? The Sharp DX-SX1 is about 30cm (12 inches) wide. | |
| Best Plasma sony,pioneer.Panasonic ? FWIW, here in Japan, the Fujitsus don't sell very well now because they are not price competitive and the picture does not seem noticably better for HD use. NEC just sold its PDP mfg. business to Pioneer so anything which comes out will not be NEC... | |
| Who u gots da most uv??? Surprising results (to me at least): across all formats, it comes to effectively a nine-way tie: Bill Evans, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, J.S. Bach, Arvo Part, XTC, Beatles, Pink Floyd and by virtue of number of hours of music rather than number o... | |
| Counterpoint NPM monoblocs never heard them with Maggies. I tested them listening to Martin Logan SL3s (which go down to about 1 ohm at their lowest impedance - I believe at 20kHz or so?). I thought they were great. At the time, I compared them with VTL 450 monoblocks and a... | |
| Bigger is Better... I am currently in the process of looking for a large flat panel display (FPD) TV and decided that for the moment, TFT-LCD reaction time is still too slow and prices have not come down enough to warrant buying LCD vs plasma (even here in Japan wher... | |
| What's on your reading list? Rhyno, I was also going to recommend George Soros' AoF & BG's Intelligent Investor but I guess I don't have to. I will, however, recommend Against the Gods by Peter Bernstein and Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Cha... | |
| What's on your reading list? Crazy4blues, I agree. DaVinci Code was a real letdown but taking a side trail, I read a The Templar Revelation, which while a bit heavy-handed, is a thought-provoking read (check the Amazon reviews for more).Rhyno, in the same market vein, I would... |