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| Help with amp selection How about the Marantz mono amps, MA 500 and 700 I think they are called. 125 and 200 watts, compact size, and very good sound. | |
| Sour DOW/NASDAQ to kill digital future? What keeps SACD from wide market acceptance is that it is not, to the eyes and ears of most consumers, a fundamental advance over CD. D was, in it's ease of use and noiselessness. But SACD is merely a premium audiophile upgrade to CD, therefore th... | |
| Japan cd player with HDCD under US 700 You mean Japanese CD player? I don't know about that. But Harmon Kardon makes a 5 cd changer w/hdcd for about $300 US. Arcam's model 8 has HDCD if I'm not mistaken. Good player.Also used, EAD's 7000 mark III dac has it, as well as Ultradisc 2000(s... | |
| Digital front-end p/c recommendations? Yes: ESP essence, $500 new, less for "demo"... you can buy from ambrosia.com in LA. Very good sounding cord and a big improvement to the stock cord on my EAD Ultradisc 2000. | |
| ESP Essence powercords? where can I buy? Try ambrosia.com in LA. I bought a strip and a cord there on "demo" once. Demos are about $350 for the cords ($500 retail) or abour $750 for the strip ($1000 retail). BTW, these are excellent products and pretty good value as power cords go. One n... | |
| The best digital hook up? I have read in Stereophile for example that I2S is the best (AudioAlchemy, Muse I think use this)..it's like a computer grade hookup.You'd have to listen to them. I personally do not believe there is much difference between digital hookup methods,... | |
| Best 5K HiFi system for Cwlondon the source! the source!digital: sony SACD 777-ES $1600 street priceamp: decware zen $600 or sospeakers: the "hornshoppe" speaker $700 (thehornshoppe.com)spend the rest on CDs and SACDsOR:Rega Planar 25 w/decent cartridge ($1500+ total) Audio Elect... | |
| Help me find a smooth solid-state amp? The culprit in my experience is the adcom preamp. the amp is actually not that bright, but the preamp is. I had a gfa 5400 and a gfp-555 II (preamp) and with revealing speakers (in my case, castles) the sound was horribly bright, but with a passiv... | |
| The best Cdp that have volume control Theta Miles used from goodwinshighend.com Can't be beat for about $1300. Probably sound similar to the Wadia. | |
| electrostatic with detail? You could not possibly go wrong with a pair of Jean Marie Reynaud speakers, you might be happy with a pair of evolutions for about $3000, and save some money at the same time. delveaudio is a dealer. I haven't heard them but I understand they are ... | |
| Anyone ever opened MIT cables? I have a pair of MIT T5 speaker wire and opened one of them once. The solid core wire of the (+) half of the signal is separated from the stranded wire of the (+) inside the box. The solid core (+) wire is cut, soldered to 18 ga or so wire wrapped... | |
| 1 million dollar speaker made by Kharma I believe the 1 million includes the construction of an underground room. Does it have a sauna, too? | |
| Cheap Powercords...worth the effort??? Another under $25 or so DYI cord is Audioquest AC-12 in bulk from any parts source (like Michael Percy in Inverness, CA) and some hospital grade plugs. I made a pair, it didn't take an inordinate amount of skill, and it works nice and plays nice. ... | |
| EAD ULTRADISC 2000 /any good? I owned this piece for over two years.I sold to downsize my system. Note that apparently the transport is no longer being made (or supplied to EAD), according to a report I read in the Absolute Sound, which is why John Marks is now using a differe... | |
| Speaker match for Audio Research CA-50 Sorry, misprint, they carry the zephyr model (one of the floorstanding models) |