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| Cables for a Tag/Theta/B&W combo? There are so many options...cable market is so crowded it's unbelievable.Are you in the US? GB?8TC or 4TC from Kimber is the traditional budget reference for copper cables. The T-2 is good too but I've always been uncomfortable with the 'signal pr... | |
| Best high end multi-disc player as transport? Adcom makes a decent 5 disc transport, or did.Denon alsoBut you're never sure of the build quality with those. (my cheaper line Philips transport died after 3 years). | |
| MSB Link DAC III vs. CAL Sigma the msb will have stronger more defined bass control and a more'neutral' sound overall; the cal will be mellower and have a nice bass body and roundness to it with the Telefunken. I have a 24/96 Sigma and the Telefunken is a good tube with it. The... | |
| What is the best amp setup for Magnepan 3.6 ? Used Krell FPB 300 if you really want to see what the Maggies can do. $5k will cover it!On the other hand you could keep your Rotel and give the rest to the poor. Probably a better choice. | |
| Triangle Titus - your thoughts They sound completely different from the run of mill B&W and Paradigm. The emphasis is on fast accurate sound, with relatively limited frequency response; it won't give you as much an illusion of deep bass like the others might at the price. I... | |
| Why no threads on OTL amps? Nothing wrong with them, in principle, just that you have to make damn sure the rest of the equipment you have them hooked up to is impeccable sounding (inc. the recording), otherwise, you might not enjoy the sound. Also, there are not that many s... | |
| Am I the only one who thinks B&W is mid-fi? They have always been sold to the public as speakers the mastering engineers use. Many do.Even if the B&Ws were flat (and some are more than others) then you might think them unmusical due to poor quality recordings/and or poor reproduction ch... | |
| FIM vs. PSA powerport vs. Anything else? if you're using stranded copper wire for mains make sure it is the high purity type. i have some monster installed in the walls for speaker cable and it is turning green, which cannot be good for the signal. less important perhaps for power signal... | |
| A question I'm sure you've never heard before.... Read the hifi press about good matches to the mccormack amp. sam tellig in stereophile has had some experience with the amp in comparison to others. also the 225 was reviewed in the absolute sound recently, you might look there for sonic impressio... | |
| I am picky about this, any suggestions??? ohlala is right.also, mccormack might be an upgrade over the adcom. but don't expect miracles; synergy is the key. without knowing the rest of your system or musical tastes or room size, etc., it's hard to make recommendations.also if you really n... | |
| What's the best sounding SS or Tube linestage pre? a very good purist type preamp is steve deckert's "zen triode" design (zt pre). dual volume controls and outboard power supply, not many concessions to ergonomics (only 2 inputs, no remote). it does allow switching between low and high gain, and d... | |
| Sonus Faber Electa Amator 2 vs Eggleston Isabel The Andras are very good speakers and they will tell you what your electronics are doing. I do not know how they would sound with your Krell 300i and Sony SACD. I would think with those electronics you might want 'forgiving' speakers that won't ma... | |
| 2 channel Poll: Vote: Do you use Tubes or SS? all decware amplification and the purity of sound is difficult to trade for anything. triodes all the way, and there are only 13 tubes in the entire amplification chain, including phono preamp. only about 5 watts per channel.never again to solid s... | |
| Sonus Faber Electa Amator 2 vs Eggleston Isabel What's the rest of your system? | |
| Consumer SACD/DVD-A worth it? Agree with Bomarc. Arcam is a superb player, will easily beat most mass market players on CDs, and many current SACDs do not necessarily sound significantly better. It seems that reviewers are starting to be quite skeptical of SACD's performance -... |