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| best pre-amp new or used for under $500? My first choice is Nakamichi CA 5. Do not buy CA 5 MKII it does not even sound good. NAD 1020 is very good preamp for cheap. The Nak has a killer phono amp! | |
| Balanced vs Unbalanced? Balance is only better if the signal from the source is balanced from the start, at the digital to conversion. I have owned several CD players & DACs that where that was the case and balanced did sound better. However I have owned a few CD pla... | |
| Balanced vs Unbalanced? Balance is only better if the signal from the source is balanced from the start, at the digital to conversion. I have owned several CD players & DACs that where that was the case and balanced did sound better. However I have owned a few CD pla... | |
| wilson sophias to monitors If I were you would purchase the biggest Wilson speakers I could afford to test your girlfriend's patience. All aside I was able to listen to the new B&W 805Ds @ $5,000 Retail. and they were great. Another great choice if money is no oject and... | |
| Moscode 401HR vs Pass Labs X150.5 With an 88 dB and a 4ohm load the Moscode will probably be OK with the Dynas. I had a chance to listen the S5.4 and they do sound good. I asked my audio tech friend and he said S3.4 should be fine with the newer moscode amps. He thinks the chasis ... | |
| Moscode 401HR vs Pass Labs X150.5 I sure they are better today. They are still a Hafler designed output stage with a really good tube buffer or input stage. Look at how much stuff is tucked inside both the newer and older Moscodes. The caps are tucked sideways because of the tight... | |
| Moscode 401HR vs Pass Labs X150.5 Both are fine amps and do have sort of a similar sound. I have owned several older Moscodes in the past but do not miss the expensive repairs. I have owned 3 different Pass Labs amps and driven them with very difficult loads and never had a proble... | |
| B&W 802D vs Vandersteen 5 used Both are fine speakers the B&Ws are more dynamic. Both have challenges in regards to placement. B&W have a tricky first reflecion and Vandersteen can be a little on the dry side if you have them too far apart. | |
| Any NHT Classic Four owners biamping? Mark,They did not use good components. You will have to take out all the drivers to get to all the crossover parts. I will get you a list of all the values. Just use the original printed circuit boards just soldier on the better parts on and do re... | |
| Any NHT Classic Four owners biamping? I was shocked when I hooked the modified Classic 4s up to my Pass Labs X350.5 before I delivered the speakers to my friend. Difference is they now disappear. They have such a natural tonal balance. The timing is perfect. The sound stage is deep an... | |
| Any NHT Classic Four owners biamping? My friend who owns a pair of classic 4 and runs them with two Rotel RB 970BX amplifiers with great results. Since both amps are in exactly the same. He uses one stereo amp for each speaker. One channel runs the lows and the other channel runs the ... | |
| Classe vs Levinson for B&W / Delta vs CT amps B&W has not used Levinson equipment since 1999. The Nautilus was the last series of speakers to use other amps other than Classe to tune their speakers. I have heard Levinson on B&Ws and it sounds good provided you get good cables. Levinso... | |
| What pre are you using for your Pass X.5? I use a Pass Labs XP 10 with my X350.5 and it sounds great. I heard a X250.5 with an Allnic pre-amp and it sounded awewsome! I used a Pass Labs Aleph P for 4 years and had great results , and it sounded much better than all the other combinations ... | |
| Apogee Diva's or Infinity IRS Beta's? About 5 years ago a friend had both a set of Infinity IRS Beta's and a set of Apogee Diva's. This Diva's killed the IRS Beta's. It was not even close. Perhaps the other componets up stream could have been a better match with the Apogee's. What I o... | |
| Speakers for Krell s300i I listened to set of the Magnepan 1.7 with a Krell S300i at my friend's audio store and I thought it sounded great. I have listened to many systems that cost many times more than the S300I and the Magnepan 1.7s. I would rank this combo in the top ... |