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| Help a newbie with low-cost system suggestions Although I have not heard McCormack gear beyond a passing moment at an audio show, I would second Unsound's recommendation on the basis of value.Putting music aside for a tiny moment, the pleasure of an audio system is in getting great components ... | |
| Help a newbie with low-cost system suggestions Your SCA-35 can power even Vandy's for a while, as long as you don't play it too loud. Tube amps are kinder to speakers ( and ears ) as they approach their power limits than transistors, by the way, since they clip more gently.The Jolida integrate... | |
| Help a newbie with low-cost system suggestions If you're going to be replacing your JBL's, then I think Unsound's suggestion is a sound one. Then, given a low budget and golden ears, an integrated amp to replace your Dyna would make a good deal of sense, rather than going for low-cost separate... | |
| Anyone using Marchand Amps? Woops.I spoke too quickly. The electronics I remembered from the Montreal shows were not Marchand but Marsh. Close, but not correct. Very sorry !Next time, I'll remember to check BEFORE I open my mouth. | |
| Help a newbie with low-cost system suggestions Your SCA-35 is already pretty good-sounding, especially the midrange. Most low-cost preamps, especially solid-state, would be a downgrade. Choose carefully! I suggest looking for a Klyne SK-5A. | |
| Upgrade Path: CDP or Preamp As a tube and vinyl lover with a low-output moving coil cartridge (therefore, enormous amounts of gain), I can't say I mind much about circuit noise at max volume--especially hiss. Hum, especially 60 HZ hum, would be more worrisome.In use, my volu... | |
| Anyone using Marchand Amps? I heard Marchand amplification at the two Montreal shows before last. I stayed a while in those rooms, so I guess I liked what was happening. I tend to prefer tubes these days but the Marchand gear got me to stay in spite of that. Apart from an im... | |
| Looking to upgrade my Phono Stage. If you come across an Audiomat phono stage at your price, give it a listen if you possibly can.Another option would be a Klyne SK-5A, if you were considering an amp upgrade for the future. The Klyne's a great, relatively-unknown preamp, and its ph... | |
| Upgrade Path: CDP or Preamp Congratulations on your new Rotel. It should give you and your wife more pleasure than the Denon... but not, of course, if she's too mad to listen.My experience is that differences initially perceived as subtle come to be more and more important, ... | |
| Good cd player and a great DAC or great cd player? Joy Elyse, thanks very much for sharing your impressions here. Your experience is of great value to me.I went to Audio Asylum and found a good number of suggestions with a search for "CD transport" in the Digital Drive forum. One of them was a mac... | |
| Good cd player and a great DAC or great cd player? Joyelise, way to go ! Thanks so much for sharing your impressions so far. I'm really looking forward to more if you get the chance.Best wishes, Toby | |
| Good cd player and a great DAC or great cd player? I didn't say that good speakers should never be used with a less-good source. I said that given a limited budget and an upgrade plan like the (excellent) one Conscious has, he is making the best decision to spend as much as he can on the source fi... | |
| Good cd player and a great DAC or great cd player? I've heard the argument for putting most of your money into your speakers before. Often the people who advance it say that speakers are the most critical part of the sound system, but they don't say why. Or they say, well, that's the part that act... | |
| Show case system I'm afraid I don't know anyone who has tried exactly the combo you have in mind. I'm using an Apogee DAC with a Shanling T100 and am very happy with the result. The Apogee is a 20 bit DAC.If you get no feedback on the EAD unit here, you might try ... | |
| CD Players $1,000 - $1,500 US - any info on Talk? A Shanling CD-T100 can sometimes be found for a price around that of the Arcam FMJ 23T Auaarons mentions. I would place its sound on the warm, sweet side of his grouping, but the T100 has lots of detail too. |