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| philips sacd 1000 as a redbook player Rgd, substantial built quality does not always equate to better sound. I will readily admit that I am not familiar with the sound of the SACD 1000 or it's replacement. However, 9 times out of 10 a company will not not replace a piece with an infer... | |
| philips sacd 1000 as a redbook player You realize that Phillips replacement for this SACD player is coming out soon and will retail for $499. It will be 24/192 and play DVDs. I imagine it will sound better with redbook CDs than the SACD 1000.KF | |
| dump DACS I was very unimpressed with the sound of a Tact 2.2 that I heard in a reference system a while ago. There is really no substitute for a great listening room and a great DAC.KF | |
| Best way to ship and pack Maggies The 1.6's are not-so-bad to ship. I would just ship them in their original packing. I used to have 3.6's and I refused to ship them when I eventually sold them.KF | |
| Quality of Stereophile Class A speakers at 2K? I think Stereophile is a nice entertaining magazine. However, like everything, you must take it with a grain of salt.The Stereophile rating system for equipment is a bit misleading. I have found from my own experience that there is a very big rang... | |
| recommendations for inexpensive turntables MMF-5 is a deffinite step up from the MMF-2.KF | |
| Class A, B, C? What do they mean? Esun is pretty correct.A very important aspect of the operational Class of an amp is:1 - How much current the amp draws at any given moment2 - How hot the amp is at any given moment3 - How efficient an amp is from converting AC wattage to output w... | |
| CD Player with volume or preamp Ayre CX-7 CDP ($3k retail)Ayre AX-7 Integrated amp ($3k retail)Some nice relatively easy to drive speakers ($2-3K)Rest of money spend on cables.The above sound will be better than anything short of the Wadia 861 ($8k retail) pumped directly into a... | |
| Single box player vs transport/dac In general, I think one may get ultimately better sound from a matched transport & DAC combo. However, to get better sound than many of the hi-end single box players, you really have to spend some megabucks. One box players have gotten very go... | |
| Tact RCS 2.0 ADC/DAC For $4k one can get a lot of DAC, especially on the used market.If I was going to buy a DAC, I'd look at the following:1 - Audio Note DAC - These are not cheap, but can be found used. I know people that swear by their sound.2 - Muse Model 192, one... | |
| New Generation of CD Players Which is Best? Ayre CX-7 CD Playerhttp://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/frr.pl?rdgtl&1037849911&read&3&4&THat link will tell you whan I thought of it.KF | |
| What is your most beautiful component? Ever see the platter on the new Rega P9 TT? It may not be thick, but it is about as inert as a substance can get. It is ceramic that has been fused to the hardness of saphire. Supposedly this material is used in nuclear missiled. All I can say it ... | |
| Tact RCS 2.0 ADC/DAC I have only heard this TACT piece one time and I did not like it. It was being used as a DAC and Room Correction in a pretty bad room with some megabuck electronics, and I did not like the sound. I would highly recommend an external DAC. Recommend... | |
| Up and Over sampling EXACTLY the same thing Interesting points:Sony only quit making Betamax players THIS year (2002).Also, the Ayre CD player upsamples to 1.4112 MHz which is more than any other player that I can think of off the top of my head. The Ayre player does sound fabulous though.S... | |
| I am ready for TRUTH, I can handle the TRUTH I have a 53" TV inbetween my front speakers, and my friends really wonder how I get the kind of imaging I get (which is very good).The key as stated above, is to push the TV back against the wall as far as possible and bring the speakers forward s... |