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| McIntosh MX122 or Cambridge CXN v2 for Spotify streaming I have the Cambridge 851n streaming Spotify thru a Marantz AV8802a to Brl Canto monoblocks. I can also stream directly to the Marantz. Both sound good, but the is a subtle but definite advantage to the Cambridge. Trumpets sound more real, for exam... | |
| I have three speakers avaiable to me?? I only have def tech experience but I am a big fan, especially if bass is your thing. I also suspect they are the least expensive of your choices. I sloughs ST 8040s about six or seven years ago and have since sold anthem to a friend who runs them... | |
| Nordost fans I didn’t start with Sartori —found a good deal on the Holograms and jumped in. I did try some Acoustic Zen interconnects—the matrix reference I believe—but they were so stiff they just didn’t work from a physical sense. My equipment is in a salam... | |
| Nordost fans I’m a big fan, but my ladder climbing was pretty modest: I started with Heimdall 1 interconnects (RCA) and upgraded to Frey XLRs. Both series 1. I tried a Heimdal 2 but it was so close to the Frey that I kept the Frey and sold the H 2. I noticed a... | |
| Your last concert was to see who and when? End of January in Pittsburgh: The Bad Plus. Great show, great seats. | |
| Sound bar in a box . . . can't understand dialog. I had a very similar situation. Put my main system in the family room, but in the living room we had a three-wide Salamander cabinet with a shelf going all the way across that had housed a sound bar (Def Tech) in our old house. In the new set up I... | |
| Is there a way to view previous purchase ad/description? Hi if shark under “sold” will link you to the original listing, don’t know how far back it goes. | |
| Anybody else using AV880x as 2 channel preamp? I am sending the two channel signal through the AV 8801–using it as my preamp, two channel. To my ears, sounds as good or better than when I used the Cambridge network player as the preamp. Wondering if anyone else have done the same thing. Not t... | |
| Where do cables upgrades have the most impact? I don’t understand it, but in my experience, clearly the biggest impact came from improving the power cord. Interconnects and speaker cables provided nuances, but power cords lifted veils, as they say. Not just replacing the stock cord, but moving... | |
| If you could only keep 5 record albums, what would they be? Ben Webster: SoulmatesMary Chaplin Carpenter: Come On Come OnMarcin Wasilewski Trio: Spark of LifeJohn Fahey: Dave’s Have Gone By, volume 6New Queens Hall Orchestra: Ralph Vaughan Williams Greensleeves/Tallis Fantasia | |
| Stereophile Magazine question. Cancelled mine a few years ago. Except for John Atkinson, they strike me as a being a bit smug. Just don’t need it. The mag I buy regularly is Hi Fi +, if for no other reason than the physicality if it. Oh the smell of fresh ink and the feel of r... | |
| Drink of choice for serious listening? Second the Green Dot. With just a splash of good water. | |
| Suggestions for Class D amplifiers with Marantz AV7704 and B&W cdm9nt combo for HT. I am very very pleased with my two channel system using a Marantz AV8801 as a preamp to my Bel Canto 500m monoblocks. Also in an enclosed cabinet (Salamander), and I have no worries about heat. Prior to the bel cantos I used adcom and B&K amps... | |
| What are you streaming tonight? Weather report: A Remark you Made (heavy weather) and I am transported back to a moonlit night sometime around 1984 driving a 1976 Monte Carlo with Heavy Weather in the 8-track, accelerating up the on ramp from 422 in Girard Ohio, getting on to I-... | |
| Hidden Treasure Hirth Martinez: Big Bright StreetRobinella and the CC String Band Roseanne Cash: Rules of Travel |