tonyangel
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| NCore vs. Ice -- single or separate cases OK, so if I understand what you guys are saying, you're saying that the NC400 (just thrown into a box) competes favorably against other high quality amplifiers. Not just other class D amps. Is that correct?So, if I was to trade my Aragon 2004 for ... | |
| NCore vs. Ice -- single or separate cases Guidocorona and Timrhu, Thank you for your comments. Although I do have the issues above that I'd like to deal with, it sounds like trading my Aragon 2004 for a 125axs2 build is going to be a step backwards in sound quality.I suppose that if I go ... | |
| Speaker advice? As for as the electronics go, I listened to a little NAD integrated. 326BEE, I think it was. It sounded really nice. It just didn't have enough power for me, but I have a much bigger room than you do. | |
| Harbeth Compact 7s vs. Pioneer's $129 speakers I got one of my kids a pair of those BS22s. Definitely solid mid-fi. I liked them better than all of the lower cost Paradigms that I listened to. He's driving them with an old Harman Kardon 80wpc amp using an ipod dock. | |
| NCore vs. Ice -- single or separate cases Vicdamone,I have a very funky setup. My room is a 15'X24' rectangle. The speakers are on a short wall placed on shelves in an entertainment center. The shelves are essentially closed in boxes of about 13.5" tall, 23" wide and 19" deep.The area to ... | |
| Speaker advice? Any particular reason that you are looking so closely at Creek? I've only heard one Creek rig. It sounded good enough, but when I researched them their specs didn't seem to indicate that the amps would have much guts.I know that specs don't mean e... | |
| B&W 685C's Well, getting into an amp with more power and good performance isn't that hard. I feel that buying an older amp is one way to get a good deal on a piece of equipment.I've seen Aragon 2004, ATI1502 and even a Son of Ampzilla go for under $400 and i... | |
| NCore vs. Ice -- single or separate cases I'm having quite a time trying to find a direct comparison between the ICE 125ASX2 and the Hypex NC400. There are many threads praising the performance of both, but none comparing the two.From a purely financial perspective, it does look like gett... | |
| B&W 685C's I still stand by a lot of what I said. Still, you are looking for speakers that are going to sound good where you need them to be.The upside is that if you have a Best Buy with a Magnolia in it, you can get the 685s and try them. If you don't like... | |
| NCore vs. Ice -- single or separate cases I've looked into it more closely and as it turns out, there isn't much difference in price between the Ice and NCore builds, when considered watt for watt.It seems that the consensus is that the NCore edges out the best of the available Ice units.... | |
| B&W 685C's Doggitter, you may be able to devise a stand to accommodate your needs, but at 6-8" of over hang, your going to have more than half (the heavier half)of the speaker hanging off.Look, I'm not trying to ruffle any feathers here and I can only speak ... | |
| Do amps have a sweet spot? Bombaywalla,I'm going to read that thread, for sure. Thanks for the heads up.Runnin,Yeah, the Minuets are small, but they can eat some power. As mentioned above, I'm running an old Aragon 2004. It's a bit of a beast for what it is. It's rated at 1... | |
| Do amps have a sweet spot? Well, sometimes I like to play it loud and I needed to make sure that what I was considering could do what I wanted it to do. As for cranking those little 3" woofers, as I said, the speakers were showing no signs of stress.I understand that doubli... | |
| B&W 685C's Doggitter,I wasn't confused at all. What I'm trying to say is that the electronics are only a part of the system and no one can just say that the 685s are going to sound good in your system.I owned the 685s for a little while and found that the 68... | |
| Do amps have a sweet spot? The guy at the shop said that it was the amp soft clipping. I don't know much about that because I've never had an NAD amp with that feature before.I know it wasn't the speakers. They sounded very in control and clear, right up to the point where ... |