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| Help me build up a jazz album collection. Can you suggest a must have album? You absolutely need to have Lee Morgan-The Cooker (Blue Note Poets Edition). It is an audiophile recording and pressing currently in production and possibly my favorite jazz album. | |
| Subs? Had two JL audio Fathom V2 subs that cost me $10,000 USD. I did not heed advice on here to avoid at all costs. One was broken on arrival and the other sounded terrible despite professional integration with REW, miniDSP etc. Martin Logan’s at 1/3 t... | |
| McIntosh MCT cable issue The optical and other outputs work fine and I had the MCT cable replaced. I’m fairly certain the issue is a defective MCT connector without my DA2. Going to the dealer this week and will likely need the DA2 replaced. Fortunately it is an easy swap... | |
| Stereophile review of the new Wilson Watt/Puppy @yesiam_a_pirate I’ll have to give them a listen then. I still just cannot believe how good Wilson’s sound. To me it was a religious experience compared to what I went in set to buy (BandW 803 d4). | |
| Stereophile review of the new Wilson Watt/Puppy The Sabrina X is so incredibly good, IMO not worth it for the Watt Puppy. If I had the money, and wanted to punch higher I would go with the Sasha V or Alexia. | |
| Auditioned Wilson Sabrina X vs B&W 803D4 and Shocked @simonmoon In my experience and via my dealer etc, Wilson and D’Agostino are two very good matches for Wilson. I have the Sabrina X with a MA8950. I was split between the 803 D4 and the Sabrina X. I strongly went in planning to go 803 but the Sabr... | |
| Seeking opinions on the Luxman PD151 and EQ500 combination Good to hear! I own the Luxman PD-151 (Mk I with the Jelco arm) and absolutely love it. I had a McIntosh on order and changed my mind after seeing how good the Luxman was. I'm using a Hana SL cartridge, Transparent Super cables, McIntosh MA8950, W... | |
| New Speakers under consideration - but I’m afraid I think you'll love the new Watt Puppies. I have BW 805's, same gen as your 801. I also was split between the new 803 D4 and Wilson Sabrina X. Listening to both, same equipment etc, to my ear the Wilson was a far better speaker in every regard. Th... | |
| Why Do ~You~ Still Play CDs? I’m surprised more haven’t said CD to avoid additional tech and screens in their listening rooms. Gen Y is now the biggest buyers of CD. For myself, it is so nice to enjoy that time away from phone/computer/tablet and just listen to music. I like ... | |
| Why Do ~You~ Still Play CDs? @soix im not sure i fully buy the noise argument. Along those same lines, what about noise from signal transmission within servers at Tidal, transmission to my house etc? The McIntosh CD transport is the shortest and least tampered-with signal IMO... | |
| Why Do ~You~ Still Play CDs? I personally find that my CD's sound better than the exact album on Tidal streamed directly through a high-end computer into the same DAC as the CD player. I also spend too much time in front of screens and computers for work, so it is nice to kee... | |
| SACD Players I have the McIntosh 8950 and MCT500. The pairing is amazing. I now strongly prefer to listen to cd over streaming. Using the DA2 DAC I’m the 8950 for everything. Flipping between optical and the MCT din cable, the din cable sounds best. It was a l... | |
| JL Audio hifi subwoofer match for my system @m-db that’s good info you provided. I used ARC Genesis and PBK. On JL I did professional in home mini-dsp as well as DARO bypassing the mini-dsp to compare. The ML setup crushed the JL one. And we’re talking a 3-4k setup vs like 11k. It was shoc... | |
| JL Audio hifi subwoofer match for my system @m-db at least 5 years. I was so disappointed especially for how much they cost. The Martin Logan’s that were 1500$ each integrate with my Wilson speakers perfectly and have been flawless. Someone on here said “friends don’t let friends buy JL”. | |
| JL Audio hifi subwoofer match for my system I strongly recommend against a JL Audio sub. Everyone on here told me to not get them, I had the JL Audio Fathom 12in (2 of them) and one was broken on arrival. Sound quality was terrible and both were returned. Martin Logan has sounded best to me... |