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| McIntosh MA8950 Upgrade to MA12000? Thanks for all the opinions. I tested a few amps when i bought the MA8950 2 years ago. To my ear, the McIntosh with Transparent cables was superior. D Augustino sounded great but out of my price range and not necessarily better to my ear. I have ... | |
| SACD Player/Transport Choices I went from DSD, streaming etc back to CD/SACD MCT500/MA8950 because I find the sound quality better on the MCT500. AB blind testing on the MCT500 between optical and MCT cable clearly showes the MCT cable is best to me. | |
| Wilson Watt Puppies 50th year Anniversary model Transparent cables are a sonic match for Wilson. They are the cables Wilson uses internally as well. I tried several cables and the Super cables were better than everything else. I was very surprised. Running them on my Sabrina X | |
| Standmount speaker suggestion Whatever you do, just don’t buy JL Audio. I personally should have taken that advice I was given here before dropping 11k on broken subs. | |
| 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... |