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| ESOTERIC K-07X VS Mcintosh MCD 550 Which is better ? I am a McIntosh person, have two Mac power amps, two Mac preamps and a Mac tuner, but when it comes to digital I would not consider Mac, there are better choices out there and for a lot less cost. | |
| Digital vs Vinyl: The winner is ?? One thing that the commentator did not mention was the inner groove distortion specially when the stylus reaches the inner grooves, no mention of surface noise and of cours no mention of clicks and pops, these are all the reasons why I abandoned v... | |
| Reference disc player...UDP 205 or Marantz? On this I am not confused. Yes, every SACD has a standard resolution CD layer, I am not talking about this CD layer, this allows an SACD to be played on standard CD players. Certain classical labels offer SACD’s with their Hi-Rez stereo layer in... | |
| Reference disc player...UDP 205 or Marantz? Thanks again, I am slowly getting used to this players setup routines, I am almost there. I listen primarily to classical, I have good many DSD’s and also an equal number of PCM SACD’s. Once I setup for DSD I am assuming that the player’s front ... | |
| Reference disc player...UDP 205 or Marantz? Thanks for your comments; Yesterday I contacted OPPO Customer Service and received the following reply; “Under playback setup you will change SACD Priority from Multi Channel to Stereo. The player will then playback the Stereo layer or a SACD”. ... | |
| Reference disc player...UDP 205 or Marantz? Thanks for the clarification. So what I am hearing you say is that UDP-205 can in fact be set up to play the stereo hi-rez layer of typical SACD which has three layers, CD, stereo SACD and MC. What I am still not clear but will try to find out, ... | |
| Reference disc player...UDP 205 or Marantz? I am considering purchase of UDP-205, do not have it yet, this will be strictly for SACD playback in two channel stereo mode using players RCA analog outputs, it will not for conventional CD's as I have a good CD player.I have one question for tho... | |
| Dynamic compression in speakers themselves? Dynamic compression in speakers can be minimized but not entirely eliminated, there are classical record labels that are currently offering orchestral recordings on their SACD’s with no compression at all, BIS is one such label, the normal garden ... | |
| mono block or bi-amps which would you pick? Are speakers bi-ampable? Some speakers come with a provision for bi-amplification by offering bi-amp switching on the backside, this allows bypassing the internal passive crossover and will require external active crossover instead.The main advant... | |
| 20 Year Old Amplifiers compared to 2017 I am using a pair of McIntosh MC2205's for my bi-amlified speakers, these are circa 1977 if I am not mistaken, 200W with autoformers, everything is original, and they are still running. My speakers are 96dB and in bi-amplifed mode I usually can't ... | |
| What are the best loudspeakers under $4000 to re-create lifelike piano Most domestic audio rigs can not reproduce the sound of grand piano such as Steinway-D if recorded with no compression. Among Jazz labels DMP was the only label that dared to record piano with minimal compression but unfortunately they are out of ... | |
| What are the best loudspeakers under $4000 to re-create lifelike piano A well recorded, uncompressed, Steinway-D needs a fairly large, efficient, and expen$ive speaker to reproduce its full fire power at a realistic volume, I can not think of any $4000.00 speaker that even comes close to that, if your budget is set t... | |
| Esoteric Support - nonexistent??? A year or so ago I sent them an email inquiring about their remastered SACD's, as expected I received no reply. | |
| Soundstage and explosive dynamics? If you google JBL 4350 you will see the full specs.The lower end has two 15" driver that extend up to 250Hz.The upper end is three way with its own passive crossover, starting from 250 to 1.1Hz a big beefy 12" cone driver does the honors, above th... | |
| Soundstage and explosive dynamics? For explosive dynamics you need a large speaker with the following specs:1-dual 15" woofers, at the minimum.2-at least a 2" compression driver for the highs3-high efficiency ion less than 96 dB4-all the above plus bi-amplification, with a bi-ampli... |