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DVD-A vs. SACD
Neither will give you what they are capable with most stock machines.....bad op-amps, bad wiring, bad RCA outs...etc.Go to this site...and decide which machine you want SCD-C555Es if you don't want DVD-A and the Denon 3910...if you want both, then... 
Best vintage receivers for FM?
Thanks for the input so far....if possible, please be specific with models and your experience with them...1st hand info is usually best.Thanks 
San Antonio, TX
Wayyy off the Audio topic but, "Live from the Landing" on PBS radio is one of the very best big band/early Jazz programs on radio...and it comes from S. A.,. Also, most of us in the Big Ten feel the Alamo Bowl is one of the GREAT Bowls for a Big T... 
Best Intergrated Amp. Under 1k with "PRAT"
Yeah, I just don't listen loud...I have read good things about the Naim...but never heard one. Do you know if they use all discrete circuits or use op-amps?Thanks 
CJ Premier 14 vs. 16LS..etc.
Pinkus...how about the 16LS-2 and the ART-2...did they go to the Teflon caps? 
CJ Premier 14 vs. 16LS..etc.
Thanks for the thoughts so far. I used to own the ART as part of a very good system...Maggie 20..etc., but then came the divorce...and many things were sold off.I am rebuilding a decent used system and the 14, 17 and 16 are all in my price range u... 
Martin Logan Owners - Any problems with humidity?
Summertime in the MidWest can dull the sound of MLs a bit...but over the long haul...smoke and/or cooking fumes can do some real harm.If you ever look at buying these guys used...they need to be from a smoke free home..and hopefully were far enoug... 
Classe CA-100 vs. CA-150 vs. CA-200
Thanks Pops....makes sense...I had a 300 and am now looking for one of the smaller amps for a smaller system... 
DK-Girl In The Other Room, anyone heard it?
Saw her live on her tour in support of this release...I have it on SACD...and really like the album...but live was...well one of the best I have ever seen...just super. 
MG 3.6 and MG-1.6 Replacements Coming?
Well, unless time stands still, the 1.6 and 3.6 will be replaced..just as the III, IIIa, 3.3, 3.5..etc have..as well as the 1...through 1.6. So, the debate is not should Magnepan stick their head in the stand..as to where they go from here...my th... 
MG 3.6 and MG-1.6 Replacements Coming?
Thanks for your thoughts...but how many 20.1 does Magnepan sell? My guess is that the sales/profits from an upgraded 1.6 and 3.6 would do more for Magnepans bottom line than letting them get older...just to keep the 20.1 at it's current sales leve... 
MG 3.6 and MG-1.6 Replacements Coming?
Hi Flynntom, Yes that is what they were saying only a few months before the 20.1 replaced the 20.,,,but who knows.I have owned the 1.6, 3.6 and 20...but not the 20.1. As much as I like the 1.6 and 3.6...they are in need of updating..as the sound o... 
Sony SCD-C555ES or Sony SCD-c222ES
Hi, and thanks to all. I did pick up a 555...best changer I have ever heard! 
Marantz SA-8260--low output and fuzzy bass???
Hi,I had the Sony and sold it...did not like the SACD or CD sound. Now have the SA-14v2 and feel it is the best SACD I have had...and near the top of the CD sound I have had...which includes...ARC CD2 and CD3, ML39, Classe CDT-1, Modified Denon 29... 
Stereo system Too Bright
The op-amps in all inexpensive CD players..are the problem in many a system out there. Your system will sound like it's weakest link...and fifty cent op-amps are weak indeed...this is why Dan Wright, Mr. Kern and many other people make money doind...