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| In what price range do I need to go for a Dac ? FWIW I like the 260D better than a $4,000 Meridian I once owned. If you like the basic big boned presentation of the 260D you may flip over the 650 | |
| Headphone Amps Add this to your list to consider- Heed Canamp. | |
| Mcintosh MC501 or MC 352 for Sonus Faber Cremona I have heard Cremonas with the MC352 in a friend's system. Nice set up, and far more than powerful enough. Not lacking in detail or slow (I often feel the two are related), in my opinion. Coherency? Could be a point. | |
| Warm, lush and smooth interconnect help You have to audition cables in your system. How a particular cable is considered in another system may not be very revealing at all. I have found- in my system- Analysis Plus Solo Crystal cables are excellent and well priced, especially if buying ... | |
| Tube Amp For Revel F52`s...? I have RevelF30's which are no easier to drive and maybe a touch tougher because the impedance drops a little lower than the F52's. I am driving my F30s quite well with a Rogue Tempest II Magnum. I think a Rogue Cronus Magnum would also work quite... | |
| Free stuff you didn't know you needed Free? Hah! My young son, after seeing this app in action, is begging me to get a McIntosh preamp. I suppose it's my fault he even knows that the meters resemble those found on a Mac Pre. | |
| Speaker placement question- I went to the Cardas site and found the page on speaker placement. Plugging in my room width, the Cardas site suggests placing my speakers a touch closer to each other but noticably further into the room. It's a nice placement at the expense of ba... | |
| best vintage stereo receiver Once owned a Tandberg 2045. Very nice till the transformer failed. I also have had quite good experiences with some mid 70's Pioneer and Marantz receivers. FWIW, 35 years ago or so, manufacturers really did put out good receivers. I always thought... | |
| Downgrading When I sold off a pricey tube amp and tube Pre-amp, I then bought an integrated amp (also tubes) and pocketed thousands. I thought I was downgrading. Funny thing- it was quickly apparent that the integrated amp sounded better. I call that a win-wi... | |
| Speaker placement question- I am not interested in duplicating a reviewer's experience or set up. I was merely curious. I have my speakers set up just right, for me and for my room. | |
| how make your speker faster You may be experiencing dynamic compression. The louder the system the more the sound may tend to smear. On better systems, short of running out of amplifier power the sound will just get louder. Subjectively, too much bass response will tend to m... | |
| Unusual TAS bomb The TAS review is the opinion of just ONE person, and is no more credible than anyone ONE else who also listens to the DAC8. Not everyone likes the same thing. That's why when you go to the ice cream shop, they offer more than just vanilla. The th... | |
| What is the best vintage TT for new audiophile? Sonographe SG-3; AR ES-1; an early LP 12; Planar 3; VPI HW 19; I recently had the pleasure of starting to restore a friend's SG-3. In terms of its drive system, it is very similar to the AR, and it almost appears that the entire design brief was t... | |
| Magneplanar 3.7 - recommended preamp and amp Bryston is a good bet | |
| Need Tweeter for Revel Performa F30 Grills were an extra cost option. I think they ran about $250. I happen to have bought the grills and usually leave them on because of the presence of wandering hands in my home. I was always afraid my kids would throw toys in the port at the rear... |