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| HELP : Best pre and power amps for B&W804 and HTM2 There are two sides to understand; pre-processing/decoding, i.e. taking the Dolby Digital (various) or DTS encodings off the DVD (or the new HD formats for BluRay) and transforming them to multi-channel analog and "post-processing" where various s... | |
| HELP : Best pre and power amps for B&W804 and HTM2 No worries! The MX134 and MX135 are fine-sounding surround pre-processors however if memory serves from when I auditioned them, you may find that they don't provide all the surround post-processing formats (Thx Ultra and Ultra2) that you may want ... | |
| HELP : Best pre and power amps for B&W804 and HTM2 I have heard/auditioned extensively the Classe CA-2200 (2-channel), CA-3200 (3-channel) and CA-5200 (5-channel) amps with the B&W 804, 803,and 802 (D Series) and the HTM2 center channel that you have. They work very well together and sound ver... | |
| Best interconnect and Power Cord for Rega Apollo Opinion: All electronics require some burn-in time to reach their peak sound. Leaving things turned on between listening sessions helps as well. Set a CD on repeat-all play for 200+ hours (no volume necessary) and then compare with the out of the ... | |
| Taipan Helix VX I've used Alpha, Helix and Alpha-VX and Helix-VX versions of Taipan, Python and Anaconda. The Taipan Helix VX is a great cord. The Python Helix VX is quite frankly a much better cord and will do even more for you in terms of noise suppression (VX)... | |
| matching center channel to mains/rears I always matching my center channel to my mains. It helped with imaging but more important tonality and overall performance particularly in scenes when there is more than just voices coming over the center. (Opinion) having a center that melds in ... | |
| Best speaker cable for Genesis speakers Thanks for the feedback, happy listening and Happy Holidays! | |
| Wall plugs for Am and Pre-Ame Oyaide R1 20-amp cryo or other plug from Oyaide if you do not have 20-amp circuits. | |
| Krell CAST cables...which to buy? A friend of mine uses CAST cables he had made by Tara. The difference is impressive and noticeable. You may not have to go all the way up to "The One" to achieve the improvement you seek. Did Tara quote you $3000/meter for a single CAST cable? Tha... | |
| spakers for various genres If your musical tastes include rock, metal and other types I'd suggest you give the Legacy Focus HDs a run. These speakers handle the gamut of music from classical, jazz all the way up to rock, metal, and many other types extremely well as an exce... | |
| Esoteric P-03/D-03 or Metronome I agree with Dev's assessment of Esoteric build quality. The P/D series are built with outstanding quality. Esoteric customer service is also first rate...I've owned several Esoteric units all the way up to my current P-03 and D-03 and found the w... | |
| Esoteric P-03/D-03 or Metronome The only person I know of that has owned transport/DAC from Esoteric and anything from Metronome is on Audiogon as Audioezra. If memory serves, he's owned the P-01/D-01 and the Kalista Reference, is a great guy to talk to and loves this hobby. | |
| Pink Floyd 16 CD Brick Set-Quality?? I have owned this since it came out and have found the mini-LP style packaging and the sound quality to be very good. I have many different versions (MFSL, other remastered CDs from various sources, various SACDs) of several Pink Floyd disks and f... | |
| Lexicon MC12B VS Mark Levinson NO.40 I don't know the answer...all I can say is last time I heard them (about 1 1/2 years ago, sufficiently after the M&A activity), they had very different sounds and attributes). | |
| Lexicon MC12B VS Mark Levinson NO.40 I've sold off my HT components and went back to 2-channel however over a few years I demo'ed alot of high-end SSPs including the 2 you are considering. If your list is constrained to these two, from listening & viewing them, I'd suggest the Le... |