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| Preamps/amps that look great and''feel' great ??? Jeff Rowland stuff always looks great. | |
| Upgrade To Conrad Johnson Premier 15? Herman's right, but as long as you have a cartridge with sufficient output to drive the P15, it is a very fine phono stage. | |
| Dedicated lines/surge protectors? Well, I am now seriously in the market for some surge protection. I lived in the SF Bay Area for most of the past 20 years, where there simply isn't any significant lightning. Now that I live in rural Virginia, I've lost at least two components to... | |
| Decent SACD? As the owner of a Pioneer Elite DV47A, I'd recommend it only for DVD and redbook - it doesn't do SACD or DVDA that well. (It's not bad, but it's no better than redbook.)You might consider the Shanling T200 which does 2-ch SACD and redbook, and it'... | |
| Magnepan 1.6 vs. ML Aerius i owners opinions.. I don't have quite the experience you seek, but I've compared the 3.6s and to the Odyssey, and frankly I prefer the 3.6s. Oh- and I'm an Odyssey owner.However, the 3.6s are even harder to place than the Odysseys. As far as I'm concerned, both of t... | |
| insuring vinyl I just checked my homeowner's policy with State Farm (I'm in Virginia if it matters). It does cover both my electronics and the collections. I regularly file a CD of photos with my insurance agent, and perhaps I will take a few of the important it... | |
| can rcas and xlr's mix in the same system On my Classe SSP75, the RCAs and XLRs are all always enabled. I run the power amp out of the XLRs and the sub via the RCA main outputs. | |
| Where do I start? The Basis 1400 is a good table - if you have a good stand, it's probably a fair bit better than the arm that comes with it. If you don't have a good stand and/or a really solid floor (ie concrete or brick), you might want to look for something wit... | |
| Did you know that Audiogon... They're just getting going - I had some listings on Audiogon last month and I got an offer to *also* list them on Videogon. (They were AV-related, a pre/pro and a 6-ch amp.) I got a couple of bites from that site, but overall about half as many vi... | |
| Is it worth it? I can't remember ever hearing anything bad about Outlaw units, and I've spoken with a number of people who have them. I've heard one rig - Outlaw 950 processor, their 7-ch amp, with the Rocket speakers (another Internet only seller, don't know whi... | |
| Tube Pre Amp + Tube Phono Section I have experience with the CJ Premier 15 phono stage. It's a very nice piece, around $2K used here on the 'Gon. It's very, very smooth, but doesn't mate well with the really low output cartridges due to its fixed 53dB gain. The system was pretty b... | |
| 3.6 Maggie owners input needed on amps........... I auditioned the 3.6's with my Classe CA-200 and that combination worked just fine - ie, 200 wpc (well, I guess it's really 400 wpc @ 4 ohms) is quite sufficient. There are plenty of amps that can do the job. The CA200s usually go for around $1200... | |
| New Vinyl Playback Technology I would think that you could also adjust the tracking system to better handle warped records, etc. And who knows - I sure don't - if it's possible to get a more accurate read of the grooves with a smaller reading mechanism. I'd have to expect that... | |
| Which Pre/Pro regardless of $$$ This discussion made me wonder, so I went and checked. The Classe SSP75 and SSP60 are basically two channel preamps built into the same box as an AV pre/pro. All of the 2-channel inputs (including the balanced 2-ch input), as well as the 5.1 bypas... | |
| New Vinyl Playback Technology I was wondering the same thing. In theory it might be a cool technology - especially if it doesn't digitize. But there are certain to be a lot of surprises in developing something like this, and I've never met anyone who's heard one of these thing... |