celtic66
Responses from celtic66
| Which Oppo to get? I set up a 981 with an Assemblage 2.0 modified DAC for a friend and it was very respectable. As a stand alone it is only tolerable for 2 channel. Bright, a bit thin with wandering bass. But for 2 bills, just what do you expect? | |
| Best portable/outdoor speakers for a MP3 player B&W used to make a Rock Solid for outdoor use which was very decent and now very cheap used. | |
| good boom box Teac makes a desk top slot CD player FM radio stereo speakers with sub. Haven't looked lately, but it's pretty cheap and sound as good as anything for around $100. I think it even comes with a remote. And cool blue lights. Not too hard to search. | |
| NAD C315 BEE vs. Trends TA-10? Tgrisham is correct on all points made. I own the Trends and for fun took it to Magnolia Hifi where we ran a $10,000 pair of Martin Logans. It was crazy, even fooled one of the salesmen into thinking we were running the Macintosh powered up. It is... | |
| Best Budget interconnect cables for cd to preamp Signal Cable is tough to beat for the price. Have gone through many cables over 40 years and these are very very good. | |
| Digital remastering of CD's It's a Wal-Mart nation only demanding Wal-Mart quality in most things. | |
| Monitors for a Music Hall Trio? I'm running Dynaudio 42 with my little Arcam Mini Solo just fine. Suprisingly good for a second system. Speaker is small and quite musical. | |
| ? Modded Oppo 983 ? I'm very cynical about dumping hundreds of dollars in mods into a player with a $50 transport and a few dollars worth of electronics stock. The 981 is a very good player for the money as I've owned one, but still a very cheaply built unit. Assume ... | |
| Jazz Piano Trio / Spanish Guitar Trio da Paz combines a lot of things and they've recorded with piano. | |
| So whats your favorite music themed movie? Shine. | |
| CD transport for messed up Arcam I would guess a laser is heading south, although it could be a bad board. Eventually, you'll need a tech. | |
| Mission speakers M 72 is very good stock. I worked up a pair with Auricaps, Audioquest Type 6 cable, rope caulked the corners and they turned into very capable speakers. They get the vocals mostly right, acoustic piano attack was respectable and bass quick enough.... | |
| High efficiency speakers Coincident from Israel Blume. | |
| Arcam Alpha 7 - Worth Keeping or Selling Great amp for the money. Get some Tuner cleaner from Rat Shack and squirt the hell out of it (volume potentiometer)and turn it back and forth. Let it set for 1 hour, repeat. Reassemble and enjoy. Should take care of the problem. | |
| Simple System for a Super Senior? I purchased the Arcam Mini Solo and love its ease of use and sound. Suprisingly good sound. Paired it with Dynaudio 42s and it sings. Remote is simple enough and unit is very stylish and compact. |