jmcgrogan2
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| Floating ground: Any danger? Alternatives? One alternative is to run all your components through one dedicated outlet. There is no chance of differential in ground then. Of course you'll need to make sure the one line has enough power, possibly a 30A line. I originally had two 20A dedicate... | |
| Purist Audio & Stereophile Simple, advertising $$$. When was the last time you saw a full page ad for Purist? The others are all major advertisers. It's as simple as that. Look at it like politics. A politician is bound to look after the needs of his larger contributors mor... | |
| Tuner recommendations Go vintage. I had an older Sansui Tu-717, Kenwoods are good too. The 717 was a significant upgrade over a Magnum Dynalab FT-101A Etude, and it only cost a couple hundred bucks. It's not often that you can save big $$$ and get better sound. The gol... | |
| Question about connecting both HT and Stereo TIC is correct about the way the SSP loop works. He's not far off on the 9000ES either. I would only add that I've heard cd players that sound worse on redbook cd's. The stock 9000ES (I've heard modified ones are better) are only ok, at best for r... | |
| Question about connecting both HT and Stereo Why don't you just get a stereo preamp with a SSP throughput? There are many great preamps out there that have them, Classe, Sonic Frontiers, BAT, Ayre, just to name a few. Personally I've found that to be the most rewarding way to go. I'll never ... | |
| Best $1500 DAC: Recent or Past For the same $$$, I used to prefer the older DAC's. IMHO the better built analog output stage of a $4K list price older DAC, that currently could be had used for around $1K, makes a better sonic improvement then the latest upgraded digital chip an... | |
| Best lines in a song "I used to love her, but I had to kill her."Guns and Roses. | |
| Details don't mean a thing Andy2, I totally agree with you. Hyper-detailed systems make me grind my teeth. If you want real warmth, forget looking for a warmer cd player, go buy a turntable. | |
| Which preamp to buy in the 2000.00 range used I had a Threshold T400 and I preffered the sound of the Classe CP-60 with it over the Threshold T2. It was a magical combination. Time doesn't stand still, and now they are both gone, but not forgotten. | |
| Talkin' bout YOUR generation... Good thread Trejla. My choice would be Led Zepplin. I was big into Zepplin. It would have been the years of 1971-1977 for my time period. I still have a 8 track recording of a 4 hour special my local radio station did when John Bonham died. I was ... | |
| Ads with "Checkup" I usually take it the same way as robert8409. I'm sure there are cases like Kinsekd, but I beleive they are in the minority. Maybe I'm just a glass half empty kind of guy, but I also belive it was sent in for repair and the owner decided to sell u... | |
| Sony SCD-1 or BAT VK-D5 / D5SE I think it really depends on how much SACD you plan on listening to. Go to www. amusicdirect.com and look at the SACD selection. Does it fit your musical tastes? How many of them do you REALLY want to buy? Like I said, I've owned SACD player for w... | |
| Best Downgrades you've done It's hard to call it a downgrade when it sounds better. Here goes though. The best actual savings I had was to use Discovery Essence interconnect between table and phono stage. It replaced a pair of Transparent Reference MC phono interconnects and... | |
| difference between 6922 and the 6h30 super tube Goone is somewhat correct. I own BAT gear with and without the 'Supertube'. I would say that the 6H30 is more dynamic and transparent than the 6922's, like Goone said. The only difference I would say is that the 6922's CAN be smoother and more mus... | |
| Sony SCD-1 or BAT VK-D5 / D5SE Jayctoy, 1500 SACD releases already? It's been over 3 years, and 1500 is a grain of sand at the beach, compared to the amout of software available on regular cd or even LP's. I'm happy you like your modded 9000ES, don't take it personally. When th... |