jylee
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| whats a good older hdcd cd player? I used to have California Audio Labs CL-15 in my system. It's warm sounding great CD player. Its HDCD performance was excellent. You'd be surprised how many CDs are actually encoded as HDCD although the case may not show the HDCD logo. I'd pop in ... | |
| B&W Nautilus 804s and clipping Occasional clipping is not going to damage the drivers. And when the drivers are damaged you'll notice right away. It'll either sound right or wrong. There is no middle state. B&W Nautilus tweeters are around $100 each. | |
| Pass Labs amps. Help me choose. Thanks all for the recommendations. I was under the impression that 1037BE is not an easy load. Just how does one determine whether the speakers are an easy load or not? The impedance curve at stereophile web site looks pretty nasty to me. The ave... | |
| Pass Labs amps. Help me choose. The sensitivity of 1037BE is 93 dB/w/m. The reason I am considering X-350.5 is not because of the total amount of power, but because of the amount of class A biased power. | |
| Thinking of upgrading speakers, any suggestions? The sound from Focal JM Labs with BE tweeters are airy and open. I own 1037BEs and I like them a lot. I've heard Alto Utopias at a dealer and was very impressed as well. Altos are within your price range. | |
| why don't I like it?? A couple of possibilities.As someone already mentioned rock music on CD tends to be dynamically compressed and bright. As the system gets better / more accurate / more resolving, badly mastered music tends to sound worse.Have you compared Adcom an... | |
| DVD picture too dark-Any Help HDMI to DVI converter will always result in sub optimal quality. Although the signal is compatible between HDMI and DVI the color space is not. In most cases you would see crush in extreme white or black scenes. But your problem sounds more seriou... | |
| What Muiltichannel amp for Dali 800 MKII Ultimately it's about the trade off and priorities. Five identical amps all around will make it easier to tonally balance all the channels. 2+3 may be trickier to set up, but it will be superior in two channel music play back. You should note that... | |
| What Muiltichannel amp for Dali 800 MKII I wouldn't downgrade Pass X350 to a multi channel amp. While I was setting up my multi channel audio system I went through several highly rated single box five channel amps from Theta, Proceed and EAD. While they were pretty good in performance, t... | |
| Looking for Pre/Pro with great 2 ch sound I currently own Linn Unidisk SC. I have previously owned Meridian G68 and Proceed AVP2+6. They are all very musical. You should be able to put together musically satisfying system with any of these.I like Unidisk simply because of its superb SACD ... | |
| Thoughts on new amp The problem you are having is due to the high voltage gain. The voltage gain of your Bryston 4B is reported to be 30dB. That's not abnormally high, but still on the high side of the spectrum. If you want less overall loudness and more control in l... | |
| Old power amp with newer preamp? I would highly recommend Aragon amps. 2004 or 8002 are within your budget, and they are one notch above NAD / Adcom / Rotel. I own 8002 and I am very impressed with its performance. It's comparable to higher end amps I used to own that cost betwee... | |
| Mark Levinson Repair Use the form at the link Kal posted above. When I contacted Harman Specialty Group they showed two repair centers, one in TX and one in east coast. I would have loved a local California repair center. | |
| Does anyone out there NOT hear a difference in CD It's all about your system and your hearing. You'll find dozens of skeptics over there on avsforum who firmly believe all CD players sound the same, and I don't doubt them when they say *they* can't hear difference. I don't really care, as long as... | |
| Whoa There are too many cd-players ..need advice If you like NAD, you'll love M-55. I have previously owned M-55. Lots of dynamics, clarity and spacious sound. It's priced right at your budget as well. |