jylee
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| Please help me decide. I didn't know Sony made 40" CRT TV. I had a 32" XBR CRT and it was just a huge pain in the butt when I was moving. I eventually sold it on craigslist, but it was not easy to sell due to the weight. One of my friend had 36" XBR, which I thought was... | |
| What speakers to get? Focal or B&W Bar81. I love Alto Utopias, and they are one of the best sounding speakers that I've ever auditioned. But perhaps you should heed your own advise and not throw in random speakers that OP has not requested.I don't have any negative to say about Nau... | |
| What speakers to get? Focal or B&W I used to own B&W Nautilus 804, and currently own Focal Electra 1037BE. B&W's are pretty revealing. B&W's sounded thin when the front end sounds thin. With decent front end and amplification the midrange is lush and full. If you are us... | |
| how do you deal with heavy power cords? I second Oyaide R-1 receptacles. I have three of them for my audio gears. They provide amazing amount of grip. I now need to use both hands and shift my weight in order to pull the power cables from Oyaide. | |
| in-wall speaker cable help I use Analysis Plus Blue Oval for the rear speakers, and I'm very satisfied with them. | |
| Best multichannel amp for music? Pass Labs are solid state amps designed by the legendary Nelson Pass. Lots of positive reviews can be found here on forum and also on publications. They are not tube amps, but MF did say XA-160 he reviewed erased the line between tubes and solid s... | |
| Best multichannel amp for music? I was going down the same path, and went through Theta Intrepid, Proceed HPA, and EAD PM2000. Some of the amps I've used were pretty good. But they didn't provide the very last few bits of the musical satisfaction, namely the presense, detail, and... | |
| In room response I've played with Room EQ Wizard a few years back. It is a very useful and powerful tool. Here's one measurement I have taken previously.Revel M20The system back then was Revel M20 and Classe CAP-151 combo. | |
| NAD M5 vs Marantz SA-11 S1 or SA-14 I had Marantz SA-15S1, and currently have NAD M-55. My recollection of Marantz was warm and soft sound. On the other hand, M-55 is one of the most dynamic sounding player I've ever heard. PRAT is top notch. Midrange is grain free. Bass is tight. I... | |
| Best affordable SACD player that does superb CD's I'd highly recommend NAD M-55 universal player. A little more costly than well received Denon 3910, but it's much better sounding. (I own both) It sounds very detailed, with greater frequency extension, and lots of air. | |
| Imac to my dac- sounds awful? Make sure you turn off Sound Enhancer and Soundcheck in the option. It can cause wrong volume level and clipping.If you are hearing dropouts the problem must lie in hardware somewhere. Since both your iMac and DAC are new, either could be the culp... | |
| Best amp for N803 +htm1? ? IMHO the area that needed an upgrade was the front end and amplification. CDM series is a very nice speaker. I own Nautilus 804 / HTM 2 myself. Nautilus is better looking and sounding than CDM, but I would have spent the money on the front end, pr... | |
| Meridian G68ADV: Inputs question I had a G68XXV. It's a wonderful sounding processor that really does digital right. It has two multi channel analog inputs, so you can connect both SACD and BluRay players. The caveat is that 1. the connections are analog only. many of the new pla... | |
| Krell Showcase or Theta Intrepid amp ? I was also rather disappointed when I had Intrepid in my system. The high points are warm and smooth musical sound. But, as Cappuccino pointed out it was not very transparent or focused. | |
| Importancy of DAC's analog section The digital section used to be the most important factor during the infancy of CD technology. But now pretty much everyone from $100 Denon CD player to a high end design uses state of the art BB or Wolfson DAC. I agree with others, the analog sect... |