loomisjohnson
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| Entry level CDP there's really no comparison btwn the musical fidelity and the consumer-grade nad and marantz stuff--the mf is a really well-built, over engineered high end piece, while the latter are mass-market, mass produced stuff--sorta like comparing a lexus... | |
| Need help picking speakers for small room i saw someone here selling some energy verita 1.3 for $700--don't know the guy, but a really great speaker at that price. if you want new, i'd get canton gle (market down to $650 at accessories4less)--i've heard 'em at abt here in chicago and they... | |
| Need help finding atypical integrated amp if you reaLLY have you heart set on a one box solution, you could opt for a really good used avr like an arcam or b&k, which has all your requirements in a box and, truth be told, probably would sound about as good as the integrateds you're co... | |
| the greatest pop song ever? well, if we're debating best beach boys, i'd submit "surf's up", with "in my room" a close second. if we braqoden the category, i believe dylan called "tracks of my tears" the prettiest song in the english language, while robert christgau cited "w... | |
| Speakers for 3K the revels are great but need a ton of power--you won't be able to drive them with your avr, so i'd probably opt for the more efficient devores. (i personally haven't heard the pioneers, which get great reviews; i'd be intrigued to hear them as we... | |
| Newbie Help with Speaker Choices rancher--glad you got the energys and hope you enjoy them. for a sub, i'd buy a hsu stf--very musical and very good value at around $300--if you call them to order they'll generally knock off a few bucks. | |
| Small Speakers for Small Room, Close to Back Wall? i did a very similar search recently before settling on some focal cobalts. best near-wall speaker i heard in absolute terms was the paradigm signature s1; rega rs1 was also surprisingly good; i wasn't as impressed with the quad 11l or dynaudio xc... | |
| AAD Q50 Speakers aad is the latest venture of phil jones, who's something of a legend of speaker design--he was involved with acoustic energy, boston acoustics (when they were a major player) and platinum audio, and i think, soliloqy. his trademark is getting bass... | |
| totem staff or model one signature agree with dgaylin--model ones are superb; if you have a sub (or even if you didn't) they'd be my choice. | |
| Need to buy used integrated about 800 dollars zeta:those nad amps are troublesome buggers, aren't they? just scanning through the ads i see a cary ca1 for 850 and a couple of arcam diva/arcam fmj around 600.(i love my arcam alpha). any of those would be a considerable step-up from your nad. i... | |
| Newbie Help with Speaker Choices audio advisors is running a special on energy veritas in-wall and in-ceiling speakers--deeep discounts on a very high quality piece. for your fronts, there's a ton of good choices listed here in the sub $2k range---lsa, totem, von schweikert vr2, ... | |
| Best Speakers new/used for around 2k slinker, since you asked for input on your specific canditates, this joe blow offers the following:1. psb synchrony is a great, well-balanced speaker with no discernible flaws and a very good value. the pmcs are also very, very good, with excellen... | |
| Share thoughts on Keith Jarrett i'm in the ok-but-not great camp; he's a trailblazer in terms of popularizing the long-form solo concert thing, but there's a certain new-agey, samey quality to much of his voluminous output (plus the humming is a turnoff). he's technically profic... | |
| What do you think about Magnepans 3.6R for me i seriously considered splurging on the 3.6rs; ultimately i passed because i was too overwhelmed by what i deemed to be the necessity of popping for upgraded power amps and two more compatible subs. that said, they are awesome speakers--to my ears... | |
| Power for Paradigm Studio 40 v4 as a big arcam fan, i'd personally look to change your preamp before i replaced the power amp. i have the alpha 9 integrated, which i believe has a substantially identical amp as your alpha 8, and i've gotten much better results using the arcam's ... |