mattkimb96
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| Best Speaker under $3K - New or Used Right at $3k, the Revel Performa F-52's are worthy of your consideration set. I would second the Aerial 10-T recco above as well. | |
| Best rock cover songs, list your favorites In the Air Tonight - Axel Rudy Pell. Recorded very well and the guitar work is outstanding.Can't have a cover thread without mentioning Imagine & Bridge over Troubled Waters by Eva Cassidy. | |
| What amp/pre-amp would you buy for $12-15k? For the upper end of your budget you could snag some Pass XA-100.5 monoblocs, Aesthetix Calypso pre-amp to and either the Ayre C-5xe or previously mentioned Marantz SA-7s1 CD players. | |
| How good is the Marantz SA-7S1? Go to positive feedback.com issue 35, for a recent review of the SA-7. I have had the opportunity to hear this unit in my system and agree completely with the reviewers assessment. Could not afford the 7 but did buy the 11s2 which IMHO was noticab... | |
| What's your favorite remake of a song Axel Rudy Pell's rock rendition of In the Air Tonight is outstanding...and an excellent recording as well. Phil Collins would be pleased! | |
| Best sounding CD Player for $3K or less used? Go ahead and spring for a NEW Marantz SA-11s2. Not sure you can find any used players costing less that will better this unit. If I were going to buy a used unit under $2,000 I'd give strong consideration to the Ayre CX-7e and at under $1,000 the ... | |
| The best CD Player for the money Stongly agree with the poster above on the two Marantz units. I have heard both and now own the 11s2 and they both compete with units at twice their price point! | |
| UPGRADE CDP NEED YOUR HELP In your price range you can possibly snag a used Ayre CX-7e CD player. I also agree with the poster above that the Arcam FMJ 23 would be another option, and that would only run you $750 used. I've had both and preferred the Ayre but could easily l... | |
| Replacing my Arcam cd 23 with what?? It may be worth your while to investigate the Marantz SA-11s2. This unit is far closer in sonic signature to their SA-7 than the older SA-11s1. It's in your price range and at my personal experience was that it delivered a significant jump over th... | |
| Best CD Player under $1200 Don't know if its the "best" but if I bought a used player under $1,000 I would side with several of the comments above and opt for the Arcam FMJ 23. | |
| Ayre C-5xe vs. Ayre D-1xe Can't lose with either one! I have had both for some time but am sticking with the D-1xe as I have a HT setup and simply can't keep the C-5xe for SACD playback only. On Redbook the two are very very close. Friends that come by and here both are pr... | |
| DVD CD player vs seperates The Arcam is close to your price range and is a heckuva CD player! | |
| REL Subs with H2O Amplifiers I have seen a setup where there are two Rel Subs Stentors being used with Pass 600.5 mono amplifiers. He has the Neutrik connected to each amp with no ill effects to the system. Could be that your easiest solution would be to buy another Britannia... | |
| CD Player Recommendations 5-8k range please help If you liked the sound of the Ayre CX-7e your will absolutely love the sound of their C-5xe. Outdistances the 7 in every parameter and delivers a soundstage with depth along wiht outstanding detail. I have not heard the other players mentioned abo... | |
| Law of Diminishing Returns - CD/SACD Players Could not agree more with you on your observations of non-audiophile recordings although if recordings sound as good as the Santana one I frankly don't care if it has an audiophile designation or not. I am going to check out the Toni Braxton.... K... |