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| Cheapest places to buy gear? I'd recommend Hawthorne Stereo here in Seattle for used gear. They're very straight-up guys who specialize in high quality used gear in addition to their favorite Naim new stuff. You'll see their auctions on ebay sometimes but I'd recommend giving... | |
| Unusual Music Recommendation Get a listen to the new John Hammond CD "Wicked Grin." Tom Waits produced it and plays a little guitar and all the songs but one are written by him. Great playing by everyone, including Augie Meyers on keyboards. Excellent production. One of those... | |
| Thiel owners save your packing boxes I have experience only with a pair of Thiel 2.2's, and the shipping containers may have changed in later models, but I discovered a real flaw in the way the cartons were put together. The carton was designed so that the base of the speaker slipped... | |
| inexpensive hdcd player or dac The Parasound 1100 or 1500 DAC's have HDCD and are reasonably priced used. | |
| Need Advice / Inexpensive 100W Amp The Parasound HCA-1000 (or 1000a) is extremely well built and performs extremely well in that price range. | |
| Power Amp for newbie A McCormack DNA .5 can be had for that price and would be an excellent choice. | |
| Amplifiers for ProAcs I'd second the suggestion of McCormack amps for Proacs. I've used a DNA 0.5 Deluxe with both the Response 2s and Studio 150 and both combinations sounded spectacular. | |
| Help-sibilance! Lyle Lovett's "Step Inside This House" CD does indeed have a sibilance problem. In other regards it is a very good-sounding recording but I've noticed really objectionable sibilance with that particular recording, especially on disc 2. The problem... | |
| Good entry level transport? If you can find one, a McCormack SST-1 for $600-800 is very nice. It's built like a tank, like all McCormack products and the ergonomics are very well done. The sound is lovely. | |
| HELP !!! Linn Classik All in One Player I recently helped friends buy a used LINN Classik for a bedroom system. They added a pair of small Monitor Audio floorstanders, the 5i, and they are thrilled with the sound and the unobtrusive look of the Classik. They've almost abandoned listenin... | |
| Rack mount preamps for cheap Most of the Parasound preamps come with a 19" rack-mountable face plate and are very nice quality for the money. There are several models in your price range used. The PLD-2000 is superb and can be had for around $600, the 1500 and 1100 are also g... | |
| what is everybody listening to right now Los Super Seven, Gillian Welch's 'Revival,' Habib Kiote, Lyle Lovett's 'Joshua Judges Ruth,' the Mavericks 'Super Collosal Smash Hits of the Nineties,' Janis Ian 'Breaking Silence' | |
| Marantz 67SE CD player Adding an outboard DAC is a definite improvement. I started with the 63se as a stand-alone player, first added a Parasound 1100 DAC, then changed that out for a McCormack DAC-1. Each improved the sound a lot. I've just bought a McCormack SST-1 tra... | |
| Digitizing from vinyl? I'll be using a Mac so the sound card is built in but it does have stereo analog input available so I should be able to figure it out. Thanks a lot for the good info. | |
| Best blues guitarist, Clapton or Green This has been a very interesting thread for me because I spent the late 60's and all of the 70's living in Austin, most of the time working as a photographer covering music, so that I got to see most of the great blues guitarists performing during... |