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| Jeff Rowland 302 or Conrad Johnson Premier 350 Cytocycle- Thanks for your very detailed effort. Actually, my first choice is the Lamm M1.2s. The only drawback is the heat. I will seriously look at them again before I make a final decision. | |
| Jeff Rowland 302 or Conrad Johnson Premier 350 Cytocycle- Yes the Extremas are 88dB efficient but the impedance is 4 ohms. They do go down to 1 ohm (according to the experts and I believe them) and when that happens, most amps including the BELs will run out of steam. While they are not diffic... | |
| Jeff Rowland 302 or Conrad Johnson Premier 350 Thanks Chris, for your thoughts. I see in your other posts that you have quite extensive experience with the hybrid Lamms. Do you think the M1.2s have enough juice for the Extremas? | |
| Jeff Rowland 302 or Conrad Johnson Premier 350 Thank you guys (and girls?) for your input. The rest of my system are as follows: CEC TL 1X, Audio Space DAC-1US, ARC Ref 2, BEL 1001 MK V (mono), SF Extrema. I also have a pair of ATC SCM 100 ASL speakers which I use in my main system . I suspect... | |
| How good is Benchmark DAC1 comparing to...... Thanks a lot Rx8man for your effort. | |
| How good is Benchmark DAC1 comparing to...... Abrahavt,Yes, I bought it from the given address and they will mod it for you upon request. You can choose what you want to upgrade. If you want a full upgrade, it should cost around US$2000. You can also request them to do a 110V unit. They are t... | |
| How good is Benchmark DAC1 comparing to...... Abrahavt, I finally got you Audio Space's contact details. Top International Electric Hong Kong Ltd 1/F, 151-153 Apliu Street, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon Hong Kong Tel: 852-2729 7271 Fax: 852-2307 9476I just bought one unit (the model is called DAC-1US... | |
| Best Value System Stehno, I don't have time to go into an argument. It will be a waste of everybody's time. Anyway, thanks for your great advice. | |
| Best Value System Stehno, I understood what you were trying to say. Supposing you have addressed all those issues as listed by you, what would you suggest as your best value system? Maybe, a system that you can live happily with for the next 5-10 years. | |
| McCormack DNA 500 Cmach,You mentioned that the DNA 500 was a big upgrade from the BAT VK 500 (itself a very respectable amp). Can you please elaborate further when you have the time? Any comparision with other high quality amps? | |
| How good is Benchmark DAC1 comparing to...... Abrahavt, sorry I can't get hold of the Audio Space contact details. If I do get them, I'll let you know. | |
| McCormack DNA 500 Yes Eagle, I've seen your link to the DNA 500. It sounds too good to be true. I would like to hear from other owners of the amp. Sue Kraft ( if I got her name right) of the Absolute Sound thinks it is not as good as the EDGE NL 10. The IAR review ... | |
| How good is Benchmark DAC1 comparing to...... Abrahavt, I'm not sure if you can find it in the US. You may have to contact them in Hong Kong. Unfortunately, I don't have their contact details. I will ask my friend to see if he has their contact number and I will revert to you as soon as I can. | |
| How good is Benchmark DAC1 comparing to...... I have some interesting news. There is a little company called Audio Space (AS) from Hong Kong and they make amplifiers as well as digital stuff. A friend of mine swore by the AS dac (also called DAC1), claiming it to be the best he's heard. He re... | |
| Best Value System Maybe I use a wrong choice of words. What I really meant was to ask you folks to suggest systems that seem to give great values, be it vinyl, cd, sacd, dvd or whatever. |