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| Endless debate: monitor + sub vs floorstanding This is an excellent question Marburg. I can tell you about my experience. Over the last five or so years I have used Magnepan 3.6's, Avalon towers, Linn Ninka's, Dynaudio. I now use Merlin TSM-mme's with two (2) sunfire subwoofers. I was able to ... | |
| McIntosh Preamp I like the C2300. It gives you output meters so you can see your power output on the MC275. I had the C2200 and MC275 combo and I wish I still had it. I now use C2300 and MC402. | |
| Integrated McIntosh vs. separates I used the McIntosh MA6500 for several years with Dynaudio Special 25's and Ma ggies. Excellent integrated amp. I sold that and now use a C2300 & MC402. With the Dynaudios the separate amp and preamp give better performance, but not by much. T... | |
| New Oppo BDP-95 better than the McIntosh MVP-881? Yes, there are brands out there that charge big bucks for pride of possession. I have toured the McIntosh factory several times. Many of their products are world class in build and design, the MC-275 tube amp is a fine example. That said, on one o... | |
| Kef 205/2 Hi Primare,If you have your bass problem solved, groovy! If not, try the following.Unplug one Kef205. Put your system in mono. Play test tracks from a test CD or test source (I use mac the scope/signal generator). Take a db meter and note the out ... | |
| Who's Enjoying the Pure Music App Besides Me?? Hi Lang,I rip with the drive in my MacBook (older white model), I use AIFF settings and like Tbg use Hog and Memory. The sound has been excellent. I did an interesting experiment. I have 3 identical copies of Dave Brubeck "Take Five". I burned one... | |
| HRT music streamer & Airport Extreme Thank you for the responses. Now I'm really confused. My question is regarding the Airport "Extreme" because it has the USB out. Even the kids at the Apple Store are 50/50, on the yes and no issue.I think I will just keep taking the MacBook for di... | |
| CD-Receiver Recommendations I had both the Linn Classik Musik and the Arcam Solo. Both are small, easy to use and sound excellent. I have heard the Solo on Verity Reinzi speakers and I was impressed with the sound quality. Be sure to consider the full size Solo and not the "... | |
| Who's Enjoying the Pure Music App Besides Me?? I purchased Pure Music as well and play via MacBook USB --->HRT II. The sound is amazing. I compared both straight iTunes with Pure Music and it is a night and day difference. I get bass slam out of pure music that just is not there on the iTun... | |
| Speaker appearance verses musicality. Some of the worlds best performing speakers do not have a fancy appearance. Magnepans, Vandersteens, plain flat black Merlins, Green Mountains are just a few that come to mind. All capable of amazing performance, but cosmetically bland.I owned som... | |
| SS amp for Merlin VSMs? I own TSM-mme's not VSM's (someday) but can speak to the amp question.I use both the McIntosh 275 tube amp and the MC-402 solid state. The tubes are excellent but the reality is I prefer the sound of the MC-402 as do other listeners. You also get ... | |
| At what distance are balanced XLR cables needed? I have a McIntosh C2300 preamp feeding a McIntosh MC402. They are 16 feet apart. I have used both Balanced XLR connections and RCA single ended connections. The balanced has sounded better every time. By the way the RCA Single ended cables were su... | |
| Why the obsession with the lowest octave Excellent comments and observations!My experience(s) grew me into the desire for 20hz to 30hz bass. I use Merlin TSM-mme stand mount speakers. They are amazingly musical and love the sound. The bass is very good but not so deep (mid 40's in my roo... | |
| What CD Palyer Another CD player to consider is the Sony XA5400ES CD/SACD player. You have a lot of flexibility owning the MRX700 as it has HDMI inputs and the Sony outputs digital via HDMI. The Sony also has Balanced outputs and digital out.The Sony is well reg... | |
| Maggies with Tubes? You need to consider how loud you will play your music and the size of the room. I have used Maggies for years and experimented with all types of amps. My feeling is you will get sound, but will be generally underpowered to get the most out of suc... |