highdudgeon
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| Best bargain integrated amp? Okay, so I'm selling one, and take this for what it's worth...But, the MD-208 receiver from Magnum Dynalab is one of the best buys for a medium priced system. You save money (and issues) on interconnects. You get a world-class tuner. And the amp i... | |
| Mac 252, 353, 402? Efner,Did you consider the MA-2275? | |
| The most detailed speaker cable?? I bet his hearing is even better than that...at over 20khz!Boa2 -- good call on the Aquatimer, that movement is a beast. You're right, there is something to the lux goods thing. Still, I'm pretty damn happy with my cheapo cord...! | |
| The most detailed speaker cable?? I would add this -- which is really just summarizing some of the above thoughts.First of all, Nelson Pass's article is well worth reading.Second, if you can't measure qualities within *significant* audible parameters between two cables (see Rsbeck... | |
| The most detailed speaker cable?? Rsbeck's last post was spot-on: cables cannot add detail or, for that matter, character to what flows through them. Yes, you need to be aware of impedence, etc., but that's it. By all means, use nice and appropriate cables. However, more careful a... | |
| Cable Costs Relative to System My primary system retails for about $15,000; I actually have $8,700 into the components, and could have done better had I purchased used speakers.Okay, nine grand should be able to buy you great sound, and this stuff is as good or better than ones... | |
| The most detailed speaker cable?? I have to agree with Rsbeck -- completely. Putting aside the placebo factor, in all truth you'd be hard pressed to find something better that -- drum roll, please -- 14 gauge low voltage lighting cable from Home Depot. Approximately 15 cents a foo... | |
| Mac 252, 353, 402? Can you guys recommend some non-mac pre-amps (line stage) that could be good matches (balanced, etc.)Listened -- and viewed, with an emphasis on viewed -- a 402 today for the third time. Really, this is the sort of thing you buy and then take to t... | |
| Mac 252, 353, 402? Well, here's what I can't help but wondering -- driving a set of monitor speakers (85db, recommended amp 50-150 watts, max 100 watts continuous)...isn't the 402 or even the 352 a LOT of overkill? More money for unneeded watts? Especially when we'r... | |
| McIntosh MC402 What are some interesting pre-amp choices -- non-mac, a little cheaper, but balanced output -- for the 402? | |
| Anyone Heard the DeVore Silverbacks? I have the Gibbon 8s with an audiomat arpege in one of my systems -- it's great. I've been thinking hard about "upgrading" to the "super gibbon," but would like to know more about it -- even a review, if it's out there.Spoke to John and he's got a... | |
| Need advice SET amp for Gibbon Super 8 I've got an audiomat arpege reference hooked to gibbon 8's -- pretty terrific.What do you think of the super gibbons compared to the 8's??? | |
| best possible indoor antenna Does it matter whether you use the Dynalab horizontally or vertically?And, what about those "powered" antennae? Is that largely BS? The Dynalab is a hundred bucks (not bad, in the high-end world!), but there are a zillion even more discrete units ... |