jazzerdave
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| Piano and Trumpet can sound bright I played trombone in a ton of small groups and big bands - even large salsa bands. When a trumpet player wants to, he can burst your eardrum (although trombone can technically produce more volume, it's not as harsh). That being said, Miles can hav... | |
| Piano and Trumpet can sound bright If you're up for a speaker change, you could certainly change that quality in the sound. However, you'll change pretty much everything else too. I'd try replacing the silver streaks with something that's all copper - there are tons of options. | |
| Analog system under 500 palyer and phono pre-amp With the built in interconnects, I wouldn't bother spending more than $200. I'd just spend $99 and get the MF V-LPS new. It's been on sale at needle doctor, audio advisor, and even Amazon. Check out Stereophile's review. | |
| Looking to upgrade my setup. Getting a Peachtree iDecco is not a bad place to start. It has a nice DAC, headphone amp, preamp, iPod dock, and a decent 30W stereo power amp in one cabinet. It doesn't have a ton of power, but makes a great starting point. Get that and speakers ... | |
| Analog system under 500 palyer and phono pre-amp If you're not trying to blow the bank, get the used OBH-8SE or the X-LPS, or even just a new Musical Fidelity V-LPS ($99-119 new). You can spend the rest of your budget on upgrading the cartridge. Having used an old technics with the V-LPS, I'll s... | |
| Speaker cable advice I've been extremely pleased with the Silver Resolution from Signal Cable. They have a 30 day in home return policy, so you could test them out and send them back if you decide you'd prefer to look around. Four foot bi-wire runs would cost ~220. Yo... | |
| Best Classical to "broaden" listening arena? I definitely agree with Uru975 on trying out a few things on Pandora first. It's a good way to narrow down a style. I used to play trombone, guitar, and piano and was exposed to different composers/styles through the other players in the bands/orc... | |
| Ugrading B & W Matrix 803's Golden Ear's Triton Two is a tower with a powered sub in each tower. I've heard them, and they sound pretty good. They weren't as crystal clear as I would have liked, but I heard them immediately after listening to Magnepan 3.7's. They would defin... | |
| Ugrading B & W Matrix 803's The 803's are worth around $1600. My dad recently picked up a set for ~1000, but you should be able to expect more. As far as new suggestions go, it really depends on the rest of the system. What's your setup? | |
| Best Speaker under $3K - New or Used This will be on the low end of the budget, but I'll thow in a vote for a used set of Martin Logan Aerius i. If you're concerned about imaging and clarity, you won't find much better, and you should be able to find them for under $1000. It would fr... |