kevinlamey

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Best CD Player under $1000
Have a listen to some DVD players.Some of them are quite remarkable on CD audio playback.Some I have tried under a thousand were Rega Planet,Marantz CD63 SE.I tried A/B comparison between Arcam Alpha 8SE and Toshiba 3107 DVD player.Even the salesm... 
Preamp recommendation for Bryston 3BST
I have owned the 3BST and 4BST.Tried BP25 and found it was wonderful on some music but seemed to lack some dynamics.I felt like I wanted to turn volume up.Tried PS Audio, Spectral.I finally settled on a Threshold T3.You may want to look at a hybri... 
Small Speakers w/ Full Range Sound
Have a listen to the PMClb1 Rep is Bryston Canada.Transmission line design.Classified as nearfield monitor, used by recording engineers to master sound tracks.I have a pair and amazed how big they sound. 
Theshold Amp repair
I had a conversation with a salesman recently on this topic and he tells me that a former Threshold employee has set up a repair depot somewhere in Texas.Try a net search on Metacrawler. Regards Kevin 
Older WADIAS CD players vs Newer WADIAS
I have the CD23 and am extremely pleased with it.I haven't had a chance to compare various Wadia models but the price difference says alot unless that is not an issue. Regards Kevin 
Intro to Tube Amplifiers
I have an Audio Research D90B Tube amp rated at a conservative 90 watts/ch.It has all new tubes,Fugiyama gold plated inputs and 5 way binding posts.I tried this in my home theatre set up running my centre channel but found too much bloom to achiev...