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| Moderately priced 5 channel amplifier I will not use more than two players, Blu-Ray, and a good SACD/CD player.If I had my way, I would design all balanced output players and processors that have at least two full sets of XLR inputs; however, I do realize my preferences are not the co... | |
| Moderately priced 5 channel amplifier it most have XLR inputs, this is a must! I do not mind point differentialy balanced, as is the case for Bryston. I have thought about the Bryston 9B ST, and the Krell Showcase, yet I feel the Krell is priced high because of the name.I would consid... | |
| classe, bryston fully balanced? All of these are fully balanced: Older Classe, including all the x00 and x01 models, all the T series Threshold; all the older Krell models, Mark Levinson, which run in class A; and some A/B amplifiers, some models, Cary, ARC, and Ayre; and many E... | |
| Best tube amp for electrostatic speakers I have Ethos front speakers and used two BAT VK 60 as momo blocks and had great results. If fact, with those ML speakers, one stereo would do.Really, with a Peachtree Nova you would be well with any qualité tube amp, outputing over 60 watts.I am c... | |
| Accuphase or Esoteric? I like the Esoteric DV50s better than the K-3, and it is a DVD/SACD multiple channel player. This Esoteric is going surpass about 99% of all CD and SACD players, hands down and you might find one under two grand.The only problem i have with multip... | |
| Personal amp evolution Fisher 500*, was my fathers receiverSansui model 8*, from early seventiesMarantz model 18, early 70s, which I kept.Marantz model 15*, and 16* power amplifiersMarantz model 7* model 8*Phase Liner 400*SAE MK IV*Pioneer SPEC 1* and SPEC 2*, later SP... | |
| Rhodium vs Gold AC connectors I do not think there is much difference, for some reason, I use the Rhodium on digital and gold plated on all else, other than copper. You can buy 10, or 12 gauge wire at Home Depot and have as good a cable as you can get, unless you wire in your ... | |
| accuphase compare to mcintosh Both are higher priced because of the brand name, but really, Accuphase is going to be the better one, in most cases. It depends on your preference for sound, as Esoteric is very good and a bit more dynamic, as is ARC, which still make only stereo... | |
| Arcam DV139 vs Oppo 95; any thoughts? Either of my Esoteric DV50s, or my Ayre C-5xe will beat your JVC, and my dog can beat up your dog. | |
| Need advice on power cords for my Ayre system You are plugging it into a wall socket, preferably a dedicated wall socket? What kind of wires are you running to your wall socket? | |
| Okay, Classe CA 2200 or and Ayre V -5xe amps Ayre V-5xe amps are great! I had the big class A biased Krell/ ML/ Threshold and they were great, but the heat, all that class A; they are good for real impédance varied speakers, like the old Infinity Kappa 8/9; however, the Ayre is a good class ... | |
| AYRE V-5xe + BAT tube preamp I have used BAT preamplifiers and ARC preamplifiers almost exclusively. My opinion, the Ayre will bring out a presence of warmth and detail, not often found.My preference is for Bat Power amplifiers because the ones I owned are triode operation, w... | |
| McCormack UPD-1 I find the Oppo 105D to be very good audio. This is with a Classe SSP 25 used as a balanced preamplifier. The Classe SSP 25 is worth the going price as a preamplifier alone! This is another topic, and not having the video set up yet, I will leave ... | |
| McCormack UPD-1 The Esoteric DV 50s players, short of the new U series, is one of the best DVD players; it beats out the DV 60 and SA 60 on audio. The K1 and K3 does better with audio, but you really have to be a golden ears to notice. The main benefit is the bet... | |
| Martn Logan ElectroMotion ESL stereo loudspeakers Im having the room carpeted before I set up the whole system. I may move them and let them burn it a bit. I will be using an LS 15 with the Cary, Esoteric and my new Oppo 105D as source. The whole system uses another preamp and amp for SACD with ... |