rsfphil
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| Pass Labs The 200,000 civilians (many of whom were women and children) that were slaughtered by the Japanese in the Rape of Nan King in 1937 were not in the army either. If the USA didn't drop the bomb and had to invade Japan a whole lot more than 40,000 ch... | |
| New Release CD Players $1000 - $1500 The Sony isn't a CD player. | |
| Teo Game-Changer IC's - get on the bus! I just ordered a 1 meter GC today. It will be used between a Marantz SA11S3 SACD and a Marantz PM11S3 integrated. It will be replacing a Signal Cable Silver Resolution IC. Looking forward to hearing this cable. What improvement can I expect with t... | |
| Conrad Johnson Repair Issues "I can only conclude that after they received it, and IF IT was not showing damage, that this damaged occurred after they received it. You need to recoup the repairs charges and the USPS transit insurance money." Why would the USPS be responsible... | |
| 8-16 ohm budget speakers If you have the space I would recommend the Mini-Lore floor-standers. They are pretty much a full range speaker and are only $25 more than the monitors. Your Dynaco will have no trouble driving them. Talk to Eric and he will recommend which speake... | |
| Audio research 100.2 any good ????? If you are thinking about an integrated any one of the Marantz Reference Series integrateds would fill the bill. | |
| 8-16 ohm budget speakers You may want to check out Tekton. If you are patient you can find a used pair of Mini-Lores in your price range. | |
| Audio Research PH5 Phono Preamplifier Input Clipping Problem Agree with Al 100%. As long as you can get it to play as loud as you want without excessive noise you are fine. It doesn't really matter where the volume control is. 2/3 of max is fine. You are not going to hurt anything. Generally speaking the mo... | |
| Marantz and Stereophile? Wasn't able to edit in time. "anyway near its price range" should read "anywhere near its price range". | |
| Marantz and Stereophile? TAS reviewed the PM11s3 and the SA11s3. Stereophile reviewed the KI Pearl Reference amp and an earlier model Reference power amp. All four pieces received very positive reviews. Marantz Reference gear can hold its own with anything anyway near its... | |
| Preamplifier for Threshold 400A The Threshold SA4e input impedance is only 600 ohms in balanced mode. If you want to run balanced you will most likely need a ss pre. I can't speak for the MW, but the ARC would have to used in single ended mode. It wouldn't be able to properly dr... | |
| Tekton Pendragons I just checked Tekton's return policy and didn't see anything about a 20% restocking fee. At one time they did have 15% restocking fee, but it was discontinued awhile ago. A stock pair of Pendragons can be had for $2000 and if you don't like them ... | |
| The best SS integrated amplifier for Focal 807W Prestige speakers The Marantz PM11S3 Reference may just be what you're looking for. I own one and and very happy with the performance. I think it meets all of your criteria. It has an excellent phono stage and the build quality is outstanding. There is a very posit... | |
| Marantz SA11S3 Thank you for staying on topic. I appreciate it. I think you may be on to something. I tried balanced cables (same cable as my unbalanced) and the unbalanced did sound slightly better. The way I understand it there should be a 6db difference in ou... | |
| Marantz SA11S3 This thread is about balanced vs unbalanced and standby vs leave it on. I DON'T RECALL ASKING ANYTHING ABOUT FUSES! |