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| Your favorite recent discovery The Faint - Danse MacabreArthur | |
| Line Array speakers? I have recently fallen in love with a line array - the McIntosh XRT1K. HOLY MOLY!! It was most impressive. Makes me wonder if down the road I could afford a pair of XRT28 or something because these line arrays sound like the real deal.From what I ... | |
| McIntosh Amp Ratings Most of these posts are right on. Although I think the doubling up and halving down isn't exact with Autoformers due to coupling effects. Theoretically, yes, but in reality, no. Take a look at the Stereophile measurements of the MC501 and you'll s... | |
| Longest continuous playing songs Timbaland's CD, all the Pyschotrance albums, Ozric Tentacles, and my personal favorites: The Allman Brothers' "Whipping Post" and "Mountain Jam." I know of some others but can't quite think of their names right now.Arthur | |
| Amp / Preamp for Focal 1007 BE Speakers? I've never heard of 1036 speakers before. Anyway...Hi Ken - I was very impressed with the 1007. You made a great choice. First of all, what size is your room? Bass quality is directly related to the size of the room. You will not be able to get su... | |
| Lexicon RV8 vs McIntosh MHT200: best for 2 chnl? Hey Jeff - the MA6500 is a super nice integrated. It has lots of detail and out-paces the 6900 hands down. I even listened to a 6500 playing Avantgarde Duo horns and the sound was still excellent - surprisingly so since the other amps on hand were... | |
| Learned something about vinyl vs. digital recently Sounds like you need a different CD player! There are a number of options with lots of body and density. Arthur | |
| Power cord for Rotel RCD-1072 CDP Try an MIT Z-cord II. That is what we used on the 1072 and it complimented it very well. It is in your price range.Whether you notice a difference or not will totally depend on the resolution of the rest of your system. If your system is dialed in... | |
| Slate vs Granite vs Maple? I think wood is the way to go. Pretty stiff and yet still has great damping.Arthur | |
| Advice from vinyl types on a good CD player I have to echo Tom - the Classe CDP202 and the ARC CD7 (and the CD3 as well) are stellar players. If I could afford them over my Audio Aero Prima mk2, I would get one of them for sure.Other great options are the Burmester line of CD players. Not c... | |
| Lexicon RV8 vs McIntosh MHT200: best for 2 chnl? I heard some concert DVDs in an HT system using the MHT200 and I was knocked out. It was the first multichannel experience I thought was great. The soundstage was most impressive! It actually felt like a space rather than sounds coming from all di... | |
| Warm Interconnects I also have a pair of Monster M1000i. They are a great buy for sure. They lack a tiny bit of articulation when compared head-to-head with the Cardas Crosslink but they have a more open midrange.Another great warm cable is the van den Hul First Ult... | |
| Question on speaker sensitivity / power. The 50W max rating means the drivers can't handle a ton more power than that. However, the amount of time spent at that power level plays a large role in determining potential damage - and yet the specs say nothing of this. Is it 50W continuous or... | |
| best inexpensive tube integrated Gotta give a Consonance M100Plus a try. Killer for the money. For nicer build and looks, the Cayin T30 is really good but doesn't quite have the resolution of the M100. I had a Jolida 202 for a while and thought it was barely OK in comparison. Arthur | |
| Preamps with two pairs of balanced outs? The latest McIntosh and Audio Research do.Arthur |