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| Best Hobby related purchase of 2010 Hardware: No question, for me it's the Grado RA-1 Headphone amplifier - the AC version. Absolutely stunning performance with Grado headphones using either analog or digital sources.On the software side, it has to be the discovery of the "Royal Phi... | |
| Best Towers Under $1500 for beginner system Assuming the offer is legite, I would seriously consider the Totem Forests - huge system growth potential with these marvelous speakers. | |
| Best Towers Under $1500 for beginner system I have lsitened to most of the speakers you list above. For Home Theater, Rock and Electronic, the Pardigms are a very good choice. They are fairly efficient and should present a resonable load for your receiver. Also, they sound nice without bein... | |
| Buy new integrated or vintage? I do a lot of research and then impulse buy when good deals and finances align. | |
| Buy new integrated or vintage? There is an NAD C375BEE on Agon right now for under a grand. This is plenty "beefy" with a conservative 150W per channel into 8ohms. A very nice sounding amp at this price. Sophistication of design far exceeds most of the big name solid state stuf... | |
| Rotel rcd-1072 vs Cambridge 640c v2? There you have it. How a piece of equipment sounds depends on a lot, including accompanying gear, room and ears. One person's "neutral" can be another person's "uninvolving". The Cambridge frequency response is almost dead flat - measures favorabl... | |
| Rotel rcd-1072 vs Cambridge 640c v2? I think the Cambridge is both more detailed and more musical, and can stand up to greater scrutiny when connected to higher end gear. MHO. | |
| Integrated Amplifier for Fritzspeakers Carbon 7 While I like the amp, my feeling is the NAD is the weak link here. Try replacing with an Odyssey Khartago amp. | |
| Buy new integrated or vintage? Smitty,What sound are you looking for, fast, clean and airy, warm, sweet and dimensional, lots of Pace Rhythm and timing, etc?This should be more important than new versus old. One comment, I find many of the vintage Japanese amps from the seventi... | |
| Best audio time b4 even hearing of the sweet spot? Small dorm room, two pairs of Speakerlab sevens inverted, biggest Pioneer receiver available, ZZ Top on the Techniques, volume at two o'clock+. The sweet spot was clear across the boarder in Vancouver... | |
| Find the weak link to help me spend $800 or so Rogerroger,Is there a power conditioner available for $800 or less that you could recommend? All the ones I would suggest cost several thousand and up, why I didn't mention it. | |
| Most musical integrated amp you have heard? The Naim XS has something special going, but the "Most musical integrated amp" I have heard has to be the Audio Research DSi200 (with the VSi60 close behind). | |
| Avalon Acoustics vs Wilson Audio Kazmann,I have heard all these speakers over the last year and you are right on in targeting the Sashas. I used to *hate* Wilsons, but not anymore. It is remarkable to me that they have done such a remarkable makeover on the house sound of their "... | |
| Find the weak link to help me spend $800 or so Nice set up. I can't help myself either - priority for upgrades: -Power supply for new room - 10 guage romex with dedicated breaker and decent outlet(s)-acoustics of room, room treatments on wall surfaces, windows and corners-a really secure found... | |
| Perfect sound Now what? Go to Disney World. |