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| McIntosh MC-275, MX-110 preamp and La Scala's?? With a Shanling CDP, I suspect any amp that adds more "pleasant" distortion will be preferred over a more neutral and accurate amp.The sibilance from a Shanling digital product is just plain bad in my experience, and it will sabotage any objective... | |
| My Parasound A21 review and VS Emotiva XPA I don't doubt you might prefer a Parasound product to Emotiva. I mentioned that Parasound was one of the best bang for the buck brands out there. However, did the products you compared sell for the same price?What find surprising is how many threa... | |
| My Parasound A21 review and VS Emotiva XPA I use a couple Emotiva amps and, if you look at my systems, it's not because money is an object.Granted...I use one of their big amps for just low frequency drivers on my Wisdom speakers and another Emotiva for just rear channels in my HT. However... | |
| The Emotiva Challenge Dayglow - I noticed you didn't mention whether you have ever heard or A/B'd an Emotiva product, which I pretty much knew you would avoid answering.It's pointless to use logic and rational arguments on someone who is talking with ZERO experience in... | |
| The Emotiva Challenge Dayglow - I have heard Conrad Johnson's and even owned several of their preamps. Their stuff is well-engineered and another brand I would put in the class with my McIntosh and upgraded McCormacks. It would be fine to buy a USED one, but where are ... | |
| The Emotiva Challenge It's comical reading the criticisms of Emotiva based on "cheap quality".I'm willing to bet these people have never opened the hood on these $50k amplifiers and noted parts that are no better (or marginally better to the tune of maybe an extra $1k ... | |
| Emotiva UMC-200 vs Primare SP31? I have a UMC200 for my second HT setup. It's not exactly the most feature rich and input/output friendly processor, but if SQ is your primary concern...it's actually quite good.Most processors have tons of features and inputs/outputs that never ge... | |
| SMC McCormack or Vincent Pwr Amp I have 2 platinum+ modded DNA.5 (one is stereo and one is converted to a monoblock).There really is no weakness in these amps except with 2 caveats...1. If your speakers require more power than whatever version of McCormack you buy. Amp purchases ... | |
| Passive preamp w/Rogue Medusa and Rega DAC Why wouldn't you just upgrade your dac to something like the Benchmark DAC 2 which can be run direct into your amp.Personally, I think your DAC is the weakest link by far...especially if you consider how much more the DAC impacts the sound.I'm not... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? What's comical about this 13 year thread is that EVERY speaker mentioned can also be one of the WORST speakers ever heard with improper associated gear.Forget about front-end source electronics or even the preamp. Just the amplifier alone could to... | |
| Amplifier is now off the Power Conditioner Any amp of decent power that sounds better plugged into a power conditioner should be sold ASAP.That may be a slight bit of hyperbole, but ask any reputable amplifier designer if you should plug their product into a conditioner. The answer will be... | |
| BPT 3.5 Power cable need help Why wouldn't you use BPT's 20 amp cord?I've had a BPT 3.5 for prolly 10 years now (whenever they first started and got the rights to Plitron transformers). I use their power cord, which is 20amp and it's also quite flexible for it's size.Unless yo... | |
| Tube Amp for Martin Logan Speakers Funny to read this thread about autoformers. Probably 6-7 years ago, I added a McIntosh SS amp to my arsenal that uses autoformers. At the time, I was also using Steve McCormack's platinum modded amps too. I compared them and shared my thoughts wi... | |
| Magnepan DWM problem I'm willing to bet that the "slap" occurs around 200hz which is at the crossover point of the DWM.There isn't much you can do about it and a sub is not going to help it at that frequency.There's no reason Magnepan shouldn't be able to address this... | |
| New Orleans high end stores? Wilson audio is by far the best place for quality gear and Doug's reference room will routinely compete against anything out there. BtW, he still uses BC1s in his own setup. Few people know Spendor, Maggie's, and ARC gear better in terms of sound.... |