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| Why so little discussion about Snell ? My second high-end speaker was Snell Type J (15 years ago). Glad they are still in business. Hope to hear some new ones again someday. | |
| Speaker Recomendation Auditioning is the most important thing. Take the recommendations people give you as a starting point for brands and models to go out and try to audtion yourself. That said, here is one recommendation for the Vonschweikert VR-2. A lovely full-rang... | |
| Are You Happy With 2 Channel SACD? Irishdog: I was under the impression the any SACD release, even multichannel one's, have to include a two-channel DSD layer as well. They may not be hybrids that can play on redbookonly CD players but I was lead to believe (in a previous thread he... | |
| Are You Happy With 2 Channel SACD? I have a multichannel SACD player (Sony XA777ES) but I have a 2-channel system. I am enjoying it thoroughly! | |
| After 5 years, format war? What format war? MY rationalization: Part of being an audiophile is playing the percentages. Many of us have our systems tweaked enought that any small change (isolation platforms, power conditioning, new cables, room treatments, etc.) alters the sound of our syst... | |
| McIntosh MCD-205 Changer? Congratulations and Enjoy! | |
| Best overall Speakers for $2,500.00 or less, New? Here is one vote for the Vonschweikert VR-2. Absolutely amazing full range speaker that lists for $2500 but can be had for less. Best speaker I have heard in this price range. Listen if you can, before you buy anything. Good Luck, | |
| Best integrated, ??? The autoformers that the 6900 has really help it to successfully drive most any speaker. It is a really special integrated that you would not be disappointed with. Good Luck, | |
| Do You Remember Your First CD Player? I don't remember! My second CD player was made by Kyocera. My first CD was Peter Gabriel 'So' | |
| Best single-malt Scotch... This is a great thread. If I may inject a small bump into the road of this thread......what are your favorite blended Scotches? I know.....so pedestrian........well here it goes:2. Dewar's is my regular choice.1. Dewars 12 is even better, but just... | |
| Favorite integrated amp? One vote for the McIntosh MA 6900 integrated amp. | |
| integrated suggestions The VAC Avatar is a nice tube integrated - I don't know what it goes for used though. It might be a little more than you want to spend. | |
| Ever gone from seperates to an integrated? I had seperates of various makes and models for about 15 years. Pretty good stuff, EAD, Sonic Frontiers, VAC, MUSE, etc. etc. My latest stereo is built around the McIntsoh MA 6900 integrated amplifier. I love it. I feel like I get a ton of perform... | |
| Best single-malt Scotch... Just as a follow-up. The Balvenie I was referring to in my post above was the 21 year old. The 15 is good but not as good as the 21 year old. As for Irish Whiskey, I like Tullamore Dew. | |
| Von Schweikert VR-1 & VRS-1 or VR-2? I auditioned exactly these two speakers and here is what I did. I flat out preferred the sound of the VR-2 to the 1's combo. Its not that the satellite-sub combo of the 1's didn't sound great, it did. I preferred the sound of the 2'sYou must take ... |