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| Your Best HiFi DVD I continue to build my collection. 1. Van Morrison live at Montreaux, 2 DVD set, Fantastic. 2. John Fogerty, Long Road Home (super Rock N Roll, many of the older CCR hits)3. Steely Dan, Two Against Nature (recorded in 5.1, NYC Sony Studios)4. Chic... | |
| New Rotel "15" Series My audio sales person told me just last week that the new "15" series uses digital amplifiers as opposed to analog in the older series. It comes down to a matter of taste. He feels the analog amps produce a warmer more natural sound in the music. ... | |
| Speaker recommendations? If you can buy a pair of B&W 685s for $300.00, man go for it. Rave reviews. You could not do better than that IMO. Polk is a mass marketed speaker. Go for the 685s. No brainer. | |
| great sounding cds to audition new speakers Don't just use "great" sounding CDs to audition new loudspeakers but be sure to include the poorer recorded CDs you may have; the older ones that have not as yet been digitally remastered to 20 bit or 24 bit processing with the the latest state of... | |
| Rotel RSX-1058 ..or.. Arcam AVR-350 With regards to universal CD/DVD players, I highly recommend the Marantz DV-6001 Universal CD/DVD/SACD (multi-channel) player with a list price of $499.00 new. Rotel and Arcam both offer Universal players. Rotel has two but neither offer SACD capa... | |
| NAD T775 vs Rotel RSX-1560 Thanks for the great feedback. Wow, nice purchase. Can I ask what you paid for the T775? Powerful unit. | |
| NAD T775 vs Rotel RSX-1560 Just my opinion but having owned and currently own both NAD and Rotel equipment, they are so very close in quality, sound, and performance, it's difficult to make an accurate judgement as to which brand to go with. My guess is that most folks go w... | |
| Upgrading from B&W 601 S2 to ??? If you see a pair of B&W DM603-S3 2-1/2 way floorstanders preowned for about $600.00 to $700.00 ($1K new) and they've been used in a smoke free pet free environment and look great in the photos, go for them. That's what I have and I had upgrad... | |
| Denon vs Rotel for B&W CM1? Yes, I totally agree with and support the feedback from Bnieman. Rotel first of all is not a mass market receiver sold in stores like Best Buy/Magnolia and Expo. Rotel is sold by private higher end professional audio dealers who know this business... | |
| Classé CDP-10 Impressions/Opinions? If you're going to enter the great world of SACDs and you have you have a surround sound system (i.e. 5.1) or plan to, be SURE you buy an SACD player with multi-channel capability. I understand the higher end Marantz SACD players (SA8001) only hav... | |
| Adding a Rotel RMB-1075 I have zero interest in HDMI and video circuitry from an AVR. This is all to do with audio sound. I have an HDMI DVD player connected directly to my Sony Bravia LCD TV and that's more than adequate.My budget would be around $1500.00 for this next ... | |
| Adding a Rotel RMB-1075 Mmarvin19Thanks for the advice. You are in agreement with Mekong56 so that would be the way to go. I guess going up to 125 watts x 5 from 75 x 5 will not produce a noticeable difference. That's what I needed to know and why I started this thread. ... | |
| Adding a Rotel RMB-1075 Mekong56:Thanks for the feedback on your very similar upgrade and the results you obtained. That's excellent info. The only issue I would have is that my main speakers have a max power rating of 150 watts each. If I went with the RMB-1095, could I... | |
| bw 601s2 compare to new 686? Looking purely at specifications for both, the 601-S2 has a frequency response starting at 70 hz vs the 686 at 55 hz. So the 686 will produce more bass extension and go lower. The 686 has a sensitivity of only 84dB vs 88dB on the 601-S2. This mean... | |
| b&w dm303 vs 601 s2 Glowplug:I would definetly go with the DM601-S2s for the additional $50.00. No question. I own a pair of the DM601-S'3s and they're fabulous with a 40 watt/ch older NAD receiver. The soundstage, bass, mid-range, etc will all sound better out of th... |