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The best CD Player for the money
RESOLUTION AUDIO CD 55,period | 729 |
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Who R U?
I,am 35 years old,live in new jersey,started my love for music and audio equipment since my high school days where i would dj at local party's and wedding's.Did a 1 year intern at . . . | 486 |
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Best Male Singers of the 20th Century
HECTOR LAVOE | 273 |
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Most Honest Audio Magazine?
as long as the bread and butter for that publisher comes from hi-end audio manufacturers,in the way of full page color advertisements and other costly marketing propaganda, . . . | 83 |
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Do Dealers think it is sinful..........
AVNUT,i no longer surport any of my dealer,s in my area,the lack of honesty and misinformation that seems to fill the showroom floors of these so called hi-end experts is becoming. . . | 56 |
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Top Ten Tube PreAmp of all time?
JOULE ELECTRA LA100mk3 or LA200mk3 and CJ16LS.truly musical instruments | 53 |
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what is everybody listening to right now
eddie palmieri,ruben gonzalez,hector lavoe,poncho sanchez, miles davis | 52 |
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What the heck is Resolution Audio
CAN't say it any better then carl,seems your a flavor of the month tbonephile | 50 |
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B&K 307 vs. Denon 5800 Debate
in the above post from bwhite,the marantz 18 is by no means the better sounding receiver of the pack,i own both the 18 and the later model sr14,sold the sr14 and now have the onkyo. . . | 30 |
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Spkr Cble- Analysis Oval 9- reviews?
prior to the OVAL 9,MY entire system was wired with CARDAS golden cross,I have since wire my system with oval 9 on the speakers and silver oval between components.THE OVAL 9 . . . | 27 |
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Whats a good tube preamp?
FIRST choice CJ 16LS if budget allows,2nd JOULE ELECTRA 100MKIII or 200MKIII.GOOD LUCK | 25 |
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Good percussion recordings
EDDIE PALMIERE,title of album VORTEX.GOVANNI HIDALGO any of his albums | 22 |
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Best value for the buck speaker cables
ANALYSIS PLUS OVAL 9 is an excellent choice,i have invested lot's of money in both speaker cable and interconnects,and i do agree that some are better than other's,but getting past. . . | 21 |
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All-time best recordings for romance
try HUMBERTO RAMIREZ,album title,loves songs.incredible jazz ballards | 19 |
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How good do SACD players play normal CDS
just sold my sony sacd player last week,the standard format on the sony didn't sound much better than the average cd player.performing a/b test with my RESOLUTION AUDIO cd50, i . . . | 19 |
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Audio Hype!!
matrix,you hit the nail on the head,i'am guilty as the next guy,audio is like an addiction,the changing of eqiupment never ends,very few audiophiles will admit to it and even . . . | 18 |
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My Stan Warren DVD Player Arrived Yahoo
i'am interested in his mod's,anyone has a telephone # where i could reach him? thank you in advance | 17 |
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Recommended BLUES recordings
try miles davis,kind of blue on columbia #ck 64935 and mighty sam mcclain, soul survivors on audio quest. lots agree it's miles davis best work.kind of blues have several re-. . . | 16 |
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CONRAD JOHNSON TUBE LOVERS HEAVEN
GTS87,THE premier 5's are incredible,200watts of EL34 magic, AT $7500 RETAIL WHEN last made in 1989,I've seen them on the market for about $3000.I'am currently doing AB test . . . | 15 |
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Best Tube Amp under 5K
CJ PREMIER 5's,these are monoblocs using EL34's,amp's are no longer in production,but regardless are wonderfull.having own the CJ11a,12's,ARC vt100 which are all fine amp's,i . . . | 14 |
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Crown Amplifier for Advent 300
i had a psa-2 crown pwr amp which sounded great,built like a tank,move to the crown macro reference and in my opinion sounded much more musical than the $9500 KRELL ksa-300 | 14 |
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Krell versus Levinson experience
do yourself a favor go for either pass x series or jeff rowland.i have own both krell and levinson,i will never buy their products again | 14 |
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speaker upgrade
PBN MONTANAS,incredible dynamics but yet very detailed and refined.the eps and xp models are in your range.good luck | 14 |
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Audio stores going out of business?
living in the nj-ny area,there are quite a number of so - called high end shops,yes they sell very expensive audio,and carry the brands we most lust for,but sincere and informative. . . | 12 |
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What tubes are you using;CJ Prem.5
i'am using the svetlanas,my CJ PREM5's are in triode mode,i had my amps modified by bill thallsman,BILL retired from CJ last year,he held the position of technical director and . . . | 12 |
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I need help choosing interconnects/wires
ANALYSIS PLUS.great performing cable with both solid state or tubes.i've been down the high end cable road,98% of the highend cable manufacturers are full of sh--,save yourself a . . . | 12 |
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CABLES for Tubes?
depending on your budget,ANALYSIS PLUS for shallow pockets and cardas golden cross for the deep pockets.when it comes to no hype or flavor of the month cable,dollar for dollar, . . . | 12 |
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Honest Reviewers ?
GENTLEMAN,let your ears be the judge,we are in a hobby where money and profit levels dictate the sonic quality of a product.just read the first few pages of the hi-end audio . . . | 11 |
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Best SS Integrateds for a 4-500 budget
The ROKSAN CASPIAN is a really good sounding int amp,rated at 70watts per ch.i'am using mine with vandersteen 1ce.i belive it retail's for $1500,could purchase used for around your. . . | 10 |
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Change CJ Premier 12 to XS ??
bruce,first i'll start by saying that the following is my personal experience with cj pwr amp's,i've own the 11a,12's and presently have the PREMIER 5's,i also had in my home for . . . | 10 |
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Analysis Plus Oval 9 or DH Labs T-14?
gunbei,i have tried analysis plus oval 9 on all sort's of different combination's of gear,both solid state and tube's,the oval 9 is without no doubt a reference caliber cable,one . . . | 9 |
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Merlin VSM SE Speakers - Opinions
they are great speakers,very true to the music,but do not have the dynamics to fill a medium to large room.these speakers might stress in trying to fill your room.giving the . . . | 9 |
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Resolution Audio Vs. Wadia
in having had the wadia 860,860x,cd50 and now presently the cd55,all great players,but for value and performance the cd55 is by far the most musical in it's class | 8 |
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Analysis Plus Cables?
In the past i have own,cables costing in the hundreds even thousand's of dollar's .some where better than other's and to my surprise at times the lesser costing cables outperform . . . | 7 |
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Krell Amplifiers FPB?
FOR ONE,KRELL SEEMS TO RE-INVENT THE WHEEL EVERY FEW MONTHS, I MEAN THEIR AMPLIFIER DESIGNS ARE FOREVER CHANGING,IN HAVING OWN THE KSA300s and THE FPB600c,THE TREBLE ON THESE . . . | 6 |
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Sonic Frontiers Line 3 vs. BAT VK-5i
I agree with Darrell,In having tried both,the bat is warmer in character it seems like the line 3 was designed to sound more like solid state.A preamp which i consider musical . . . | 6 |
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Comments requested on Meridian 508.24
the 508.24 is a very good player,do not recommend the upgrade,a more musical and smoother player is the resolution audio cd50 | 6 |
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ARC LS5mkIII: Is it old sound!
Try the conrad johnson premier LS16,i had a arc ls5 mk3 for a few years,until i heard the cj LS16.arc is very good,but the cj is the way to go | 6 |
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Balanced or single ended with Res.CD-55?
on the cd50 the output voltage is different single vs bal, on the cd 55 both type of output connections have the same voltage gain.i prefer single ended on the 55 using analysis. . . | 5 |
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MC-1/Cinepro/B&W - Cable Recommendations
for home theater i've found that APATURE cables are an incredible bargain.THEY MAKE ALL THE FORMATS AND ALSO speaker cable.DON't let the price fool you,they perform as good as . . . | 5 |
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Integra Research RDC-7 any opinions???
TO THE GENTLEMEN ABOVE,PLS KEEP US POSTED ON YOUR EXPERIENCES WITH THIS PRE.I'AM CURRENTLY USING THE ONKYO DS989 AS A PROCESSOR AND LOVE IT,PERHAPS I'LL BE LOOKING INTO THE RDC-7 . . . | 4 |
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Legacy Focus? A good speaker?
I own this speaker for a year,never could get it to sound right,tried different pwr amps and pre amp combinations including the bryston 4bst,tried different cables to no avail.I . . . | 4 |
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Tube Preamp With Bryston 4B-ST
the JOULE ELECTRA LA100MKIII,INCREDIBLE SYNERGY. very smooth highs + mids with tight tunefull bass. had this set up for a while before switching to all tubes | 4 |
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LAMM M1.1
I currently have these amp's in my home,they belong to a friend.in the 2 weeks that i've had them,they are buy far one of the best balanced amp's,i have heard,by balance i mean . . . | 3 |
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proper settings for Toshiba 40H80 16X9 rear projection tv???
hello,just had my toshiba TW56h80 calibrated by a isf technician,cannot put into word's the huge improvement in picture.i agree with avguygeorge,befofe spending any money on . . . | 2 |
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Anyone familiar with a Audiogon-like site for A/V?
go to hometheaterspot.com , click on forum.good luck. JOSE M | 2 |
