bfrank1972
Responses from bfrank1972
| Squeezebox Duet DAC vs Rotel Thanks for the responses and good advice - yes I figured the Rotel might be better although I've heard that the DAC in the Squeezebox is pretty decent all things considered. The Rotel is a few years old while the DAC is newer in the Squeezebox - I... | |
| Best way of connecting bare wire to bare wire Thanks for all the great responses - I've been reading a lot lately on this, it seems that solder vs. crimp is an ongoing debate. Quality of solder, quality of join, quality of crimp/crimping tool, type of wire etc etc all play factors. I read som... | |
| Budget AV Receiver with Magnepan Iplaynaked - don't worry, I understand everything you're saying. I'm not an experienced audiophile, and I like wine that some would say is not very good. I even drink Budweiser every once in a while :) I think you're maybe making some very broad s... | |
| Budget AV Receiver with Magnepan Hehe don't worry Ekobesky, I'm not scared :) I couldn't pass on the Rotel, and some day I might just try an outboard amp... but for now I think I'll see how it all sounds. I think I'll be pretty happy compared to my little Denon. I think everybody... | |
| Budget AV Receiver with Magnepan Thanks! I'm feeling very lucky right now ;) I haven't even hooked the beast up yet - I'm waiting to get the Maggies. BTW I'm coming from a Monitor Audio setup, Silver 5i's (which I really like) and an ASW-210 - I'm hoping the sub will blend ok wit... | |
| Budget AV Receiver with Magnepan Yeah I know! It looks brand new and I felt like a thief walking out of the store with it - it's a local hi-fi shop as well who said they'd give me 14 days if anything went wrong with it. Mission accomplished ;) Thanks for your help! | |
| Budget AV Receiver with Magnepan Hah well I was actually looking at the option of my Denon with the Parasound 1205 (a couple on Audiogon for sale), but then I stumbled across a Rotel RSX-1065:http://www.technofile.com/articles/rotel_1065_receiver.htmlat a price I couldn't turn do... | |
| Budget AV Receiver with Magnepan Yeah as far as HDMI goes, my new Samsung has 3 HDMI 1.3 inputs. Instead of going with a switching receiver as a central hub, I'm just going to connect direct to the TV (though it's a little more complicated for my wife to udnerstand :) ). | |
| Budget AV Receiver with Magnepan Hey great ideas! I didn't even think about the preamp outs with an outboard amp - that way I can stage going to seperates over time. Not a bad idea at all. I'm also interested in looking at the Marantz av receivers, as I've heard good things about... | |
| Budget AV Receiver with Magnepan Aren't some of these high end receivers (Rotel and B&K particularly) supposed to be more of a merged pre-amp amp combo and less your typically compromised receiver? I want to go with the mini-Magnepans, so that's that. I *am* unfortunately sev... | |
| Budget AV Receiver with Magnepan That's not a bad idea actually - I guess I'm sort of getting all worked up in upgrade mode, but who knows - maybe the Denon is better than I am giving it credit for. It's old, model number AVR1700, and is actually 70x5 instead of what I thought wa... | |
| New to tubes Grenamc, I happened to find this in poking around today:http://www.stereophile.com/images/archivesart/Ma9fig1.jpgFrom the Stereophile review of the 9i - this image shows their measured impedance for the 9i (solid line). Don't know enough about how... | |
| New to tubes Thats cool - Judging by how the MA's sound with the Denon (a bit warmer on the SS side of things), I am hoping they will sound brilliant with tubes... hoping :) I spoken to alot of people about the Silver series, and it's kind of a love/hate thing... | |
| New to tubes Yes that is one thing I have noticed - there is a almost overwhelming sea of variety in tube manufacturers, tube types/characteristics, modifications/tweaks, etc. Lots to learn - I guess I'll just pick one to start and see what I like from there. ... | |
| New to tubes Thanks to all for the great response and info!I've been meaning to upgrade my trusty old Denon for some time now - I like the sound of my Monitor Audios, but they may be a touch bright on the top end. Originally considered SS seperates, but then I... |