cat345
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| Seeking Honest Opinions: Your Experience with McIntosh Audio Gear All have been said already but for my part, I finally bought a new McIntosh integrated and that, fifty five years after I got my first japanese receiver (Kenwood KR-2120) 😎. Tried about everything since then including tubes, class A, Naim and all... | |
| Ruminations On CD Players Naim cd5 si. Open drawer, drop 💿, press play. Benefit from Naim analogue stage. Enjoy! | |
| But is it HiFi? (Crown) I once had a Crown CE4000 powering small ProAc speakers and the sound had all the attributes of a very good hifi amplifier. The fan was annoying at low volume so I replaced it with a K2 but the latter didn't sound as good. I guess you have to try ... | |
| Pure Class-A Amp under $2000 (USED) Classe Audio real class A amplifiers are : DR-2, DR3, DR3-B (25 Watt - 65lbs.) DR3-VHC (45Watt - 99lbs) | |
| High End Intergraded comparisons, Marantz, McIntosh, Levinson, Luxman.... Other integrateds to consider are Bryston and Moon Audio. The former with a 20 year warranty and the latter with 10 years. | |
| Biggest "bang for the buck" audio gear you have owned(in your history)? Naim Nait 2Magnum Dynalab ÉtudeSota Sapphire... all bought new over 2 decades ago and still running fine | |
| Best "Bang for the Buck" you have owned? Naim Nait 2 and MD Étude tuner. Bought new in 86 and still using them | |
| Best DAC for around $2,500 or less The Chord Qutest is the one you need. For much less money, a used Hugo 1 is as good but be prepared to replace batteries every 2-3 years. | |
| Best integrated tube amplifier, under $3,000.00. No phono needed. Could be used, too.d The Conrad Johnson CAV45 can be found used under 3k. Worth looking at if you like the sound of EL-34s. | |
| Considering simplifying my system... talk me down (or whatever) @mrdecibel, I am well aware that Klipschorns are giants and can blow away little Harbeths any day but still, there are things that small speakers can do (imaging, tonality) that large speakers cannot reproduce as well. That could be an interesting... | |
| Considering simplifying my system... talk me down (or whatever) Hi pinkyboy, I would downsize everything including the speakers. A pair of Harbeth P3ESR, a Simaudio ACE + a Qobuz subscription should keep your ears happy for years! | |
| Pure Class A amps above 100 Watts? The Classé Audio DR3 was also a pure class A 25 watts at 8 ohms, 50 watts at 4 ohms and 100 watts at 2 ohms amplifier. It's weight is 65 lbs. | |
| Pure Class A amps above 100 Watts? The Mark Levinson ML-2 was a 25 watts class A mono amplifier that weighted 65 lbs. What would be the weight of a non fan cooled 100 w. pure class A stereo amplifier? | |
| What brand was better than it is today? I second Olsmobile :) | |
| Thoughts about Jadis and Harbeth If possible hear the Jadis with the Harbeths and compare to others! I think the Orchestra will beat most similar tube amps simply because Jadis make their own very high quality output transformers. The only problem with Jadis is that you can't bia... |