jim_swantko
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| McCormack DNA500 for Revel Salon 2? vs Lev/Mac? Jeff,The JC1' are absolutely NOT lean! I don't have time to go into all the details now, but am happy to discuss this further via email or over the phone. Please send me an email if you're interested.Thanks,Jim | |
| McCormack DNA500 for Revel Salon 2? vs Lev/Mac? You owe it to yourself to add the Parasound JC1's to your list of contenders. | |
| My Final Amplifier Purchase - What Would You Buy? A vote for the JC1's. Mine are fantastic. | |
| Which is a better choice? New, or used preamp? My recommendation is to buy used, and stick to an established brand. Eventually you WILL want to sell it, and resale value for an obscure brand is usually pretty dismal.Good luck with the search. | |
| ARC Ref 3 preamp - updates or concerns Your best bet is to contact ARC with the serial number and ask them if there were any updates made after it's production. From what I've read there were some changes made over it's production run. | |
| Can car amps be used for home audio? I did this when I was in college and it sounded fine honestly, just get a good power supply and you should be fine.Don't expect audiophile performance, but it sounded better than expected. | |
| How long it take before your system/amps sound About an hour for my JC 1's to come up to temp. | |
| What amp for Q5's? Spectral, Solution, Gryphon From your list, it would be between Spectral and VAC for me. You need to listen to all of the contenders with your Magico's at this level however. | |
| Extremely High-End "Pre-Pro" Surround Pre-Amp 07-29-11: Kr4If I told you, I would be commenting.KalKr4 Well played sir. :) | |
| Is preamp remote volume a deal breaker for you? Deal breaker. | |
| Pre/Power or Integrated for Focal Utopia Scala? Consider the Micromega AS-400 integrated. It was used with Focal Utopias at several shows receiving high praise.I have spent much time with the AS-400 and can tell you it is a very impressive unit. | |
| nuforce Ref 9 SE V3 vs wyred 4 sound STI 1000 I cannot comment on the W4S amplifier but I have owned both the Ref 9V2 SE as well as the Ref 9V3 SE and they are fantastic amplifiers. The RFI issues were resolved with the Ref 8 or 8.5 iteration. I have never had any RFI issue of any sort.The V3... | |
| Best Integrated, period. The Micromega AS-400 is very impressive. The direct streaming capabilities and massive power output make it a very versatile product. It sounds great to boot. | |
| Good tube preamp for McCormack DNA 500??? I used the Cary SLP-05 with 10T's with excellent results. I wasn't using the DNA-500 but am sure they would sound wonderful together.The 10T's need help keeping the bottom end under control. The SLP-05 was one of the best tubed preamps I have used... | |
| Name the tube amp in the Lexus commercial I guess they need the commercial to keep the viewer from looking at that ugly new Acura front end! |