macdadtexas
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| SACD's to stay away from Thanks. I haven't given up, in fact, I really love SACD. I like it much better than the DVD-A format, and have bought a ton of the SACD discs, mostly jazz and classical, and I have been extremely happy. Some discs just seem to be done better than ... | |
| SACD's to stay away from Nora Jones - Come Away with MeI think the red book sounds better. Not to stay away from, but I find that some really, really well produced red book CD's don't sound much better on SACD. No worse, and it's neat in multi-channel, but not a huge diff... | |
| Gallo Ref III Amps/impressions Pretender, how are you setting up the crossover and high/low pass with the Parasound to the second coil? Also, did you just split the LFE output into left and right to do it? What about speaker cables? Can I use less expensive cables, or do I need... | |
| DVI output of a cheap DVD player always same ?? I have been testing, and asking about Universal players for the last couple of months. I have narrowed down to the McCormack UDP-1, Marantz 9500, Onkyo sp1000 and the Denon 3910. I got a Denon 3910 to demo, and took it over to my brothers house to... | |
| Which Amp for Magnepan MG 3.6/R? OK, I ended up with an Innersound ESL MKIII (latest version). 600w into 4ohms. I am more than happy. The amp has a tremendous low end, great detail, and from and ergonomic standpoint, looks great, wieghs only 35lbs and runs very, very, cool. I'm d... | |
| Paradigm Reference Signature Series I have heard the 100 v.3 next to the S8 with the same electronics. They both of course, sound wonderful. But the S8 to my ear was meatier, with better low end definition, and tremendous high end detail (these had been broken in very well at the de... | |
| A somewhat unusual request for PrePro help What about the Anthem Statement D1, or the Parasound Halo C1/C2? Both sound wonderful, and the Anthem has unbelieveable features, and Anthem is about to upgrade the hardware as well to include IEEE 1394 inputs and HDMI switching and video scaling.... | |
| Marantz DV-9500: Anyone Listened to it or Bought? I am very interested in this topic as well. I am interested in the UDP-1 but for the extra money I have not heard anyone say that it is clearly superior to either the Marantz or Onkyo. Also, what happened to the discussion of the Marantz? Should I... | |
| Universal disc player I listen to a lot of jazz, and vocal jazz to be exact. I also listen to quite a bit of hard rock (I know, odd for a Maggie owner). My limited classical listening is confined to mainly small orchestral works (Mozart, Hayden). Any suggestions based ... | |
| Which Amp for Magnepan MG 3.6/R? OK, I am about to buy the 3.6's and I currently have my 1.6qr's amp-ed with a Parasound Halo A21. I was considering a Bryston 14Bsst for the 3.6r's, but a friend had me convinced to go to the Bel Canto eVo 4 Gen II. I have not seen any mention of ... | |
| Vandersteen 5 vs Green Mountain Continuum 3? Wow, I have never heard of these speakers being compared. I have heard both and never been even a little impressed with the Green Mountain, whereas the Vandersteen 5's have always been at the top of my list with the Maggie 20's, Gershman Opera and... | |
| Audiogon "RECORDINGS TO DIE FOR" list in no order:Pink Floyd "Dark Side of the Moon", Miles Davis "Kind of Blue", Sade "Promise", Stone Temple Pilots "Core" (DVD Audio), Led Zeppelin "Houses of the Holy", Beatles "Abbey Road"(really almost any album), Mozart Symphonies any Chicago Sym... | |
| How to Add a Sub on a 2 Channel System? I am not a huge REL fan, although I believe they make wonderful equipment. With your current set up, and quest for a "musical" sub, the Vandersteen 2wq is the only way to go. Since it costs much less than a REL, and since you have such wonderful s... | |
| Speakers to hang on to for LIFE Magnepan 1.6's or Vandersteen 2ce (or current model) | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? Vandersteen 5a's. Sublime. With multiple Vandersteen 2wq subwoofers and a lot of moneys worth of electronics and cables, simply brings you to tears. |