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| CD Changer, Carousel, oy HELP. Take a look at the Sony SCD-C222ES or the SCD-C555ES which are 5 disc changers. I have a C222ES which is wonderful with SACD and fair with redbook. I've heard that the C555ES is better with redbook and is in your price range. It has a digital coax... | |
| Best transport for redbook and HDCD? I've heard a number of people rave about the Music Hall CD-25. Obviously, at $500 it is not trying to compete with the big boys, but I've heard only glowing praise so far. | |
| Sonus Faber w/ Sonic Frontiers Power 1 - Impedance Hello, and thanks to everyone for responding. Unfortunately, and somewhat ridiculously, the POWER 1 amp requires de-soldering and soldering to change from the 8 ohm factory setting to 4 ohms. This pretty much takes experimentation out of the pictu... | |
| Sonus Faber w/ Sonic Frontiers Power 1 - Impedance Thanks. Can you be more specific about the problems? Would I risk damage to speakers or the amp at 8 ohms? Or would the problems be in the realm of not achieving optimum performance from my system?Tom | |
| Who is your overall favorite guitarist? Pete Townshend. (He hasn't gotten one mention before me? Ok, he's not the virtuoso that many of the others are on this list. But the question didn't read "Who is the most skillful guitarist?". Who on this list is more FUN to listen to? )Tom | |
| help with tubes Is the KT88 an amp? Looking at the Quicksilver website,It looks like it is a type of tube. Can you clarify?Also, is there a way to tell from the specs that an amp is AC or DC coupled? | |
| help with tubes I have a Birdland Odeon-Ag DAC, too. One of the important details to note is that the Odeon-Ag is DC coupled, which means you shouldn't really hook it directly to an amp that is also direct (DC) coupled.My question to the thread, as I am looking a... | |
| What transport for my Birdland DAC? Excellent news! I always worry about steering somebody into a bad deal out here. I wish I had made an offer on one of the two Jades that were out there. I need an upgrade myself, and the Jade is appealing to me because the modern Theta's all come ... | |
| SACD - Dying already? I heard that a re-issue of the Kinks catalog on SACD is coming soon. I tend to agree that these new formats aren't going to sweep aside all others and will likely remain a niche market. But, if you think about it, if a time comes when 5 SACDs that... | |
| What transport for my Birdland DAC? I definitely want to know how you like it. Funny thing, though... I saw on the Theta web site that the Jade was introduced in 1997. Seems too early. Further web searches show nothing before 1999. It's a good bet that they didn't start shipping in ... | |
| What transport for my Birdland DAC? Hello, I recently called Theta and asked them about servicing my Data II and they said "no problem". They did warn me that it sounded like it needed a new laser and that costs 350 dollars. But it is reassuring to know that they will still gladly s... | |
| upgrade rec. for a cd player, preamp I would upgrade your speakers first. In your price range, check out Paradigm Studio 60's. They are wonderful. I think they retail around $1500 right now, but can probably be had for around a thousand dollars new if you shop carefully. If you're lo... | |
| Odeon-Ag or Music Fidelity Trivista DAC is better Hello, I am a Birdland Owner and backer, as you can likely tell from my other posts. I would recommend it over the MF simply because my experience has been that you will get significant improvement in your sound regardless of your transport. I've... | |
| hi-end universal players? I was wondering the same as Pardales. I have a McCormack MAP-1 pre-amp and love it. I figured the UDP-1 player would be real good. HOWEVER, let me get on my soap box. I truly believe that the best bet in the long run is to find a player that does ... | |
| What transport for my Birdland DAC? Hello, I've got a Birdland Odeon-Ag with the reclocker, too. Here's what I got running into it:1) Sony CDP-CX400 jukebox via TOSLink 2) Theta Data II Universal LD/CD transport via coax RCA3) Berendsen CDP-1 via BNC. (I have to swap the adapter fr... |