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In Reply to: With which source material and componentry posted by E-Stat on June 9, 2004 at 06:58:39:
Well, for speakers, I have B&W CDM-9nt, some 2-way Dynaudio DIY monitors, and Magnepan MG12s (I like to swap from time to time). They are wired with 18gauge high quality magnet wires. Interconnects are Belden-based Analog 2 from Signal Cables, or Monster M950i (I like to swap there too). Digital cable is either optical glass, or Monster datalink 100 coax. For some reason, there's something about Monster, and among MIT, Nordost, Kimber, AQ, the Monsters are the only one to come back im my sytem. I have not find a digital coax that I could live with to replace the optical glass, except for the Monster, which is to me the better connection. The pre-amp is an Adcom 710, and the source is a MSB DAC III with upsampling card. The "pro" studio amp I am using is a Samson Servo 260, had for US$190 new. The other amps I have had were Rotel RB1070, Adcom 5300, Arcam Alpha 8P. So my point is that if you consider a "mid/hi-fi" amp in the $500 - $4000 range, you ought to try a "pro" amp of equivalent value. My Samson is way better sounding than the Arcam (even in a bi-amp configuration with the integrated alpha), Rotel and Adcom. The Samson was 60% cheaper. Among the studio guys, the Samson is not a "reference"... it is just ok.
I have heard a few folks joyfully replacing so called "audiophile" amps with much cheaper "pro" amp.
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- Re: With which source material and componentry - Chris 07:55:41 06/12/04 (1)
- Indeed some speakers - E-Stat 08:09:54 06/12/04 (0)
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