McIntosh loses AVA wins!!! Using 2 P500 AVA OmegaStar EX (1400W+ in mono) amplifiers to two McIntosh MC5501 500 watters, AVA does it better, for less. Big time better. AVA knows ckts. No magic wires needed. Better bass detail, mids better, AVA, better ckts, means better sound. For less cash, cus' the sound is in teh ckt designs, and componets inside, not the magic cases or wires. If it's sound ya want and money left over Legacy/AVA, sonic bliss. Fun day at the sonic shootout....I love it when I'm RIGHT!!!! Those Whispers sounded Fantastic!!!

From the front page--Oi!

"Perhaps the most surprising was from McIntosh, released in celebration of the company's impending 60th Anniversary. Would you believe a mini-system from McIntosh? Well, it looks like a McIntosh but look at it. It consists of a two-channel preamp/amp (75wpc) with a prominent tube stage and characteristic McIntosh power transformer. Docked underneath is an SACD/CD player, and a pair of speakers complete the ensemble. Price is expected to be in the $6000

Jimmy Hamilton was a featured clarinetist with Duke Ellington for nearly 20 years and is probably not well known by a lot of people. He is not a bold musician and on this CD plays both the Clarinet and Sax. This album recorded by Rudy Van Gelder in 1961 however is a treasure of pure jazz. Playing with Tommy Flanagan and Wendell Marshall this CD is a pleasure to listen to with some great blues and other bopping trends. The audio recording is everything you would expect from a Rudy Van Gelder recording and sounds great on hi-fi.

Hello ...

I am in the market for a budget-priced SACD/HDCD/DVD-A player for a modest 2-channel Hi-Fi system. I can find remarkably little information in these forums on the DV-7600. Anybody use one and have an opinion on it or have a better recommendation?

Thanks so much ...

Don

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Muti's debut now hes been appointed is Verdi's Requiem.

I understand that this is a very famous and respected work, but ive listened to a little of it, is it all so dull and deathly ??? does it ever cheer up or does the whole peice stay somber and dour ? just seeing if I should keep my ticket.

Im not passing judgement on the undoubted merits of a well known peice of work, just trying to see if its right for me. Im beginning to think that any classical vocal work is a much further step over the classical divide than the orchestral music im really getting into.

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I currently have a Quad CDP2 with Quad pre 99/909 driving Dynaudio Focus 220's. I have a marantz TT15 with Maestro for analog and Denon 2900 for two channel universal playback.

Well the analogue had started to rule for my basic playback, but then i need to work something out for digital. I have a pretty wide range of DVD A, SACD and DTS discs that id like to maintain two channel playback on, i also of course of a wide range of CD's.

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