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I think the problem is that the magazines are listening to the mass-market receivers using your typical 8 ohm speakers. Or, if they are using lower-impedance speakers, they're using ones with a fairly constant load. Based on my (limited) understanding of the MartinLogans, not only are they a...

Bahamaman, I'm in a similar boat as you! I've spent the past two months weighing the various options in my mind and every time I think I've decided on a setup, I find myself reconsidering the choice the next day. :( I think that I'm in a little better situation than you, though, since I...

LOL! When I first read the original post, I thought that the thread was discussing these ==>http://us.marantz.com/Products/1954.asp And I was thinking to myself, "Geez, isn't it a little extreme to power $3K speakers with $16K of amplification?" :p

I've become intrigued by the idea of setting up a 2 channel system now and then upgrading to 5.1 as funds allow, so I've been looking for pre-amps/integrated amps with home theater pass through and I think that I've found one that fits my needs--the Cambridge Audio 840A. From what I've seen...

Interesting. Is it easy to determine if a pre amp does this? Do you know of any models for under $1,000? That works for normal DVDs but Blu-Ray and HD-DVD can only digitally output the new hi-rez audio formats over HDMI :( , which is kind of why I want a receiver with HDMI.

Thanks for the responses, everyone! As always, lots of good advice. I was originally considering getting a Parasound Halo P3 preamp with the A23 amplifier, but I know that I'm going to want to go 5.1 some time in the future (probably a year from now, or so), and it seemed like kind of a waste...

After a lot of thought, I’ve finally decided to get the MartinLogan Clarity speakers. While I feel that the Vantages are certainly worth twice the price, I really need to upgrade some of my electronics, and I won’t be able to do that if I spring for the Vantages. Also, if I get the Clarities...

I haven't heard the Ascents, so I can't really comment on how much of an upgrade it would be for you. However, were you planning on selling or keeping the Ascents? Ascents look like they go for about $2,000-$2,500 on Audiogon--if you were to sell them and add that money to the amount you were...

Brad, you might want to consider auditioning the Sony SCD-XA9000ES, too. I don't think that the build quality of the XA9000ES is as nice as the SCD-1, but it does have a few advantages: (1) It can do multi-channel (2) It can output SACD digitally over iLink (3) It's a few years newer, so the...

Please stop! :stop: All this talk about the benefits of chunky transports is making me fantasize about getting a Sony SCD-1! :D I've seen a lot of CD players that cost a lot more money, but I think that the SCD-1 is the most aesthetically pleasing to my eyes. And it's supposed to sound...

True, but don't you need a good receiver/pre-pro to get the best out of vinyl, too? Can you explain to me why that would be? About the only thing that I can think of is that a more expensive transport might have less jitter--but I'm not convinced that jitter is even something my ears are...

Actually, it does-->http://www.oppodigital.com/dv970hd/dv970hd_support.html Do you connect your player using the analog or digital outs? I would have no doubt that, using the analog outs on both players, the Sony would sound significantly better than the Oppo, since the Sony should have much...

A VPI machine, huh? Jeez, I looked at their website and the cheapest one appears to be $500!! That seems like a hell of a lot to pay for something that just cleans your media. Which brings me to another point--it appears to me that, for $150, I can get an Oppo universal player, run a HDMI...

Um, yes, actually. Because that crackle is going to occur at the same spot every time your hear that record--I find that utterly maddening. Maybe it's because I'm an amateur musician who has spent a lot of time engineering my own songs, but any sort of sonic imperfection like background...

Okay, I know that the whole "vinyl vs CD" thing is one of the most hotly contested debates in audiophilia, and I probably shouldn't be saying anything that will set off another epic debate but, oh well! :p Really, I don't think that I would ever take vinyl over CD. Here's why: while I was...

While I agree that the source is important (definitely more important than cables, IMO), buying a more expensive source does not necessarily mean that you're getting exponentially better sound. Check, for example, Stereophile's review of the Sony SCD-XA9000ES SACD player. The reviewer found...

I was looking at the list of companies at this year's CES, and I noticed that MartinLogan wasn't among them (https://myces2007.bdmetrics.com/Portal/browseresults.aspx?blet=M,N). Is that normal? I thought that they usually attended? Maybe they just don't have any new products to announce?

The Vantage's use a B&O amp? Ah, so that's why they're $1,300 more than the Vistas... ;)

*sigh* This is kind of frustrating. The Clarities were already costing as much as I originally budgeted for all five speakers in my home theater. I don't mind spending more money to get something that I really like, but this issue is dampening by enthusiasm a bit. I know that no speaker is...

Ah, I just picked up the issue of TAS with the Vista review and now I know what you mean. Maybe I'll try re-auditioning the Vista and Vantage in a 2.1 setup and see what differences I hear. Still, couldn't this lack of midbass just be fixed with a little EQ on the receiver (it sounds like the...