[OKDXA] Whew...

Tue, 11 Feb 2003 20:03:42 -0600

You will find that a good DVD player, runing into a McIntosh MX-110 followd
by a Dynaco ST-70, driveing a pair of Klipsch LaScallas.
Will sound as good as a National HRO 60 on AM.
Or is that the other way around?
Jim ad5kd
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nelson Derks" <[email protected]>
To: "OKDXA Mail Reflector" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 6:24 PM
Subject: [OKDXA] Whew...


> Here's one for you to ponder...
>
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3272&item=3007283609&
> rd=1
>
> I predict this unit will sell for more than $500.
>
> You can buy a mid-level DVD player new in the box for $130 that will do
> audio / video and with signal quality approaching 99.99% of what the
Carver
> is capable of, but the Carver is already pulling almost three times
that...
> Used... For just the CD player.
>
> Ahhhhhh, but it has a pair of 6DJ8's as cathode-followers in the output
> stage, and that makes all the difference.  Right?  Then you remember a CD
is
> digitized eight ways 'til Sunday in the recording process and you start to
> wonder how a pair of tubes can mellow that into a pure analog signal...
> Especially when the buyer will likely plug this straight into a power
> amplifier with a silicon pre-amp.... Go Figure.
>
> - AC5UP
>
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