User Details - mx2005

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Name:
  Malcolm Percival
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Location:
  UK
HiFi:
  - Denon AVC-A1D THX amplifier
- Meridian 506.20 CD player
- Oppo DV-983H SACD/DVD-A/DVD-V player
- Sony BDP-S550 Blu-ray player
- Pink Triangle Little Pink Thing Turntable
- Rega RB300 Tonearm
- Ortofon MC15 Super II cartridge
- Musical Fidelity X-LPs phono stage
- B&W CDM9NT front L/R speakers
- B&W CDMCNT centre speaker
- B&W CDMSNT surround speaker
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Latest Posts

Linn and DSD
October 20, 2009
Ooh, do you have the HD621 to get SACD into the Meridian digitally? I find myself dreaming about a G61R/HD621 in my system. Anyone got five thousand pounds? All the Linn recordings I own - classical and jazz - sound pretty wonderful to me. ... more
How to make low resolution CDs sound more "analog" ; )
September 6, 2009
Thanks FullRangeMan for your understanding. The thing is all of the approaches appeal to me: I am not a 'tweaker' though - I can't even be bothered to change speaker cables! I like the idea though of something like the Copland CVA306 valve multichannel pre-amp, with some suitably beefy universal player (I guess that would make everything sound ... more
How to make low resolution CDs sound more "analog" ; )
September 6, 2009
Apologies if I leapt on you, FullRangeMan: I worry sometimes reading on here that there are some who are dedicated to a 'traditional' player-analogue interconnects-preamp etc. (whether stereo or MC) and sneer at the 'new model' of transport-digital interconnect-processor type system (and sneer perhaps at equipment of an A/V persuasion). For me, ... more
How to make low resolution CDs sound more "analog" ; )
September 6, 2009
With respect, I think that's a bit of a cheap shot - there's a gulf between that CEC transport (which seems borderline fraudulent to me) and what Oppo do which is provide a very honest budget high performance product. For what it's worth, my experience with the Oppo 983 is that it gives the best video performance I have seen from a DVD and sounds ... more
Recommended SACD Players
August 31, 2009
I've come to think that perhaps the situation with MC SACD players isn't as bad as I feared - the situation seems promising on the whole for the format - the veritable explosion of stereo players, new BD-universal machines coming from Denon, Marantz, Oppo, Cambridge, Lexicon... a steady stream of releases. I think we need to keep an eye on things, ... more