Well, I ordered a Cambridge D500SE off of A'gon..., let's see how it works out. I've heard of some reliability issues, and people have told me it sounded thin, but the system right now is "lush" so I don't think that will be much of an issue. Anyway, it'll be better than the RCA in all ways.

midficollege April 19, 2004 04:31

Right now I'm looking at purchasing an improved digital source for my system. Maybe the Cambridge D500SE or the Marantz 6000OSE or 67SE. Anyone have any suggestions for other things in that price range I might like to check out?

midficollege February 22, 2004 09:02

System edited: follow up, bought acoustic energy speakers.

midficollege December 29, 2003 20:57

I forgot to mention, I'm looking at upgrading to something like, perhaps, a Marantz 6000SE CD player and a NAD C350 integrated amplifier for 2 channel. I'm in college now, so I can't really afford the most expensive components, but I think I could probably budget those in over the summer, especially used. The MMF-5 turntable seems like an incredible deal, and after buying the others, that's what's next on the upgrade list. First though, I need to upgrade my cables, either to RS Gold, Monster, or the cheapest Audioquest. For IC's, at least. I'm not sure if I really buy into the idea that expensive speaker cables make a big difference, but I need to buy bi-wire cable for the sapphires anyway, so something like the Parts Express 30 dollars for 50' seems like it'd work out pretty well. On the IC's, I definitely feel like I'm losing something in the connections between sources and receiver.

midficollege December 11, 2003 06:57