What other MC carts in that price range have you heard?
Just wondering, because statements like this "IMHO, you would have to spend a lot more to get anything better. " are pretty bold.
I have the whole afternoon off, so I'll post some initial impressions in the evening. I'm listening to The Arcade Fire now (and finished some Dolphy), and I'm enjoying the sound.
I second the Transit, I believe I paid $50 for it after making a WTB thread on Headfi.
Chris- what don't you like about the Transit? The ability to do 24 bit, 96 KHz digital out was a really great feature that most cheaper USB transports lacked.
If there was a way to get that much bass out of an MS2/i that would be nice. Aside from the Alessandro markings, IIRC people sell those aluminum cups for about $50.
Sitting about 12' away from the TV.
We had a 60" DLP at our old apartment from slightly further back and it was great. I settled on 50/52 since it's good price:size ratio.
Ken: I'll check out the Samsungs, when I was researching earlier IIRC Sharp and Sony were ahead of the game.
edit: I'll definitely wait until black friday and the week following to see the sales. I don't know if I can hold out until next year though.