2psyop
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| Wilson to Tekton to ???? I have the Tekton Double Impact SE. They sound pretty good to me with my tube amp. Maybe I am not as smart as the other audiophiles here. In my other system I have Vandersteen speakers. Are they sub par too? BTW I have heard that Tektons are ugly.... | |
| Is My Tube Amp Unfixable? Help Needed Get another brand and model and put into your system for 1 to 2 months. If you don’t hear the issue, your problem and aggravation is gone. Get rid of the amp. Don’t let the problem and loss of money bother you. I had this same problem with a manuf... | |
| Magico's M9 I like the guy (uncledemp) who built the M9 11.4 AV system. I think I am going to do that. I am going to use the M9 or 10 Bose 901 speakers with the 55 inch Samsung TV and skip the subs. I will post pictures, stay tuned. | |
| Blue Sound Vault Maybe your transport is a better quality streamer than the Vault? | |
| Help this old rookie with speakers +1 Vonhelmholtz The more information you provide, the better the suggestion will be. But keep in mind they are only suggestions. Nothing beats listening to speakers in person. Once you get a long or short list.... take the time and take the trip ... | |
| Why is solid state more popular when tubes are better? look at jjss49 post "you can usually sus out a troll with a few clicks, takes no more than a minute click username click system click marketplace feedback click responses and discussions started in this case... joined in 2020, nothing u... | |
| Why is solid state more popular when tubes are better? jjss49 Good point!!!! I will start doing this myself. | |
| Buying Used Equipment on the Internet The question you ask is a good one. You wrote, "I'm new to this hobby and currently still trying out new gear to see what I like". Later you mentioned you are looking at a used audio piece. I assume you mean "new... to you" if you are buying use... | |
| Why is solid state more popular when tubes are better? Superman is better than Batman Trucks are better than cars Football is better than baseball These statements sound like what kids would say... Televisions had vacuum tubes in them years ago. Are the televisions today better? Radios had tubes i... | |
| Is simpler better? cd318 "Yes, keep it simple as possible. Your health, your family and your friends will all thank you" The most wise words I have heard today, Thank you (and I agree) | |
| Let the Games Begin I connected an older jukebox style Sony CDP-CX200 to my higher end stereo. I ran an optical cable through a two way optical switch to a Schiit Bifrost Uber (about 7 years old now) into my Musical Fidelity integrated amp. Surprisingly, it sounded v... | |
| Help chosing an integated amp I have the MF M6500i and like it alot. It’s a dual mono design with balanced inputs. My speakers are not hard to drive and I don’t know if yours are. I have to crank it to 70% to get loud sound, 80% is about as loud as my speakers can tolerate or ... | |
| Magico's M9 Lets see. The Magico M9 is $750k. I will admit I am a blue collar guy so I am going to spend all this money assuming I have already put investments aside. I live in Ohio so I can get a very nice home for $400k and I can have a dedicated room for a... | |
| Mac Mini As A Streaming Source Opinions should be treated "as another way of doing things". This is a forum where we share ideas. I think there is bias, yes. I also think there is bone headed arrogance and rudeness. But in the end, it's like a wise person said once, " You do yo... | |
| Mac Mini As A Streaming Source I had used an Apple computer in the distant past as a music server but changed over to a dedicated audio streamer mostly because I believed that a home computer is a device designed to do many things well, including acting as a music source but a ... |