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| Coda Audio Video based in San Francisco is running a fraudulent operation I have empathy for your situation. I feel many people are victims of scams, lying sales people with nothing but financial gain or theft in mind. Even moreso we all can be led by hype, we can be led to believe what we are susceptable to believe. I ... | |
| What should my next upgrade be? Your best experience Take a look at the Bluesound products. They can stream Tidal MQA files. Not starting a war here, some think the sound is tremendous and really hi-res, some hate MQA. But if you really like your system, cannot afford something like the Vandy Quatro... | |
| Planar ribbon speaker and Tubes Not working Please help! I had a transformer fail on a tube amp from driving MMGs. At least I suspect that is was the imp load. I would be careful you do not harm your amp! | |
| Tell us your worst audio dealer or mfr. experience. Odyssey Audio. I had wanted a Stratos amp for a long time. When I finally succumbed to the hype ( big mistake) it was an awful experience. I had hum, spurious noise and static noise from the Stratos, the Tempest and the newly designed Candela. Kla... | |
| Searching for the most "accurate" speaker (below 15K) One side note, since Vandersteen was mentioned. The 2 model has been one of the best selling speakers for over three decades. Not many speaker brands can boast about that. When listening to speakers, often it is the design/engineer who is responsi... | |
| What 2 channel Amp would you Buy for $6k? Of the many amps mentioned and the speakers you have I think I would consider three brands; Pass, Parasound JC1 monos and McIntosh.Pass build great amps for great powerful sound. McIntosh also make very good amps with tremendous resale value. Para... | |
| Budget Office System Integrated for $1000 or less As an added note for the Powernode 2- It has a subwoofer out, if you think the PM1 speakers, or whatever your choice does not put out enough bass.BTW your smartphone will be your control for your unit. Stream files, even MQA, via Tidal, Spotify or... | |
| Budget Office System Integrated for $1000 or less This is what I would get- Bluesound Powernode 2 and a pair of B&W Pm-1 speakers. If you can find them with stands... great. You now have a great office system. | |
| Searching for the most "accurate" speaker (below 15K) The Vandersteen Quatro Wood CT is right at your price point. A very, very good sounding speaker. Has activedrivers. That would be my choice... | |
| Nice MQA discussion I see MQA as a Jekyl/Hyde type of experience and codec. On one hand, it sounds fantastic and one can be exposed to the ever expanding library as the two or three major labels add record titles. On the other hand, I keep reading about the greedy ha... | |
| Sanity check on new system? I think I would like to hear complete systems. I would have a speaker brand in mind first, and dealers have good knowledge of synergy for that brand or model.To me, it’s very, very difficult to pick your system without hearing first. If great soun... | |
| MQA - What is your favorite content? Great thread!Try Ray Charles and Milt Jackson"Soul Brothers" & Crosby, Stills & Nash "CSN". You never heard them sound so good. But not every MQA offering sounds excellant, many do not.If you want your socks blown off, try Ray Charles, The... | |
| A battle between two turntable generations. Which one is the winner? A fellow audiophile told me I should not consider a TT unles it had on-the-fly vta adjustment. Is it true? | |
| Music collection in Flac. Great! PC player..too slow. Suggestions?? I would do this. Get a Bluesound Node 2. You can access all your music files with it at home without using your PC. Also, you will enter the world of streaming via Spotify, Pandora or whatever streaming service YOU like. If you pick a streaming se... | |
| Vandersteens, PSB or something else? I have the 2ce Sig II as well. I run a Parasound A21, but I bet the mono McIntosh amps make them sound even better. I don’t think they can sound nearly as good as the Quatro CT or 3.7s. The bass alone with both speakers will go lower and cleaner. |