2psyop
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| what speakers to buy If I were spending $5k on speakers I would setup auditions at Chicago audio shops for 1 day. Drive there, audition with your music and see a little bit of Chicago. If you can swing a budget hotel, stay the night and go back to listen to your favs.... | |
| How important is component “aesthetics” to you? I think the models (of major brands) will market and sell often audio gear that is more aesthetically pleasing to Europeans than what is offered to Americans. Much depends on the culture. Many Americans go to Best Buy to purchase audio, an awful e... | |
| Is this an ugly speaker? TAS cover 10/2017 I don’t have anymore cash leftover from getting these speakers for my source, amp and preamp. Has anyone tried hooking these Wilsons up to the external speaker output of an older Panasonic boombox? I do have some zip cord? | |
| Is this an ugly speaker? TAS cover 10/2017 Linnlingo "Honey could you move the speakers I have to vacuum". Hahaha | |
| Spotify vs. Apple Music vs. Google Play vs. Tidal: Which is Best I like the Tidal site a lot, but Spotify has always had a larger library. Therefore I have both. It will be difficult to pick a streaming service as we are entering a brave new world with digital hi-res music. Roon looks very cool, and I may chang... | |
| Is it possible to buy a decent tube amplifier in the $2000-3000 range? Line Magnetic 216ia. This is a push-pull design, but they also make a SET amp. I have the KT-88 version of the push-pull. Sounds terrific. | |
| PrimaLuna Dialogue Premium Preamplifier. DESTROYS SPEAKERS!! I agree with Ilocquin. Why is it so diffifult to believe with all the hundreds of thousand components manufactured yearly that some are of poor quality or design? I guess the logic is? if it was not "me" that bought some defective gear it must not... | |
| Streaming vs traditional Since this thread has drifted over to MQA, see my post here of many of the hi-fi brands incorporating MQA into their models.https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/dac-streamer-mqa-wireless-besides-bluesound.I don’t know if it will last, but I thou... | |
| My Parasound A21 review and VS Emotiva XPA brownsugar_ny - I had wanted and bought some gear from a smaller manufactured of audio gear from stellar word of mouth reputation. The gear turned out to be terrible and the owner was an awful guy to do business with. I now have a Parasound A21 th... | |
| Ugly vs Gogeous speakers gdhal"Aesthetically speaking, "Ugly" and "Gorgeous" are in the eye of the beholder".I agree...IMO. The big Wilsons- uglyThe Vandersteen Quatro CT, Magico, Magnepan- beautifulVolti Audio- http://voltiaudio.com/vittora/- very, very nice | |
| Odyssey Stratos- need schematic +1 on don_c55. I have owned Odyssey equipment, actually 3 pieces and I had the Stratos. In the time spent waiting for a reply from Klaus and getting the equipment shipped, fixed and sent back it was not months, it was more than a year. Plus, he di... | |
| Streaming vs traditional If you can do it, find someone with a streamer/dac that can unfold MQA files from Tidal. If you are really exploring, just buy the Bluesound Node 2 or Vault 2 and play MQA files and rip CDs for your own library of networked music. I was amazed how... | |
| Underspent on speakers relative to overall system? A couple of things to keep in mind if you are serious about getting advice. First off, many, many people here really enjoy spending your money and telling you, in a matter of fact kind of way, what to get, what to sell and what to gift away to Aun... | |
| PrimaLuna Dialogue Premium Preamplifier. DESTROYS SPEAKERS!! This is an interesting issue. The reason I had empathy for the OP was because I had three pieces of audio equipment from a popular brand which were all defective with cheap transformers many years ago. The manufacturer would not believe the produc... | |
| Power Amp Suggestions My vote goes to JC1s. I have the A21 stereo amp, but if I had the dough I'd sell that amp and get 2 JC1s. I think Curl is a great amp engineer/designer. I guess the only other amp brand I would consider is Pass, but that company is not on your list. |