acousticrat33
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| Speaker upgrade for Primaluna EVO 300 - Looking to find some audio nirvana bliss! Maybe I dont get your tastes (thick and real?). I like transparent and detailed (natural sounding). I would audition (in your price range): Martin Logan ESL X, Tannoy Eaton, maybe some Magnapans or KEFs or Lii Songs. I tend to always enjoy electro... | |
| Beatles vs. Stones In the US the music of Dylan and G. Dead will likely outlive either British band. 60's Beatles music will survive a long time but that was a single decade. Stones, Dylan and G. Dead music are still performed live both by the survivors and many oth... | |
| Which pair of speakers changed your Hifi life? Early on maggies sounded impressive...heard Bose 901s in college that made me nauseous...in grad school listened to lots of speakers but only the Acoustats sounded good enough, so bought the Spectra 22s...still have not run across speakers that I ... | |
| 2nd systems- who’s got one? Funny I just saw that Dylan show and then listened again...on jbl go3 sounded great. Several systems...main, kitchen, bedroom,treadmill,office1,office2... | |
| Need help picking my first tube amp I highly recommend the Schiit Freya. I have the original (which should sell in your price range used) and the ability to switch from passive to SS to tube really proves the value of 6SN7 tubes in the system. There is NO headphone jack however. I h... | |
| GO CHIEFS !! I was told we were the first marching band to play at Arrowhead stadium back in 72 or 73, it was loud even back then.... since then I always wore earplugs but even the best foam plugs were not strong enough at some games...at least Cincinn earned ... | |
| Putting together turntable rig crustycoot:I have a Schiit Sol currently running Audio Technica flagship MM, the VM760SLC, and am very pleased with the combination. Considering I got the Sol at the Beta price, the combo cost about $1250, which is quite a deal. I think the Sol wi... | |
| Diminishing Returns At the low end, I bought a pair of Emotiva B1s for I think $200 on closeout and now they have improved B1+ at $229/pr. I thought with the folded ribbon tweeters they sound really nice. Gave them to a friend to upgrade a cheap mid-fi system. They ... | |
| Bob Dylan - "Murder Most Foul" "Post Blood On the Tracks Dylan isn't worth...."Pity so many early fans gave up on him. Sure he has had problems knowing which songs to put on an album. That has mostly been corrected by the Bootleg Series. Listen to "Tell Tale Signs" for later Dy... | |
| Teac TN 550/570 I have a TN-550 and am very happy with it. I got a leather mat and record clamp, and currently am using Soundsmith Othello cartridge. I find the sound fully 3-dimensional and satisfying. One big factor is how easy does hum get induced, and this tu... | |
| Bookshelf to replace Martin Logan Source I agree with elliotbnewcombjr about bookshelfs and bass. As being hooked on electrostats, I have ML Source in bedroom system, and like them a lot, including bass w/out subwoofer. Recently on an impulse bought Emotiva B1 bookshelf still on discount... | |
| Puzzled about reasons why there seems to be no shortage of used planner speakers My Acoustat 22s are still going great...10 year old Martin Logans too, ditto 20 year old Monsoon desktop planar magnetics. I still feel shorted listening to box and cones - they lack so much, why waste my money? Just to test folding ribbons I got ... | |
| At what point is an external D/A converter warranted or beneficial Maybe try Schiit Modi Multibit for only $250? I have that and top of the line Yggy and they both tend to sound more mellow and analog than my other options, also fed from an oppo 103. Use a coax cable. Still will not beat your analog. Never tried ... | |
| Full Range under $5k-ish I would audition/think about MartinLogan ESL X or ESL 9 orMagnapan 1.7 + a subwoofer for example MartinLogan 1000W or REL T/9i, (maybe that is cheating/not full range but that would be rather high budget)In case you prefer planar Electrostatic or ... | |
| Looking for a decent CD Recorder Agree with last post but that adds steps; I still record direct to CDR with an old Tascam CD recorder (.wav) when in a hurry. Otherwise I record to .mp3 with decent settings then to CDR on the computer and it works fine. Quality not much an issue ... |