adg101
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| DIY Counterpoint SA12 Repair...does it make sense to spend the $$? You've gotten thirty some years out of them and enjoy them it sounds like. If you have a good tech locally I'd go for it. Replace all the power caps and not just the one. Probably get another thirty years out of them or enough to pay for your inve... | |
| Suggestions for Integrated amp. If you're on a tighter budget than the units noted above, look at the Cambridge 851A. I had the previous 840A years back and preferred it over a much more expensive Marantz Reference. The Marantz units are good but I think there's better for the m... | |
| Dac to remove Digital Glare/ edge CAL Alpha with a nice set of NOS tubes. Canare digital cable is a very good cable that I feel is not too revealing but gets the job done just fine. | |
| Marantz SA 8005 break in Good 100 hrs of actual playing time - not just leaving it on... 300 hrs should be fully cooked. Marantz players are anything but harsh so just give it some time. If you’re using the stock power cord, throw it back in the box. Don’t have to spend a... | |
| Modwright LS/PS 36.5 or Pass Labs XP-20? Why not look at Rogue as well? I own both Pass and ModWright and they're both real companies; that's some funny stuff there... just saying. Both are great conpanies and it's not uncommon when you call either, you're talking to the men themselves. ... | |
| Preamps-Tube I don't think my ModWright LS36.5 is overly lush, but it's pretty darn good; works great with my Pass as well. | |
| Recommend a Cable/Interconnect Set I agree to at least look into Clear Day Double Shotgun speaker cable; start there and use Mogami, Canare or Belden IC’s until your budget allows to upgrade later. I started with the Double Shotguns and later added Pauls single and balanced IC’s. G... | |
| Best amp choice for Thiel 2.4 Definitely agree Thiel and Aerial’s are totally different and I would agree as well to use a tube preamp with a Pass amp on Thiel’s, but not to tame the Pass. I use a tube preamp on my Pass, but I wouldn’t consider my preamp to have a fat tube sou... | |
| Is going from Aerial 10T to Aerial 7T a significant upgrade ? Love my 7b's as well, and they look great in my room without overpowering a room visually, plus the rosewood looks great. Never heard a set of 10t's, but I can only imagine how nice they sound. If it's a look thing, you could probably get a set of... | |
| Best amp choice for Thiel 2.4 Knowing most the manufactures on your list - meaning I have experience listening to them, except the Ayre I'd lean to the Pass X250.5. My Aerial are probably no harder to drive than your Thiel's and I use a X250. The X250 will have plenty of juice... | |
| Parasound 5125 replacement power cord I'd still look at an aftermarket cord over the stock one. Agree don't spend a lot. You'll be surprised what a PC can do. Buy used as you'll likely do better than buying new. I've not listened to the Pangaes's, but I'm sure their entry cord will be... | |
| B&K ST202, modify or replace I agree to look at the McCormack over spending money on your B&K. Owned a B&K years ago and enjoyed it, but it's not in the same class of the DNA amps. You can take a McCormack amp to a much higher level if you know how to do mods yourself... | |
| High Quality Universal Player?? If you're going to use this machine to watch movies, then the CA blue ray players or Oppo will be just fine. If you have a lot of SACD then I'd look at Marantz. Can't speak on the Oppo 105d, but I think the CA 751 is probably close. I can tell you... | |
| Integrated Owners: I Need an Excellent Power Cord Guessing you already have dedicated circuits and something besides spec grade or lesser receptacles in place? If you don't, you should. In my experience it's a waste of time listening to great PC's as you're not hearing what they really have to of... | |
| Aerial 7bs or Thiel 2.4s I have the 7B’s with a X250 and they sound great together. Haven’t heard Thiel’s in years so I won’t comment on them, but when we had two dealers selling them locally, one before the other, they didn’t do it for me. I took a pair of Thiel’s home a... |