akg_ca
Responses from akg_ca
| Does it make sense to "ignore low ball offers"? @kota1 +1! emphasis added ! @sbayne (1) in 99% of circumstances, the lowball shot across the bow is just a harbinger of a crummy tire kicker trolling, …. with no tangible intention to actually buy it unless he stumbles across an uninformed s... | |
| Who to trust when buying vintage ss ? Myriad of options out there for a suitable integrated amp that will easily best the HK include inter alia, my budget fave …the REGA BRIO integrated amp. https://www.whathifi.com/rega/brio/review To save money, buy pre-owned …. Many other quality... | |
| Who to trust when buying vintage ss ? I would not start out in “vintage”. In audio. That’s just a misplaced synonym for “old” and high risk of kaChing of pending repairs , if even possible . ( hint: parts can be scarce ) without prejudice to the former, most budget current offering ... | |
| Pee Wee Herman has passed away Google his 1991 conviction and his 2002 scandal and plea conviction. The stage, TV, and movie character persona had its real life issues. Created for the stage, Pee-wee with his white chunky loafers and red bow tie would become a cultural constan... | |
| "SPECS, ATTRIBUTES OR CHARACTERISTICS OF AN INTEGRATED AMP TO CONSIDER" I’m distilling down this complex question into three main factors IMO. (1) The upstream electronics display their own bespoke sonic signatures, just like speakers and the rest of your system components. Simply put, your ready-to-audition list of ... | |
| Harbeth 40.3 XD + Ton Trager First Impressions Yep … … Yep….me too. I have the 30.2XD’s with TT speaker stands and an ATC C1 Mk2 subwoofer. HARBETH’s Alan Shaw praises the TT’s as an “open design” speaker stand to maximize the thin-walled HARBETHs ability to properly resonate as designed l... | |
| Updated my streamer so do I now have to burn it in. Denafrips dac required it, Yep …. No surprise here. My brand new MOON 280D MiND2 streamer/DAC manual highlights 400hrs as the recommended break-in period, during which audio performance will improve. Now being about a quarter way through it to date…. Yup …. There is a di... | |
| Combination BLU-Ray / DVD Player It’s mostly 4K resolution these days for BluRay silver disc and digital streaming options. A 1997 unit is an old outdated legacy product, that has minimal current fair market value and market popularity. Good luck. | |
| Best EXTERNAL DAC suggestions Jay Iyagi on YouTube - “Selling ALL My Chinese HiFi DACs” https://youtu.be/cwO4tje9QmY | |
| What speaker could safely be ordered without hearing it first? @stuartk +1 …. Big time. This wistful fast ‘n dirty blind shortcut approach to select your speakers is a fast roadmap to falling into component flipping purgatory. Synergy (or lack of it ….) matters …, full stop. More so, your added qualifier ... | |
| Wharfedale Lintons ... Any great amp pairings? Brit speakers = Brit electronics upstream….. for example , here is a highlight from a recent UK review of the LINTONs: https://www.whathifi.com/reviews/wharfedale-linton ” ,… It’s soon clear that these speakers have a relaxed way about them, so... | |
| Nordost Tyr2 vs Valhalla1 Powercord Having owned an all-NORDOST FREY array and selectively experimented with immediate model below HEIMDALLS, here is my take for guesstimating the effects of VALHALLA 1 vs TYR2 for yiu - if it’s ICs and / or speaker cables: okay …I kinda lean toward... | |
| Ultimate_HiFi_Trades With the high number of counterfeit fakes out there that includes many on EBay, I would strongly recommend that you first check with NORDOST as to their authorized dealer status or reported complaints or cautions against the seller. Also, refer N... | |
| Digital front end upgrade options MOON by SIMAUDIO 280d MIND2 https://hifiandmusicsource.com/2021/08/moon-280d-streaming-dac/ https://www.soundandvision.com/content/simaudio-moon-280d-streaming-dac-review | |
| Recommendations for against the wall high efficiency speakers LARSEN speakers : they are specifically designed to be placed up tight against the back wall. https://www.larsenhifi.com/en/larsen9.htm https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/larsen-model-9-loudspeaker/ http://greenaudioreview.com/larsen-4-2-... |