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arcticdeth

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Personal Preamp Evolution
Audiosource preamp1multiple receivers used as preamps - sansui 9090db - onkyo tx-890 - yamaha - b and K pro 10mconkyo p308mccormack ld-2sanders sound “the preamp”all in use except the audiosource. That was a great preamp. Wish still had her. Few o... 
Digital upgrade: new disc player or better streamer?
Save the money. A nice new rotel rcd1572the music hall cd player is descent.  BE aware of quirks  or a nice used cd player.  All this stream dac stuff is a PITA !Rotel cd14 an iversary u it is greT for the price.  
Need opinions on duping CD's
We record our lps’ to computer. Then burn them at 96khz or whatever it is to taiyo yuden cdrs.    I love the ticks and minor pops recorded to cdr. Doing a simple recording on a descent cd deck will be fine. Dont overthink, record and listen.    En... 
No-one talks about Rowlands anymore
+10 for the class “D”  venture.     They lost their market.  Jeff rowland a once massive high end company is now a class D company.    Blah meh. Boring 
Best kept secret in AC line filtering conditioning
Furman. Thread over 
Bob Caver 275 Power Amp
@roxy54 @ozzy62       😄🍺🍺  cheers to two fun dudes with great sarcastic humor. Buys a round for all 3 of us.   Only Carver piece i own is the sunfire 600 sig. pretty much blows the doors off all my past and current amps.     Ive owned many 100W an... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Frank Marino. Maxoom. Zappa apostrophe.  
Bob Caver 275 Power Amp
Those emo amps r 150-250. WPC. 300 maybe.   While the carver is fine. You may. NEed more power. Only 80 W w the 275. Amp.    Save a little more and buy a. BEtter amp. I have the. Xpa-1 amps. Powerful yes, the much lower powered Odyssey kismet  mon... 
What is wrong with my system?
We had issues with a new preamp, for quite a while,   Switched from one preamp to a much more expensive one with a nice power supply,.  We lost our deep bass, it seemed so average, and plain, after a while, few months, she came around, warmed up, ... 
Conrad johnson preamp GATvs et7-s2
Who? 
SST Son of Ampzilla ii power amp
Their amps are great, not heard a word of negativity about them.    Few warranty things, some electronics have a half soldering, loose connection during shipping.years ago I bought the Crown studio ref II, 780W a8 Ohm, and so on.  Came with a 30 a... 
Bad recordings and high end audio
Bad recording blah, blah, sounds bad, blah, leppelin dont blah sound blah good.   Dude, I play old school metal demos from the 80’s. Sodom, napalm death, nasty savage, they all pretty much are the worst sounding stuff you can listen to,....sounds ... 
Home speakers with car receiver possible?
If you read the earlier message, ,and don’t get the sarcastic humor, maybe I need to buy you a Modelo?  Yes, that will work fine. Smile more, silly.  
Anybody Driving B&W 805D3 With Firstwatt F6
Those amps will strain and clip very early trying to get any kind of volume from them.  
Recommendations for speakers that sound great at lower volume levels.
Don’t tear me apart for this.   BIC venturi dv-64 pair, or the venturi dv-62 bookshelf speakers are very very good!! They are rather fugly looking, but not too bad. I gave the dv-84 pair to my cousin, they are bright for me, he absolutely loves th...