arcticdeth
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| Denon 6500 - Am I crazy? For a basement system like that, personally, I would pick up an array of the Crown amps, they sound great for movies or music.prices are. Great, and the Crown amps will drive about %80 of mos speakers. Headroom, power, clean , reliable. Search aro... | |
| Upgrade Carver to Tube Carver question. You would hear a huge improvement from either the 275 or 350,they are world class amps! If you have the means for the crimson 350 monos’ jump on them!@Ozzy should chime in soon your gear is nothing to scoff at, good stuff, the Carver crimson 350s’... | |
| Reliability of brand You want a straight wire with gain, a top of the line remote,amazi g features, and one of the best volume controls in the business. Plus,...GET THIS..........a LIFETIME WARRANTY, get the Sanders sound preamp, and never look back. http://sandersso... | |
| What's your "diminishing returns" preamp choice? @gmercer mcintosh is amazingly pure, and damn near flawless. Never owned, but hundreds hours of auditions. They are that good.if you can swing, afford a good Mac pre, jump fast. Or try a couple different ones. It’s fun trying diff components ... | |
| What's your "diminishing returns" preamp choice? Everyone will post their personal purchases in a message post like this. Own several preamps!McCormack LD-2onkyo p-308B&K pro10-mcSanders sound preamp” to me the best sounding is still the Onkyo p-308, she is just outstanding, bass, features,... | |
| Lots of bass at walls, lack of bass in center of room/listening position Move speakers about 12” away from wall. Them sit and listen, move back 6”’s, sit and listen. Move farther from wall if needed. Mine are about 11-13” from the wall they are on, I’m 9 feet from them with speakers toed in slightly to my sitting couch... | |
| Can a McIntosh MC7205 handle Polk Audio RTi A9’s? 500W peak.be careful. know the sound of straining, popping voice coils, treble slurred with midrange. I learned the hard Way, all those years ago.enjoy | |
| Ikea Eket shelves with a large vinyl collection? Most of mine are stored on the Odyssey boxes. Great storagejapanese rice papers inners and sea lake Japanese Mylar bags, then in the Odyssey boxes. A little hard to get to, but, their amazing! | |
| Ikea Eket shelves with a large vinyl collection? Costco steel shelves. My LPS S are stored in odyssey BOXES!160-180 LPS per box. Depending on thickness and et all. Happy w them! | |
| Best Rock Song Ever! so so maybe y songs, to pick just 1.reallyhumble pie 30 days in the holeor drugstore cowboy?+ 100 more! | |
| Am I doing my speakers Justice? Get. The x350s’and never look back. If you can do the 350s’ get em. Crescendos’, slamming song starts, song ending slam/crescendos’ headroom is your friend. I’ve owned 100/200/300W amps, I’ve settled on McCormack 650W amps, and never clip, neve... | |
| Yamaha A-S801 for Dynaudio Evoke 20 Day audio are some of the moat natural speakers I’ve heard! Went a different route for affordability! I still go listen to the Dynaudio speakers, I bring in my amp, and have even brought in my speakers for a compare listen. Couple years back, ... | |
| Can a McIntosh MC7205 handle Polk Audio RTi A9’s? Those RTI-a-9s’ are amazing speakers, heard a pair at a local shop while ago. They will need minimum of 300WPC/RMS. TO SOUND their best!i went another route, I often wonder how they would sound in my home. Went with the Energy RC-70s’happy.but sti... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Hiraxpestilence. Y&Ttank | |
| Newbie to the awesome audiophile world damm,2robtenambunchmofmstuff,8t deleted, darn iPads! Get 300 RMS, NO LESS, YOU WILL BE HAPPY!tons of good gear out there!enejoynthe hunt. |