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| What will beat ear 834p by a margin wow. talk about audiophilia nervosa. Take a step back and ask why you want to upgrade. I'm guessing for a noticable across the board upgrade, right? I'd tell you my pick, but then you might snatch up what I am looking at (I assume you are buying u... | |
| Magnepans in a small room It helps if the room is dedicated to audio. You have a couple things working against you. The distance of the maggies to the wall behind them. The distance between the your ears and the wall behind them. Pulling the maggies out 54 inches into the ... | |
| Cleveland, OH I agree with Tom (tpsonic), I prefer smaller, 2-3 person get-togethers. I just don't feel large audiences and high end audio lend themselves to each other. With school and work now I don't have any time for this. But I'd like to get something in t... | |
| Audio Debt? cash only here. | |
| Should manufacturers lease speakers? There are planty of dealers that will repurchase your speakers from you, no hassle. Sure they only give you about 25% of retail. But I would expect the same from a lease (i.e., $10k speakers, $209/mo +tax for 36 mos, not $139/mo). generally lease ... | |
| Music volume? What about your sound level? Average levels (classical): 62-78 dB SPLAverage Levels (rock): 70-76 dB SPL. | |
| What components would you take to a desert island? kondo, kondo, kondo! | |
| Affordable HT setup $800-$1400 HELP What are you using to drive the speakers? Also if you are using a receiver or pre/pro, often if these are not good, they seem to choke off the low-level detail retrieval and as such the whole system can totally suck, unless played at louder than l... | |
| Help educate Analogue rookie Lots of digital vinyl is pulled from 24/96 masters. So it digital, but it must then be downsampled to 16/44.1. No such limitation is inherent with vinyl - the 24/96 can be converted straight to analog. How well the company does this varies, but un... | |
| Red Trumpet still in business? Hmm. I had placed an order from them about 8 weeks ago, but charged a partial charge to my CC, never received any shipment or confirmation. I just assumed it was back ordered. I noticed a couple weeks ago, the charge was reveresed, assuming, again... | |
| Tube Characteristics 90s sound more like heavy duty EL34s than KT88s, even though kt90s are a drop in replacement for KT88s. The kt90 is also going to output more power in most cases than a kt88 at the same bias. I think the bass on the kt90 is much better, but that i... | |
| Anyone spend more on their system than their car? Raises hand. :-) | |
| A trick with Scotch Whisky Bah. I still like my microbrews. Much more affordable. | |
| Can a monitor sound like a floorstander?? Maybe consider AudioNote UK? | |
| High End Audio Dealers Drive two hours to Atlanta |