artemus_5
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| Raven Audio and Beyond... @willgolf For me, I learned from my mistakes in this hobby....pick a speaker and then match the amp. Generally I would agree with you. This is the general thought when building a system from scratch. But not necessarily true when trying to ... | |
| Raven Audio and Beyond... Speakers or Int Amp huh? You say Currently, I have a Bifrost 2 Dac, Rega P2 turntable and Dynaudio X14s running out a cheap integrated Pioneer tuner/amplifier. Given those 2 that you have listed, its a NO BRAINER to me. I certainly would not t... | |
| 2022 is almost here. Why are you here? @facten My goal in 2022 is to avoid conflict unless it is on the ice" Guess you are getting final forum shots in the last few days of 2021 under the thread "2022 Audio System Wish List & Thoughts About Streaming" Good call. I see you ... | |
| Dumb question - how do you easily insert a photo/image inline with writing text in a post? @jjss49 I am using a PC. Not sure how its done with a tablet if that is what you are using. One thing I have learned is that text must be above or below picture. And I have to often do some hard returns (Enter on the keyboard) so as to get room ... | |
| Dumb question - how do you easily insert a photo/image inline with writing text in a post? Or, Right click on picture and just "copy Image like the 1st post. But It came from another site which is what I meant to show. | |
| Dumb question - how do you easily insert a photo/image inline with writing text in a post? In this case which the image was taken from US Audio mart,, I used the "image" icon (above, inserted URL and title CJ LS 16 S2 Hope this helps | |
| Dumb question - how do you easily insert a photo/image inline with writing text in a post? Like this? In this case I right click on the image and the menu has several options. In this case I just "copy image" and then come down to my post and "Paste" | |
| 2022 Audio System Wish List and thoughts about streaming In 2019-2020 I upgraded or added Conrad Johnson CT5 preamp Don Sachs Kootenay 120 amp Pangea 14 XL power cables (2) Core Power 1800 Balanced Power conditioner 2021 additions Teac NT 505 Streamer/Dac TriPlanar Vll tonearm As for 2022, I ma... | |
| Tonearm hardware shuffle - recomendations sought! Far be it for me to talk you out of the Kuzma. I looked for a used one at a tempting price for 6-8 months. They come up very seldom and due to their popularity now, they hold their value. I had the OL Illustrious 3 on my Teres as a temporary arm f... | |
| Preowned Wilson Audio Chicago Dealer This may be a prime opportunity for you. If you really want the Wilson’s then offer him 20% less for this poor product. Since these things are such dogs the price should be discounted depending on how far he talks them down. Thank him for being so... | |
| Are tubes psychological? Tubes are neither Psycho nor Logical. But doggone, they sure sound good! | |
| Foundation Designer stands replica My TT stand is very similar but not as tall. I made square wooden columns because I stained the wood. I then put a threaded rod in the center of the column and poured concrete in the column. Allow the rod to protrude enough so as to mount the top... | |
| Recommendations Wanted FWIW, I see what I believe to be other weaknesses in your system besides the speakers. IE, you have no sub listed. That may be what you need to make those speakers sing. Two is better. But It will make your mains sound much larger with a bigger so... | |
| Subwoofer for music, how low? Like everything in life, it comes down to trade offs & compromise. Yes, 20hz has been the mark we have been taught to shoot at. But in reality, very little music goes down to 20hz. Then too, there is the trade off of size. In order to get down... | |
| When to Amp it Up? I bought a Latino VTA ST-70 amp to dabble with tubes. I wanted to see what all the fuss was about. That $1400 tube amp beat the britches off a much much higher cost SS amp that was well known w/good reviews. That 35wpc stayed in my system for 10-1... |