audioguy85
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| Leaving tube amps on. You will pi$$ thru tubes leaving it on all the time. Tubes, especially NOS are not cheap. Shut it down when not in use. | |
| How many monthly kilowatt hours, including hi-fi, do you use? Oh brother....never heard of any one keeping track of energy usage for a hifi. The whole green thing is bogus and a political power grab. Another way for big brother to control you. I pay my electric bill, that's all That matters. Oh and I turn of... | |
| what are the best sounding Accuphase or Luxman amps/preamps? All accuphase are great, even so called (Laugh) entry level. If entry level is 7k to u....they don’t f around. If someone was to give u the e280 for free, I don't think anyone would say no. | |
| Surge protector Best to unplug equipment when there is a TS warning. That’s your best protection. Pia, but it’s guaranteed. | |
| Surge protector @immatthewj pay no attention to the pics, they all come w/ attached cord. Your seeing a listing for extra 3ft cords for sources. | |
| Surge protector Furman pst-8, had mine going on 4 or 5 years. Works great. | |
| You can't afford a Lambo Veneno, so get this.. Not for me, but thanks for sharing | |
| Streamers under $1500 Smsl sd-9 works for me...glitchy at times but sounds good. More of a renderer than an actual streamer, but for what I use it for, fits the bill. Still use a grace digital streamer, less than 200 bucks, works very well. | |
| Decware Sarah 300B Amp? Good for background music, about it. Flea watt amp. I’ll take my bridged 300 watt per channel amps,continuous, with monster reserve power over a flea watt amp any day of the week. Recently did a little experiment using two Nad c268’s bridged, dri... | |
| SUT help The jensen isomax sut is a nice one. The 1/10 version will work well with the hana's. I use it with both my hana el and denon dl103. Tavish design uses Jensen transformers in their adagio. | |
| Outlet Question There is nothing good @20 bucks. Get the AQ Edison. You generally only need one, and only have to buy it once. | |
| Accuphase E-280 Voltage Conversion (100V to 120V) Why dink around? Just buy the US model. Mines for sale, still In a sealed box. | |
| Listening position/speaker position Unless your speakers are 10 feet apart, which would not be recomended, why are you sitting 10 feet away? I would think your seated position would/should be equidistant to the distance between each speaker, the equilateral triangle. You are listeni... | |
| Re: streaming recommendations for newbie Just bought a smls sd-9. It seems to be of good quality. It’s more a renderer than streamer, but works for me. Has an abundance of connection options and a screen, albeit, very small. You connect it to a dac of your choice, no dac built in. | |
| Should we care if a piece of equipment comes from a pet-free, kid-free, smoke-free home? It's ur money, I'll take a pet free, smoke free, children free piece of gear over the alternative every single time... |