audioman74
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| Which Solid State amplifier would you recommend for my budget? I agree with the Belles recommendations. If budget is an issue, the Belles Aria integrated is the most muscular 75 watts you can ask for and this model comes with a headphone jack. If you are more interested in a killer integrated with a huge, dua... | |
| Considering Towers in the $3000 range I agree that if you can stretch to $4300, I agree the Spendor A4 would be my choice. They can be placed in small to larger rooms, they are fairly easy to drive and once broken in, are a great all-arounder that has very good bass and offers a very ... | |
| Suggest one obsure album we all should hear JASON FALKNER: "CAN YOU STILL FEEL?" Jason was the guitarist on the Jellyfish breakout album "BELLYBUTTON" and has several solo albums, but this album is a power pop masterpiece and his debut album, "PRESENTS AUTHOR UNKNOWN", is another inter... | |
| Any love for the Belles Aria or other recent Belles amplifier? I just purchased a Belles Aria Dual Mono integrated and at 125 hours of use, I am thrilled beyond words! It "woke up" my Spendor D7.2's with a very lively cohesive dense soundstage that is immediate sounding, yet, interestingly enough, I don't ge... | |
| Belles Aria Signature and other Int Amp recommendation For all those considering the new Belles Aria Dual Mono integrated amplifier, I can say with confidence that it is a great integrated. I switched from an Odyssey Kismet power amplifier to the Belles Aria Dual Mono and I am blown away. It has a bee... | |
| How do you sort your LPs? Last year I decided to finally organize my LPs and CDs.The LPs are organized alphabetically by band name or surname. The real job was taking it one step further by inputting these albums, same way, on an excel spreadsheet. The spreadsheet has thes... | |
| First Moving Coil (MC) Cartridge Acquisition My giant killer moving coil cartridge is the Ortofon MC-3 Turbo. About $450.00 and I must admit that everytime I need another cartridge, I keep purchasing this one. I just can't justify spending more unless I go above $1500.00. Honestly, if I was ... | |
| LP Record Cleaning Machine - Ultrasonic or Vacuum I just wanted to toss in my two cents regarding cleaning vinyl LP records. What I discovered is just about all methods work to varying degrees, but I recently stumbled upon a method that has catapulted the sound of my LP collection to a new leve... | |
| Lets replace my Klipsch La Scala Speakers I replaced my Klipsch Lascalas 40 years ago with B&W 802, S2. I like the B&W sound as well as Totem Acoustic Hawks and the classic Snell B-minor speakers from 20 years ago. | |
| Cd's to make a come back in the future? With the advent of the rising popularity of better and better DACS, we are seeing that even the standard Redbook CD has more information than we once thought. I, like everyone else, gave away my records when the CD came out in the early 80s. Now I... | |
| Odyssey Kismet Reference series. I have upgraded my Odyssey Khartago SE+++ to the Kismet with the 850va toroid and 200,000 uf of symphonic filter capacitance, the Kismet board and high-end speaker binding posts, all stuffed into the Khartago chassis. Before I mention how it sound... | |
| What are the best speakers you have ever owned and why? I have owned in the past, but no longer have these four favorite speakers:#1) (fav) B&W 802's S2 #2) Snell B-Minors#3) Totem Acoustic Hawks #4) Klipsch LaScalas | |
| Is there a better DAC than the Schiit Bifrost for $300? I really struggle with this subject. I love Schiit Audio, purchased five of their products, and tremendously enjoy their Saga tube remote preamp, Lyr 2 headphone amplifier (with NOS tube upgrade) and Mani phono preamp.When talking DACs, it seems t... | |
| If you could only keep 5 record albums, what would they be? My Top Five would be:1) Beatles - Abbey Road2) Joe Walsh - So What3) Supertramp - Crime Of The Century4) Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon5) Yes - The Yes Album | |
| recommendation for speaker wire to soften the highs if possible I have four possible solutions for you:#1) Order a tube preamp from Schiit Audio. Their Saga preamp costs $349.00, takes a single 6SN7 tube. Sounds great. I have one.#2) Order a Schiit Audio Bifrost Multibit Dac for $599.00. This Dac also is av... |