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| Best Debut Albums Rickie Lee Jones | |
| VPI Analogue Drive System How about the Music Hall Cruise Control? Worked great with my old VPI HW 19. | |
| Best Debut Albums Smithereens debut albumjoan armatradingbig starthunderclap Newman willis Alan Ramsey | |
| Luxman Taking a Different Direction I owned a Luxman 505ux integrated and couldn't have been more pleased with the sound, features and build quality. Superb match with Harbeth speakers. | |
| Best full range loudspeaker for the used price of 10 to 13,000 dollars How about Wilson Audio Sabrinas? Easy to drive and great full range sound. Used Egglestons as well. Also choice depends on aesthetics; you're going to have to look at these! Used Sonus Faber floorstanders are beautiful and sound beautiful too. | |
| Best standalone music server? For sound quality the Aurrender and Antipodes are excellent. The Antipodes makes it easy with a CD ripper, the Aurrender doesn't. I also think Teac makes a player/streamer that uses Roon and doesn't require a separate computer for Roon. | |
| Anticables I think for peace of mind, the best way to do cables is by home audition through the Cable Company. You'll get advice on what's likely to work and then you can pick three cables to audition. Then you can decide if one is synergistic with your syst... | |
| Looking for a Speaker Recommnedation Late to this post but I moved from the British sound of Harbeth SHL5 to Dynaudio Contour S3.4. The LE version may be even better. Much different sound, like the protective film being ripped off. Transparent but not bright and will play as loud as ... | |
| Integrated Amp Suggestions for Dynaudio Contour 3.4LE Congrats on the Dynaudios. Great speaker. I own the previous version with upgraded Esotar2 tweeters. I have been using a Luxman 505ux and liked the sound. Then a friend upgraded his system and I bought his Mark Levinson 326 and a ML 532H amp. Grea... | |
| How to get Metadata in Exact Audio Copy EAC ripping Use DB Poweramp and rip to FLAC. | |
| Looking for a DAC < $1500 If you're interested in the Bryston BDA2, I will sell you mine for $1400. It is still in warranty. Black, 8/10 condition. I bought a Luxman DA6. | |
| Search for miracle integrated I also share my office with my listening room--a sort of man cave built above my garage. Here are my 2 cents after trying different speakers and amps over the last few years.1) Nail down the speaker you like and listen to it in your room to make s... | |
| Primaluna Dialogue Premium HP Driving PSB Imagine T2s The Primaluna should drive them easily. I demoed with similar speakers, Dynaudio Contour 3.4, and they were a great match. | |
| Selling? I like to check Audiogon listings for fun and maybe a purchase or three, but when I see someone who has valued their item badly--overvauled--I do chuckle, good luck with that! I think pricing items correctly helps everyone. Yes, the offer was uns... | |
| Seller asked for PayPal fees after the sale. Should I pay them or not? Personally, I think we should accept most buyers will be using PayPal and price our items with the understanding that we'll have to pay a fee. Guess what? Virtually every merchant you deal with who accepts credit cards pays a fee for that service.... |