bgross
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| Mcintosh MAC7200 or Hegel H390 for a new pair of Kef R7 META I'd consider a Unison Research, Unico 150 to pair with the KEF R towers... a departure from the mainstream yes but maybe read the reviews and try and demo one. I bought a 150 for my son & his wife for their new place. He's got Focal, Kanta No.... | |
| McIntosh Sonus Faber love affair, alternatives? I mean knowing that The McIntosh Group owns Sonus Faber realy Spills The T does it not? My experience with Sonus Faber is that it mated extremely well with Luxman, Hegel & Plinius. Had my Cremona Auditor, M with a variety of amps and with a Pl... | |
| Audio Cables: All the Same? "Let’s begin with what to avoid—gold is always a good myth to start with. All expensive audio cables on the market and even the cheaper ones will often make a big deal out of “gold plated interconnects” this and that. The reason for this has not... | |
| Tune of the Day Fleetwood Mac, "Songbird" off Rumors & Elton John, "Grey Seal" off Goodbye Yellow Brick Road... actually played GYBR in its entirety - one of those masterpieces that flows perfectly front to back. So good! | |
| Modern Covers of Classics Did this once before and I had about 100 great ones so not gonna list them all again but, how about Vanessa Fernandez, When The Levee Breaks... all Zepplin covers and really pretty cool from a polar opposite artist & presentation. Recorded wel... | |
| Weiss 204 Dac or LTA Audio Aero Dac as an upgrade from Chord Qutest Dac I tried the Weiss and it gave me anxiety, its sooo resolving and precise. Would think if one had an overly tubey/fat setup this DAC might tighten things up however, I also have speakers with metallic tweeters and they need some taming so the Weiss... | |
| McIntosh Sonus Faber love affair, alternatives? I had to move on from all things Sonus Faber... Customer service is the absolute worst. They have a US distributor in MN, Fine Sounds, that is a complete clown car of incompetence and jackassery; just my experience. | |
| Tune of the Day Mother Love Bone - "Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns" off Shine & Jeff Beck Group "Going Down" off Jeff Beck Group | |
| Finding a Bookshelf for Luxman C900U/M900U @laaudionut - "The budget is around $5k -> $7k (secondhand speaker is a great choice)" you gonna let the CE1w/stands go for that... I'm in if you are. | |
| Finding a Bookshelf for Luxman C900U/M900U I'd love to give a set of Wilson Benesch, ARC Carbon a twirl... there's a set here on this site for $5K - make a deal? They are $7K new & sound like they would be a nice fit with you Luxman electronics. | |
| Tune of the Day @slaw... you're pretty much keeping this thread alive these days. I have some time today though. Just put some NOS Brimar 12ax7/4004 tubes in the linestage & wanna give it a twirl. Nils Lofgren Band, "Tender Love" off Every Breath, Gladys Nigh... | |
| Upgrading to a stand alone DAC Mytek, Liberty II... tons of positive reviews online, has balanced out and for $1500 is pretty much impossible to beat. My local guys have a special where you get a set of $300 HiFiman planar headphones with the DAC. It’s a total no-brainer. Just ... | |
| Where to buy Linn LP12 Replacement parts? House of Linn in the UK, www.houseoflinn.com Fast, competitively priced and a solid operation front to back. | |
| Least expensive plug-in power conditioner that works I use a Welborne Labs, Gatekeeper. So much written (mostly negative) about this company but if you have one of their amps, power conditioners/surge protection, etc you know they are each quality pieces. I plug some fairly expensive gear into the G... | |
| Solo streamer My experience and mine alone - I use a Lumin, U1 Mini (has no DAC) fed into a Line Magnetic, LM502ca Tube/SS DAC with extaordinary exotic NOS tubes. I also have a Canor, DAC 2.10 that I’m rolling better tubes into soon but right now, I prefer the ... |