bgross
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| 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 ... | |
| Recommend an MC cartridge I mean a Koetsu, Rosewood would be my endgame... | |
| Help me build out my first system Why don't you call a reputable dealer and speak to them. Share your system goals and see what they can put togther on your budget. TMR, Holt Hill Audio, Upscale Audio amongst others get mentioned here on this site for a reason. They have knowledge... | |
| Lumen streamer operation question Make sure you're running the newest version of the Lumin app... I'm on version 9.2.6 as of 7/3/2024. Can always go to the Lumin compiled list after you have run trough the playlist once. It should continuously play from there. GL | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Patterson Hood, Heat Lightning Rumbles In The Distance - so good... | |
| That Transformational piece of Gear We All Wish For Upgraded the 12au7 tubes on my Line Magnetic DAC. It was an excellent performer with the self branded LM Chinese tubes but when I swapped in a pair of La Radiotechnique 12au7wa it went next level. Still amazed by how rolling in a couple of excepti... | |
| Tune of the Day The Decemberists, "Dont Carry It All" off The King Is Dead - Alt Country/Brit Folk Revival at it's finest... this really is my lane lately |