bigkidz
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| Tubes or Solid State? Send me your MF and I'll upgrade the unit to sound better than anything you can purchase for $1200 and up. Those old units are nice but really nothing special to what an upgrade can do. Next while I agree a separate CD Transport and DAC is supe... | |
| Something other than Harbeth SHL5 Here is the best advise any here can give you. Call Mike O'Keefe at HiFi Direct in Hackensack NJ. He has been in the industry 40 years and has heard and knows everyone. We were just discussing this topic during the week. He has a pair of mo... | |
| What can beat Wilson XVX for less money? It all comes down to preference. Here is what I would purchase if I was looking for a pair of speakers today. The Dynamikks re $20K and the next model up is $30K. They are open, dynamic, have details, slam, and are musical. Easy to drive. Jus... | |
| CD TRANSPORT THAT MAKES AN AUDIBLE DIFFERENCE I own an older two chassis Metronome, Audiomeca Mephisto II, and have owned CEC Tl-5100 and TL5 all used as transports. The Audiomeca was the best of the bunch for overall musicality. The Metronome was also very nice just a tad warmer. Unfortun... | |
| Some famous reviewers have atrocious listening rooms! @jayctoy - once you hear Fremer's set-up then you know exactly what he hears with his system and basically what he describes is what he actually hears. BUT otherwise the cat is out of the bag. AND if you actually notice, none of the speakers are... | |
| What is your experience with amp power? @mulveling - yes if you read all of the posts, there are plenty of inaccurate statements regarding power and sound quality. It is not my opinion but there is plenty of designs that prove this. As my partner in my company that manufacturers tube... | |
| What is your experience with amp power? To be honest, there are a lot of inaccurate statements in this thread. I am guessing that only a few people here know design and have experience in building an audio component. For example, a lesser power amp sound as good as a more powerful pow... | |
| Connectors from cross-overs to drivers question Just get a decent soldering iron and solder away. Just don't leave it on the terminals too long. I doubt you will hear a difference though. Soldering is not that hard even for nimrods like us! | |
| What is your experience with amp power? Power has nothing to do with sound quality. If that were true, then anyone could make a high powered amplifier. Comments about power and headroom are completely false. Power has really nothing to do with headroom. And higher power sounds bette... | |
| Grimm MU1 Streamer - Really "The Best"? @johnah5 - could not agree more. I wish I had a dime every time I heard these statements. In the NYC area we have heard so much gear and we all scratch our heads every time someone brings a unit of some kind by for a listen and walks away with n... | |
| Looking For Established Person / Company That Repairs & Upgrades Amplifiers in the NY/NJ I'm in northern New Jersey - Boonton. Been repairing/upgrades/modifications/rebuilds for 20 plus years. Come by for a listen in our listening room. We also manufacturer our own products. Plenty of references if you want them. We typically do ... | |
| Why does it take so long to get stuff? yeah ProAc is having delays right now | |
| Thinking about getting some bookshelf/standmount speakers Dynaudio 20is. Great sounding room filling and easy to drive. There is a mint pair being offered now on us audiomart I didn't check to see if they were listed on Agon. Get them and you will never look back. The I version is a pretty newer model. | |
| What's A Good Upgrade From A Manley Steelhead? You just send it to me to upgrade the unit. We did one last year which came out stellar. PM me if you want and I can see if the guy who we did it for will speak to you. His was a basic upgrade. We could have taken it to a entire better level. ... | |
| Cary Audio CD 306 SACD player (non Pro version) @granyring thanks but my partner Karl has a masters in electronics. He has repaired components that other so called repair people have given up on. Since he is a designer and not just a electronics tech person. But we don't know until we get... |