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| Help Identifying Vintage KEF Speakers Hello sidneyr. Is the dealer you bought them from still in business? They may have a detailed reord of the sale. Other long term KEF dealers may be able to help. The insurance company may not need more than the spproximate $$ you bought them for.... | |
| Weak Link in Vinyl Playback Hello owl9113! It could be as simple as cartridge alignmnt in the tone arm. Has it been bumped or been in transit lately? Has it always sounded thin? Could the cartridge be a bit loose in the tone arm? It's worth a try and there's no charge to ... | |
| Magnapan LRS+ VS .7 Hello lrlacosse! As a three time Maggie owner, I assure you the LRS+ is a delightful speaker. To use them close to the wall, hang a carpet, blanket, quilt - something soft and and sound absorbing on the wall behind them. Not any kind of foam. Spa... | |
| Best Receiver? You might try Carver, Emotiva and Integra receivers. Buy them used. A couple hundred bucks will get you a unit that sold for thousands. You can always use the preamp outs to drive a better power amp later on. You will still get the benefit of thei... | |
| A previous discussion included a statement about crossover components. HELLO Peporter! Capacitors come in $0.50, $5, and $50 versions, like wine and cars. Is that surpriing? I hope not. I've bee upgrading passive speaker crossovers for years. My "Best for the Buck" rating is Mundorf MKP (250 volt rating). Delund is... | |
| Sweet Sounding DAC Hello mdrone! Sony made a very sweet sounding DAC/headphone amp, now discontinued. I have tried lots of DACs, have eight at the moment. The Sony beats them all. Model is PHA-3. I got one new, in the box for half price:$500. Very nice smooth sound,... | |
| Questions about Resolving Systems Hi Jay73! Can you hear the singer's breating? Can you hear when the guitar is sightly out of tune. When the Halleluah Chorus really gets going, can you still hear the harpsichord. Do you play an instrument? If so, do recordings of that instrumen... | |
| Thinking of Magnepan ... finally! Hello arafiq! I have owned 3 sets of Maggies and love them dearly. Properly set up, Maggies have bass, but a subwoofer is always a good idea. Cross it over around 80 Hz. If you think of your walls as mirrorr, you will get the idea: angle the mag... | |
| Power Cable for CDP Hello All. Cables (sadly) do make a difference. Snap on ferrite "beads" are available very inexpensively and will prevent high frequency (radio/radar/etc) junk from getting into and out of your gear on the power lines. They can't hurt and may help... | |
| Given an Onkyo Integra M 504 today. Worth keeping? Hello jof! The Integra line is Onkyo's best in audio equipment. The front ends are usually better than the power amp sections. It is likely that this model has preamp outputs. You can use them to drive outboard power amps. I have five systems (an... | |
| What speakers work with low wattage class A amps Hello ahrgef! High effeciency speakers are excellent choices for low watt amps. Zu Audio makes several models. Many DIY designs are very efficient ad inexpensive to build. You can build a pair of 110 db sensivity speakers for under $500. Look for... | |
| ScanSpeak Ellipticor-A50-II (anyone build them?) AS TO: Price diffrences between DIY and "ready made" speakers. The parts cost in a commercial speaker is maybe 20% if you're lucky The workders in the factory must be paid. The building/business must be insured. There are vehicles which must be b... | |
| Is a FLAT response the IDEAL? HI JOHNREAD57! What you like is what's ideal for you. Don't let anyone else make decisions for you. No two people hear the same thing. Our ears are of different shape. The sound you like is the best sound for you. Happy Listening. | |
| An interesting experience with power cable. HELLO SAMUREYEX! CONGRATLATIONS! Your amp has much better power supply garbage filtering circuitry than your DAC has! Many of us (especially wih receivers) benefit enormously with better power cables. Your experience demonstrates that one must t... | |
| Tube amps - what 3 things… Hello mpoll1. Not to be a downer - have you considered the cost of replacing tubes? They do wear out in time and die a natural death. One day the amp is working fine and the next day it isn't. A matched pair of output tubes can set you back over $... |