boxcarman
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| Too much power? The maggie 1.7 is a fine speaker, but you need at least 150 watts to drive them to their potential. I moved up to the 3.7's and they sound better with 250 watts. | |
| DAC league table I, too, am considering a new DAC. The EISA award for this category was a Musical Fidelity unit that sells for $2199. I have a CD play from MF circa 1998 and it has a way to make even bad CD's sound great. I would love to audition it if there wa... | |
| Vinyl record cleaning I use a Record Doctor with Mofi Superwash. The records sound about the same, but boy, do they shine! | |
| If there was only ONE album/cd/release you can listen to, over and over............. I would go bonkers if I had only one album to listen to. Anybody watch "Groundhog day" where the clock/radio played "I got you babe"every day? Yeah, yeah, yeah. | |
| What am I missing? I have to give a slight edge to modern CD's over streaming CD quality files. 24/96 is usually a step up, and anything higher rez is overdone, IMO. Most of my older CD's [pre 2000] are OK in the car, but a no-go in my system. | |
| Best Amps for Magneplanar 1.7i Speakers You want a minimum of 150 watts to sound decent. More is better. Like 250. | |
| My Amp is good but probably the weak point Klipsch is big on volume and sensitivity, more so than a beautiful, accurate sound. Hard for me to recommend a specific brand, there are so many to choose from and too many variables such as room size and amplifier power. But it sure helps to go... | |
| To upgrade, or not to upgrade, that is the question I have a Bel Canto E1 streamer running into Hegel H360 integrated, Maggie 3.7's and Velodyne sub DD12. I am pretty happy the with the SQ, just wondering if screwing around with internet connections would be worth looking into. I see once ag... | |
| The big Gensis are back, but what about Arion? Whichever you choose, Linestage speakers rule, as long as you have the space to let them breathe .Some of the best I heard at Axpona were linestages. They beat some of the megabuck speakers I heard. | |
| Open Baffle Experience #carlsbad. I too was intrigued be the EP features [no box to distort sound]. So at a show I heard them set up in a hotel room. Hmmm. Maybe they were not set up properly, but I was not impressed at all. The sound coming out of the front was OK ... | |
| Dedicated Electrical Use a 20 amp breaker fuse and put nothing else on that line, Hopefully you have an unused slot in the breaker box..... | |
| I keep being reminded of how much power cords mater @millercarbon I see a company offering "upgrade DC power supply wall warts". Would these also make a difference on a turntable or phonostage? | |
| Looking for subwoofer recommendations I recommend a sealed box design. You get better control over the cone [surround] for quicker response and accuracy. | |
| Has something gone wrong @ Stereophile? AD has passed on, God bless him. MF has retired. | |
| Why do so many sellers take offense to offers on their listings? Have any of you ever used "stereobuyers"? Full page ad in Stereophile. I am trying to sell My Vincent hybrid 150 Watt integrated which retailed for $2000 when I bought it. I was expecting $800 to $1000 for it as it is in Primo condition. They ... |