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| Wadia 171 iTransport & Speakers Maggies can sound dry and lifeless when driven by low powered amps. What is your power source (amp)? | |
| 3 channel stereo music processor If you are looking to acquire an entire new system from the ground up, Meridian's Trifield technology provides about the best "stereo" sound I have ever heard, from an imaging perspective. I don't know if they still offer this on their new (and ex... | |
| Integrated or Amp/Preamp combo for Magnepan 1.7 If it were me, I would consider a used Accuphase or Mcintosh integrated. These two will sound very different; which one sounds better will be up to your ears. I'm not a Mac guy, but when I have heard Mac integrated models w/ autoformers and Maggie... | |
| How would you rate Luxman Turntable PD121 or PD272 I second everything posted above, except that I have had better luck with the mid-to-high end DD units than with the belt drive 3xx models.PD-121/131PD-441/444/555 | |
| Which is REALLY the best Conrad Johnson Preamp Are you including full preamps with phono sections or only line stages w/o phono? Tube or SS?I have owned and had long-term listening experience with several CJ preamps, but I cannot say that I have heard or could rate them all. There was a large ... | |
| Budget Chinese Tube amps - any good? Chiming in on this well-worn thread: I don't see any reason to buy Chinese made products and support their trade policies and our trade imbalance with them. This is not mainly a question of quality (although there is that concern, in my mind), but... | |
| Nottingham Space Deck Owners....Again Please On all of the Nott tonearms that I have ever used, the headshell is simply press fitted into the carbon fiber armtube and will rotate. It is not easy to get it right, and it's hard to avoid using too much leverage and substantially twisting the da... | |
| TubeGuru amps from Hungary? Short answer: unless something has changed over the last year, walk away.Long answer: I was looking into these amps about a year ago with the thought of possibly becoming a dealer. Although the web site is a complete mess, the story is intriguing:... | |
| tekton vs. audionotes I am a big fan of Audio Note E/J/K speakers, and believe that they provide a certain synergistic sound with SET amps; especially AN units. Are they expensive? I guess some would say so, but I think that the entry level of the E and J lines are pre... | |
| "Brand New"...I don't think so As someone who has sold, and tried to sell, brand new items I will argue that you are damned either way. If you list an item with a picture of a sealed box, buyers are going to insist on seeing a picture of the actual item. And if you open the box... | |
| Upgrade From Systemdek IVe I owned an Aries 1 TT for years, and still believe that it is one of the best decks ever designed. The heavy platter/spindle system was a model of mass loaded simplicity. I sold it because I grew to dislike the JMW tonearm; more specifically, to d... | |
| Ideas on speaker like Magnepan but with high WAF In light of some of the humorous suggestions above (ET LFT-8, seriously???) I would offer that you need to apply a little psychology to the situation.When a married man hears his wife say something like "Gee honey, those speakers are awfully big" ... | |
| Sutherland PHD I owned a PH3D and have used a PH3 in my system. I enjoyed both of them, and I still regret selling the 3D. It was an excellent phono stage for the price.I have limited, experience with the Steelhead but found it to be a extremely well built unit.... | |
| French Speakers? I am a big fan of the French sound. I own or have owned speakers from the best known French speaker manufacturers: Focal (JM Labs), Triangle and JM Reynaud. Focal can probably be considered the most mainstream the three, with several product lines... | |
| HELP FedEx Mangles Speakers - Refuses Claim From years of experience in shipping many turntables, amps and speakers, I will agree that there is no substitute for the original packing material, especially form fitting styrofoam isolation. But that is seldom at hand for speakers or vintage ge... |