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| Speakers on floor? I agree with Kal. I have tried many of the tweaks advocated by Mapleshade, and my experience has been less than positive.I have tried may different speakers on the floor, albeit with thick cutting boards underneath and not Mapleshade products. No ... | |
| Best speaker in the US $ 30-45.000,00 range Buy USED! Allow someone else take the depreciation hit on the new gear. Most guys that buy high end gear baby it anyway, so you can look at it as receiving a substantial savings for allowing someone else to break in your gear. | |
| Quality tube amp below $1k? Are you considering new only, or is used OK. There is a ton of great stuff available for under $1K.Can you be more specific re: your requirements: power amp only or integrated? Integrated phoino stage or no? PP or SET? Power rating? Remote? | |
| How a turntable is like a gym membership I enjoy digital music for casual listening, as in background music while cooking dinner or when guests are visiting. But when I listen to music for myself it is almost always vinyl. It's a more organic and satisfying experience for me; from both a... | |
| Audio Note Step up transformers I have owned an Audio Note AN-S2, and I have used an AN-S4. The S2 was an older unit and was good, but not great IMHO. The S4 was a more recent unit and was very, very good. Much more detailed and coherent.Neither was as good as the Choir Audio SU... | |
| Tips for buying used Vinyl needed I seek out and listen to mono recordings for the same reason I look for 78s - there is a large body of music available in these formats that you just won't find on stereo recordings. But unlike most 78s, mono LPs actually sound great. But in order... | |
| Tips for buying used Vinyl needed This thread should become a sticky - there are a lot of good tricks and tips that have been mentioned so far. My 2 cents worth is:1- Universally, the worst LPs as a class are rock & roll; especially "classic rock". It's so bad that I won't eve... | |
| CAV-50 and 804 Diamonds The CJ CAV-50 is a wonderful, sweet little integrated amp. As you suspect, however, it is not a good match for the B&W 804s. If you love your speakers you will need a new amp, and that probably means SS to mate well with the 804s. What kind of... | |
| Audionote Soro SE, or cheaper single-ended? I have an Oto SE, and in my opinion it is a pretty warm sounding amp out of the box. Mullard EL84s will sound warmer than the stock tubes, but IMHO there is also a loss of the pleasant clarity and timbre or grain to the music.I have tried new tube... | |
| Yamamoto A-08S and Audio Note ANe ...I did mean to say that it is not the right /best amp for the AN speakers and not that it is low end in sound.Glory - fine, except for the fact that this is what you originally said: Why would you want to run such a cheap/low end amp on the AN s... | |
| My Final Choices For New Amp - Need Your Help Here's another option I'm sure that you have already considered: lose the amp altogether and substitute Meridian DS speakers for your Silverlines.It's a different sound to be sure, but I find the DS5xxx speakers are very neutral and can be tuned t... | |
| Conrad-Johnson Premier PV 14 or Juicy Music Xtreme I have good experience with the PV-14 and only had a short session with the Juicy. I would say that the PV-14 exceeds the Extreme in almost all respects: sonically, build quality and support. | |
| Yamamoto A-08S and Audio Note ANe Glory,The OP said YAMAMOTO, as in Yamamoto Sound Craft. Not cheap, and definately not low end. | |
| Yamamoto A-08S and Audio Note ANe I have not heard or tested a Yamamoto amp, but from looking at the specs for the A-O8S I would say yes. But how well it will work for you will ultimately depend on your room size, how loud you play music and what type of music you will listen to. | |
| Now that "Black Gates" are no longer available, I have used a variety of caps with audio projects for several years, and while I can say that there are differences I will also say that the differences are largely overblown, over-hyped or just plain inaccurate IMHO.Having said that, I will also ... |