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| The heat of tubes... Just use some large chunks of block ice as amp stands! | |
| Any Alon Lotus owners in NYC????? Actually, if you bought his Lotus Elite demos I listened to them! Great speakers; i just had too much glass for the bi-polar setup. You'll love'em. | |
| Any Alon Lotus owners in NYC????? Brian is top class. Very nice guy and very helpful. His "store" here in the Bay area was in his home. You made an appt and had all the time you wanted (though never overstayed his generosity). Great for tubes and high-efficiency speakers, and some... | |
| Any Alon Lotus owners in NYC????? One of the Acarian dealers in California is moving to Florida! St. Cecelia Sound Gallery. Great guy! | |
| Tri-Vista SACD, what do you think? The latest Gramophone classical music magazine gave it a rave review, both for redbook and SACD. I have not heard it myself and have no interest in tempting myself. | |
| Avalon's "Symbol": Good As "Other" $3500 Spks?? I heard these the other day at a local dealer's recommendation. I had gone in asking about higher end Avalon speakers, something like the Arcus. The Symbol did not give me the sound I was expecting to hear. I had heard that Avalons are extremely g... | |
| Help to pick redbook player I would recommend the Marantz SA-8260, good with redbook and good with SACD. Around $900 new, used for less, but they're hard to find used. The Arcam is supposed to be good. I had a Planet 2000 and it was a bit laid back for my taste. I also have ... | |
| Speakers/Cables to go w/ Audio Aero and McIntosh I use Audience Au24 interonnects (balanced and unbalanced) and speaker cables in my Mcintosh system. To my ears they are perfect. They are very, very good, but the "perfect" label is applied because they are small and easy to manage. At about a mi... | |
| Power Consumption idle Refrigerators are the single largest electrical consumer in the house. You might want to check the efficiency of your current model. It might have a leak or somehting. Your stereo should not be the culprit of your high bill. I had a Pass Aleph cla... | |
| Speakers with outboard cross-overs? Alon Lotus Elite Signatures. Slightly more than $7500, but very highly regarded. | |
| McIntosh C2200 Pre-Amp I have the C2200 too and really love it. It is clean, quiet and easy to use (lots of features, but user friendly). | |
| I can't stop listening on my headphones. Stax is not out of business. | |
| McIntosh 6900 Several people have commented here that there is virtually no difference in sound between the separates and the integrated. I had the 6900 and upgraded to the tubed separates. This upgrade led to a clear improvement. If you're deciding between the... | |
| Looking for Tube Preamp with Phono and Headphone The Mcintosh C2200 fits your bill. | |
| Tuner vs Satellite Radio Depending on where you live there may still be good local stations -- typically college radio, NPR, and classical stations, possibly some jazz stations. FM tuners are still fun. I like the vintage tuners. Mine is a Tandberg 3011A that's been clean... |