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| Your Forever Pieces? What and Why? Oldest would be my Pioneer SX750 receiver, bought new in 1976. Was in use until a few years ago. Still not going anywhere. That $315 doesn't sound like much today, but it was back then to a teenager making $4/hour.It's replacement two years ago wa... | |
| One Only Please- Your Favorite Track from which album and Artist please Firstnot, I’m not familiar with Laura Fygi, I’ll have to check her out. Here's another for you -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuanbnnzXQ4 | |
| One Only Please- Your Favorite Track from which album and Artist please Over the Rainbow - Eva Cassidy | |
| Greatest debut album A lot of great ones so far. I'll throw one out there. Dire Straits. | |
| Please tutor me on some integrated amp basics. Mike, these won't bankrupt you, and will set a standard for any high-priced offerings you care to audition later.https://silversonic.com/products/speaker-cables/q-10-signature/ | |
| Please tutor me on some integrated amp basics. Here's another option in that same price range for a tonearm cable. I don't have one, but my speaker cables & interconnects are from DH Labs, and I like them a lot.https://silversonic.com/products/phono-cables/dimension-phono-cable/ | |
| Please tutor me on some integrated amp basics. Mike, anything reasonable won’t be an issue. You’ll have to look for it, but I had some Belden plenum-rated braided wire that was great. Basically, zip-wire on steroids. Bought it originally for some low-voltage wiring, used the remainder short-te... | |
| Please tutor me on some integrated amp basics. Mike, get the amp & speakers up and running, break them in for a few weeks with some basic cable & connectors. Then start changing things systematically. Otherwise, you'll really have no idea if you're making a worthwhile improvement, or n... | |
| Please tutor me on some integrated amp basics. Personally, I'd discard the idea that your cables should be x% of your system, at least to start. Put some hours on the new amp & speakers. | |
| Please tutor me on some integrated amp basics. Mike, enjoy that amp. Lift with your legs, not your back. You might take a look at DH Labs for cables & interconnects. | |
| Please tutor me on some integrated amp basics. There’s a used L-509X listed here now for $6495/make offer. This is Luxman’s brand new top of the line A/B integrated, $9500 new. Obviously, it’s your money, Mike. It looks brand new.https://www.stereophile.com/content/luxman-l-509x-integrated-amp... | |
| Please tutor me on some integrated amp basics. Luxman's lowest end integrated was built in China, and considerably cheaper. That was a few years back, and I don't know anymore about it.https://onahighernote.com/shop/integrated-amps/luxman-l-350aii-pure-class-a-integrated-amp/ | |
| Please tutor me on some integrated amp basics. I only have a sample of one, so my input can't be worth much, but I certainly wouldn't describe my Luxman as "warm". | |
| Please tutor me on some integrated amp basics. Mike, I understand what you're saying about not wanted to buy used, but I'll still throw this out there. My amp was $10,000 new, something I could not have justified as a purchase. So I looked at the used offerings until I found one that was prist... | |
| Please tutor me on some integrated amp basics. New or used, my only point is that the Class A Luxman amps aren't nearly the low-powered pieces that the official specs indicate. I can't compare them to other brands, I don't have the broad experience with lots of other gear that so many others h... |