c123666
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| budget amplification - what to get? I will be boxing up my Parasound system soon for sale. All original boxes, everything works fine (preamp has never had any reliability issues other than a pushbutton required replacement once. Parasound fixed it overnight.). I want to get somethin... | |
| Too many boxes I have found that after a few years the boxes start to dry out and literally fall apart with continued use. To combat this horrible thing I have taken to using large plastic garbage bags to place the boxes inside and then seal them airtight. This ... | |
| Anyone remember the "Elcassette"? There is at least one website devoted to elcassette technology and its history. I believe that the whole bloody mess was eventually marketed somewhere in Scandinavia (not sure..Norway, maybe?). I think there were some Teac consumer Elcaset decks m... | |
| Speaker Wire Help You might care to review this article written by the former McIntosh Laboratories engineer on the topic of speaker wire; quite interesting.http://www.sundial.net/~rogerr/wire.htmThis compares, with measurements and blind listening tests, various s... | |
| Help with TT recommendations. the nottingham innerspace table/arm combination is a nice piece for a retail item as is the vpi aries scout/arm combo. The Aries scout w/o arm is less than a grand but backordered last time I looked; find it and put an origin live rb250 arm | |
| Quality Bookshelf Speakers spendor 2/3, 3/5audio note ank/l | |
| HT processor recommendation There are only two digital outs on the DVD player; toslink and RCA/coax. There is no dedicated dolby digital output (there IS a dedicated AC3 digital output on my pioneer laserdisc player but that is another conversation). I am aware of the Paraso... | |
| I have some regrets selling... Miss my precision fidelity C7 preamp..cannot remember how I disposed of that; college days. | |
| Amplification for Denon 3802 for 2-ch listening A six channel amp provides the ability to utilize a totally passive subwoofer and utilize the internal crossover for most processors. I set up a friend with an early 90's McIntosh HT2 subwoofer and it is powered by a channel from his Parasound HCA... | |
| Audiogon "RECORDINGS TO DIE FOR" list I have a record titled "Sugarloaf Express" released by JVC. It is a direct to disk record and was purchased around 1980. It has Lee Ritenour, Patrice Rushen, Abraham Laboriel, Dave Grusin, and Harvey Mason. Good music and fantastic sound. I've nev... | |
| Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive? 1984 Mercedes 300TD with a middle of the road alpine am/fm/cd player.... | |
| Best efficient speaker for the money. A relatively flat impedance curve is a Wonderful Thing when driving a speaker with a low powered SET amp. The Audio Note speakers are specified to operate between 6 and 8 ohms; ie, not below 6 ohms. Most tube amps love that sort of impedance range... | |
| I finally got a Mcintosh amp None of the newer amps will sound as sweet as a mc225 in top operatins condition with good NOS tubes in it; period. They will play louder and look way cool but that is not really the point. As for buying them simply for collecting; prefer to do th... | |
| Is High End Cable Really Worth It and What Brand I suggest you read the following site written by Roger Russell of McIntosh on speaker wire. McIntosh did extensive testing on speaker wire some time back and answered quite a few questions. Here is the link:http://www.sundial.net/~rogerr/wire.htmI... | |
| I finally got a Mcintosh amp If you want a nice McIntosh try a MC 225 amp. One can be had for about a grand. You will probably want to spend some money having some things upgraded like caps. I owned one and replaced it with an Audio Note amp. I am sorry I sold the mc 225, tho... |