celtic66
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| Bose buys McIntosh In 1977 Harman accepted an appointment in the Carter administration as Under Secretary of the United States Department of Commerce. Then US law required appointees to have no direct business interests in day-to-day activities. When Harman took off... | |
| Totem Wind - carpet spiking for stability You didn’t cheap out here, so need ante up for stability. Isoacoustic Gaia with carpet spikes (spikes a must) or Townshend Platforms. Done Pay particular attention to weight with Gaia and platform dimensions with Townshend. You’re welcome. Hav... | |
| Should I use Audiopoints under Aerial 10T spikes on hardwood floor? Gaia or Townshend will surpass the performance of spikes alone and negate need for disc protectors. I started with Gaia, ended with Townshend. Gaia very good, Townshend gooder. ATC 50 active. Have fun! | |
| Upgrading my integrated amplifier for my Magnepan 1.7’s Maggies like lots of stable current and lots of damping factor to control the panels. I'm a Luxman fan for those factors. 509X? Best of luck in your quest. | |
| ATC active vs. passive I’ve no experience driving ATC speakers with tube amplification. However, I abandoned tube preamplifiers as they were simply too slow for the speed of the 40As and 50As. This happened with my Manley Jumbo Shrimp, Manley 300B and highly modified ... | |
| ATC active vs. passive ATC 40A was my first active speaker, 3 years ownership. Dynamic, fast attack, nice imaging. Could be an end game transducer. It's that good. Moved to ATC 50A. It is a very different animal. More of all that's great about the 40A. It's quite... | |
| Luxman M-700U Power amp Courage. No experience with that piece, but having owned many Luxman pieces over three decades with nary a glitch or regret. how could you really miss? That piece is post Alpine dumpster fire or whoever owned them for a while, Made in Japan and ... | |
| Amp pairing for ATC SCM11 (v2) The ATCs are not as critical as some, but will benefit from decent stands, stand height and Herbie's Fat Dots placed under the cabinet. You are correct in assessment that non-vented designs interact less with their environment. Perhaps, keep the... | |
| Furutech 4.1 Series Cables - Outstanding Performance and Value Full loom of Furutech DPS 4.1 power cables. They were always quite good, but at 500 hours they all woke up together. It was like oxygen being pumped into the system. Everything opened up: Blacker background, wider sound stage, more dynamics, q... | |
| Puritan 156 Power Cord The Furutech DPS 4.1 has now been in three different reference systems paired with the Puritan 156, replacing the stock power cord. Results always shockingly good and better than the stock PC by miles. | |
| What's my best upgrade options I'll throw my hat in the ring. Working off your desire for "more clarity, more crystal clear detail, maybe lower noise floor". The TT/cart recommendations are spot on. You didn't mention what everything sits on. A Quadraspire SVT stand will cl... | |
| Any real experiences with a Luxman C900u and C10x? Luxman C900u controls my ATC 50 actives. It is quite fast, dynamic and images well. It is fast enough to stay with the actives. Tubes were too slow. I love the sound, it is for me, perhaps not you. The C900u is fed by Weiss 4 channel 501 DAC ... | |
| No More Fake Reviews - So Who’s Gonna Tell Us What To Buy? FTC is brilliant… at rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. Read Lina M. Khan‘s bio. She is a classic study in Ivy League machinery-cog dynamics. With her PhD (Probably hasn’t Done it), she will slay the dragon…of what? Human behavior? What ... | |
| ATC SCM50 (passive) v. Devore O/93 ATC 50 active is simply a screaming deal when you factor in the amp cost/matching as part of the deal and done. And yes, I own them. And yes, I’ve owned enough equipment to fill a Listen Up store. A few things to know: They hate bad recordings. T... | |
| New speakers for a new start? It's like a ride on the Wild Mouse. Fan of active, although I've systems with great passive transducers too. ATC actives are scary good, rub up against the electrostatic quickness without the laser beam effect and are economical considering nega... |