celtic66
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| Integrated amp recommendations for Harbeth 30.1 Run a Luxman 509X with ATC 20 passives (85db) sealed cabinet. This is a rather challenging monitor to drive properly. The Luxman runs them with aplomb. Full control and dynamics. Used price is around 7K. Best of luck on your journey. Cheers | |
| Review of Chris' Duelund RCA cables 1m Best to contact through his @ctromeo87 I would guess. I'm not sponsoring, just reporting. Cheers | |
| World's Best Stereo System ?... @phoneman33 I am truly non-sarcastically happy for your find for you. However, it feels a bit like a James May pedantic vortex. Hope you enjoy the wit in that. I do so love James May. In total agreement that so many with so little have just ... | |
| World's Best Stereo System ?... I've nothing to add. Oh, wait. I just did. | |
| Weiss 501 DAC After running the Weiss 501 DAC for over a year, Tom at Big Ear in Tempe suggested as good as the Weiss is as a standalone, it could use some help from a quality preamp. So, with unchecked sanity, I plugged in a Luxman C900u and he is/was correct... | |
| Review ATC SCM20PSL monitors 50 hours listening ATC SCM20PSL monitors now with 200 hrs. playing time on them, evolving with further help from Sound Anchor stands (thank you Tom from The Big Ear) and Herbie's Fat Dots. Damn they are heavy! The stands, not the dots. The stands and dots cleaned... | |
| Bookshelf speakers that pair well with Decware ZMA Talk to Steve D. about his transducers. | |
| Under my tower speakers -- Isoacoustics Gaia, other options? @hilde45 Yes, the Gaia work quite well doing all they need do. For lots more money it's the Townshend. If on carpet/rug the carpet spikes used in conjunction improved the sound as much as the footers. Really a weird affect to me. | |
| Vintage amplifier specifications 2 ohm impedance was the threshold for most designs of that vintage. Even the original NAD 3020 would tolerate 2 ohm until driven hard and smoked. Unsound is correct about big iron. Include Yamaha, Accuphase, GAS and Luxman. | |
| Under my tower speakers -- Isoacoustics Gaia, other options? Gaia footers do everything well. I've used them under 2 different pairs of towers: ATC 40 and ATC 50 actives. In both cases attack, dynamics, space around voices/instruments improved. Noise level dropped, hence a blacker background. Well wort... | |
| Boz Scaggs Silk Degrees Blu-Spec II tomcy6 Agreed. It's a crapshoot at times. Boz's self-professed trilogy of A Fool to Care, Out of the Blues and Memphis is great with terrific production quality on all three plus real blues. I like Silk Degrees for what it is and do not preten... | |
| "Best" 80's HiFi System Oracle turntable with SME arm Dynavector Ruby cartridge Luxman 1120A receiver Spender BC 1 monitors with original stands Nakamichi Dragon cassette I could still listen to this system and enjoy it immensely. | |
| Is there a remedy? If it for sure is cabinet/driver/wire buzz then the suggestions are competent. I experienced an omnidirectional buzz for weeks. Turned out it was a ceiling heating vent. Dampened it with poster putty. Best of luck solving. Cheers | |
| Cheapest but good cables…. holmz Better be good wire. Just ordered 24' of it. Should be fun. Thanks for info. | |
| Which Line Level, Balanced Preamplifier? Sugden LA 4. Brilliant kit that will set things afire with speed and impact. No syrup here. Rich but not lush. Great sound stage. The Brits do this one right. |