celtic66
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| Top Ten "Definitions of an Audiophile" The joyful pursuit of orchestrating just the right balance of components in the expectation of providing a balanced reasonable facsimile of a performance. | |
| best vintage stereo receiver Luxman 1120 A. A beast with plenty of stable current, lots of inputs and a great tuner. This will run alongside the Accuphase receivers. Only thing to give pause is the idiot push-pin speaker wire connectors.I had mine internally bridged (pream... | |
| $40,000: What 2-channel system would you build? Digital only at full retail.Quadraspire Reference X 3 shelf $ 5,400Naim Uniti Core music server 2,800Nordost Valhalla 1 digital cable ... | |
| ACT SCM 40 VII Speakers, anyone listening? I'm sure you mean ATC loudspeakers. Very serious kit with the ability to reproduce about anything. Would not be too concerned about their specifications (48Hz). This is a very controlled bass response in the control of the correct amplifier.The... | |
| Tube Amps With Good Bass Qualities miostyn I got lost with the subwoofer reference and tube amps. The OP made no reference to that. I've owned several subwoofers, mostly JL and of course all are solid state amplifier driven. To your point of driving subs with tube amps you are ... | |
| Modifying a Merlin Master RC Network Richard at sigsound.com is probably the resident expert having worked with Bobby for years and now, to my understanding, stocking NOS drivers and networks. | |
| Tube Amps With Good Bass Qualities Manley Labs Mahi Mahi or Snappers with upgraded tubes. Mahi are a bit quicker with EL-84 tubes. Snappers are fuller and more powerful with EL-34 tubes. Tube costs are reasonable for replacement/upgrade and they are quite reliable. | |
| Possible new integrated amp for my new Focal Kanta's +1 stereo5. Trolls anyway, randomly stating nonsensical dribble. Live with them until they are broken in and then consider what to do. Dealer may be absolutely correct or very very wrong. | |
| Where do I start!?! Tough spot. You are emotionally invested and really have no viable real estate to wrestle this monster into. Recommendation would be to sell the mono blocks and the speakers as they overwhelm the space and cannot sonically optimize it.If you lik... | |
| Speaker Spikes and related items.... Ante up for the Isoacoustics Gaia footers. Simply amazing. Several reviews can be found on this forum. | |
| Bookshelf speakers for classical music New, Focal Chorus 706 bookshelf. Not the most refined, but decent enough with front port. Used, small Spendors. Up the ante and some small floor stander Spendors. Used Rega monitor or small floor standers. | |
| Which power cords help ameliorate digital glare/grain/digititus? If you have this thing, then can we not get rid of the thing making the bad thing?The core of problem solving is always correctly identifying the real problem and removing it. Otherwise, a series of bandaids follows in attempts to herd the proble... | |
| Speaker wants 100 watt RMS. Is 40 watt tube OK? I rest my case. Mahi Mahi mono blocks are so good. And Manley Labs is correct.....Tubes Rule! Never had a doubt. Now you can play the tube rolling game with Upscale Audio. It is mind blowing how different these amps sound with tube and power ... | |
| Speaker wants 100 watt RMS. Is 40 watt tube OK? Several have made accurate observations. However, too much talk about how loud. What about how the Mahi Mahi sound?! I've run them for years and tube rolled them to their pinnacle performance. They've run Merlins, SA, Epos 11, Reference 3A and... | |
| Help with picking new integrated for under 3k Used Sugden A21SE Class A integrated will easily drive what you have. The Duelund speaker wire matches well with this amplifier. Don't let the 30wpc fool you as they are substantial. It is a ballsy amp. And it is very quick which matches well ... |