celtic66
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| Cables – Speaker as well as interconnects – ugghh Agreed. The cable thing can be exhausting. Could fill a wooden crate with all the cables I've owned. Just do the Signal Cable Ultra Cables thing and be happy. They are truly that good. Use the money you save to travel out of state. | |
| Budget receiver/integrated amp for Cornwall III's? Audio Refinement Complete integrated. Very close to budget and an overlooked piece. 50WPC should be enough for that efficiency. | |
| DUPLEX RECEPTACLES YOUR EXPERIENCE I use Oyaide R1 and am a sceptic all the way.....but they really do work. Hate the Dark Arts of all this. Blacker background, bit more open. | |
| need your help again............. Kimber Kable. Kimber line is at least consistent. Pay more, get more. Audioquest is not. Should consider the Signal Cable and MAC lines also. I've enjoyed decades of playing with cables and these two are very cost effective. | |
| small amp For a kitchen just do an Onkyo or Denon all-in-one. Certainly sound as good as the Nikko. | |
| Speaker cable made in USA? Believe Signal Cable may be added to the list. | |
| Big Blue Tenor Sax Gene Ammons, Stanley Turrentine, Illinois Jacquet, Ben Weber, Lester Young. As far as the recordings quality, sometimes it's the music that reigns supreme. Illinois has recorded some on Analogue Audio and that sounds great. Old CTI for Stanley. Be... | |
| Going down Need help with cheap integrated amp Investigate the Arcam Alpha 8r and the Cambridge 340A. The Arcam is definitely better and there is one listed for $350 obo here on A'gon. I've owned the Cambridge and it is great for the money but will not have that Arcam sound which will be stron... | |
| What amp to improve upon a Sugden? Why not consider the Sugden A21SE used? I've owned one for a couple of years and it's great. Fewer watts....but it's continuous Class A. I've owned Epos 11 and listened extensively to Epos 14s so I know the sound. I've taken my Sugden to various s... | |
| Tube audio under $900? Bottlehead and Decware. So overlooked small manufacturers with no advertising budget and stellar product. | |
| Bah Humbug-Bad Christmas Music Added yet another great Christmas album, Etta James "The 12 Songs of Christmas". There is great Christmas music out there if you avoid mainstream. I own "Jazzy Christmas" with Dexter Gordon, Branford Marsalis and others each doing their own tracks... | |
| Receiver with no phono input: Solutions? The inputs; tape, aux1, aux2, etc. or however they are labeled on the back should be all the same as far as impedence. A phono preamp does only two things differently than these imputs-RIAA curve correction which means it corrects for a very non f... | |
| El cheapo sleeper amps.... Luxman L-3,L-5. Low powered but sweet. | |
| Man between two eras Receivers and small integrateds used to be my crack. I consumed them by the dozens during the 80s. I settled on favorites such as the Luxmans, Tandbergs and Yamahas. My fave remains the Luxman 1120A receiver. Owned one for years and had a tech byp... | |
| A 'First' System for my Son Audioengine A5 powered speakers. Provide iPod and done. |