chayro
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| Integrated amp recommendations for Harbeth 30.1 From what you are saying, I recommend something with tone controls. Cuts down your choices, but offers a lot more options when listening. It’s not a sin, believe me. | |
| What would my Rega 25 be worth? I would price it at a little over 50% and let people knock a few bucks off. Believe me, if you priced it at $1.00, people will try to get it for less. | |
| Four Hour Tube Amp Warm-Up When I had my Viva, it was 45 minutes. You could set your watch by it. 4 hours seems long, but who knows. Ask Kevin from Upscale. He’s pretty familiar with that brand so I hear. | |
| Luxman 590AX II Break-In If the entire system is new, how do you know the amp is causing your dissatisfaction? It could be anything. | |
| This can’t be serious??? Check this out at Dedicated Audio I told him we already got one. | |
| Aavik integrated amps … old vs new Are any of these dealer demos that have full warranty? I’m sorry I have no experience with Aavik, as you requested, but I do have experience in trying to get repairs on equipment made overseas without a US repair center. It is not a pleasant expe... | |
| Getting back into venal with a $2,000 budget. This has happened here time and time again. A bunch of geezers front load a newbie with so much information that the newbie throws up his hands and quits. Nobody started vinyl with so much crap and we all managed to survive. Your idea about the re... | |
| Getting back into venal with a $2,000 budget. Do yourself a favor and stretch a bit and get the $1600 Technics with a mofi preamp and let the dealer install a good $500 cartridge. The technics is trouble free and will probably last forever. Also- you will have dealer support, which you absolu... | |
| Morrow Audio 1m MA4 Balanced Interconnect I had some Morrow speaker cables and found the break in process intolerable. I sent them back for the break in service and they were vastly improved. Whenever someone mentions Morrow, I always recommend buying the break in service. At least that w... | |
| From an MHDT to an Audio Mirror, quick impressions @wlutke - would you mind posting an update on the AM? Possibly looking into buying. Thanks. | |
| Hi-end audio is a big zero There used to be more amazing dealers who did single-speaker private demos and would even let you take something home to demo, depending on circumstances of course. There are still some around. But the audiophiles’ ability to shop on the internet ... | |
| Are solo efforts ever better? @bdp24 - I think it’s another case of my not writing clearly enough in my OP. Obviously, there were many artists that broke away from bands and made it big. Hendrix was a backup guitarist for the Isley Bros as I recall. What I was thinking of were... | |
| Are solo efforts ever better? Yeah. MJ did good. I was wrong. Close the thread. | |
| Are solo efforts ever better? @russ69 - good one on Phil Collins. And fast too. Although, strictly speaking, all the others I mentioned were the “stars” of their bands, while Phil was just a sideman with Gabriel and Genesis. | |
| Cen. Grand DSDAC 1.0 (vs Pontus II) There is a lot of stuff on the web about this brand. It looks like like nice stuff, but personally, I like to stick to products with more of a track record. I doubt anyone here has any real experience with it because I’ve never heard it mentioned. |