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| Omega speakers -- mostly sold out, all the time? The posted "sold" speakers are examples of what can be ordered. I have a pair of his SAM monitors. He occasionally builds a pair to sell off his site but I wanted mine in a birdseye maple veneer. The work is excellent and the wait is not long for ... | |
| Speakers for 2nd System! A pair of Omega Super Alnico Monitors (95dB) and a powered sub might be exactly what you are looking for. Omega Super 3 High Output monitors (97.5 dB) might also be a good HE choice. | |
| Cayin, Line Magnetic, and Willsenton with 805 Feedback @bannon I am happy with the R8, but it is not the amp I bought (AMZ). I did about 3/4 of the Skunkie mods, upgrading the signal path capacitors and resistors and swapping out the stock choke. I left the mains voltage switch stock and same for the... | |
| Cayin, Line Magnetic, and Willsenton with 805 Feedback I have the Willsenton R8, the model modified in the series on Skunkie Designs Electronics Youtube channel. The "critical" mod is a bias board pot resistor bypass to prevent a potentiometer wiper failure leaving the circuit wide open and causing th... | |
| How large (or small) is the audiophile market? Like it or not, the torch-bearer for high-grade audio, in the U.S. anyway, is Magnolia. It is a gateway to 2-channel systems. The web is the road to other dealers representing higher-end or rarer equipment. Audio shows might offer exposure if you... | |
| What happened to Yamaha electronics? I just looked at their site and nothing appears to have changed recently. Their top-end preamp and amp are there and their large range of 2-channel integrateds are there, as are their audio receivers (N2000, et al.) and their TTs. High end disc pl... | |
| How large (or small) is the audiophile market? The market probably isn't growing uniformly. HT is probably doing better than high-end 2-channel. Many don't see that as "audiophile" but the truth is that many people entering the market of audiophile products have started in HT. More esoteric m... | |
| Need New amp or integrated...have some options A budget figure might help the discussion. My vote on class D is the Peachtree Carina GaN. 200W. Has a DAC. Lovely sound. Very accommodating footprint and would have generally high WAF. Not a 2-pair speaker amp, though. $3K. But you are setting a... | |
| Unusual countries for audio gear Gano: The company is Austrian, HQ in Vienna, their production of electronics is in Slovakia. | |
| Unusual countries for audio gear Mexico: Margules audio: tube and ss amps, speakers Serbia (mentioned above): NAT amps, unusual designs Slovakia: ProJect electronics Poland: Feliks Audio (electronics), Closer Acoustics (speakers) Finland: Amphion, Genelec | |
| How much power needed to drive 91db speakers? I regularly drive a pair of JBL 4349s (91dB) with either a Sugden A21 SE Signature (30W class-A solid state) an an AR i/50 (50W push-pull tube, class AB). No issues with either having plenty of power. | |
| Should I buy another flat screen now while they are still relatively cheap? When I was house hunting a few years back (7-8 yrs), many homes were "conveying" whatever wall-mounted flat screens were used by the sellers. The resolution improvements in flat screens and costs of replacements made removal an undesirable prospe... | |
| Any thoughts about the RR-888 Do two make any difference vs one? When you operate two, are they connected in some way as to be in phase with each other? If they are in phase, does that matter, and how? Is this a subsonic "noise" reduction system? | |
| Has McIntosh Ever Decreased Prices (on new equipment)? They might have promotions, buy this and get something extra, but the unwritten rule of premium-priced products is that MSRP never goes down. Price cuts do damage to the brand, signal market weakness and devalue used gear, all bad. | |
| OT: Espresso machines Olympia also uses smaller portafilters (49mm for the Cremina and 54mm for the Maximatic). Both are relatively simple and durable machines capable of excellent results. They aren't cheap, but they are all-metal and built to a standard met by few ot... |