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| 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... | |
| FYI - Harman To Acquire B&W, Denon, Polk And Marantz From Masimo In $350 Million Deal Maybe the time to take a good offer with winds of tariffs blowing. Samsung seems like a company with a long view. | |
| OT: Espresso machines Espresso is definitely the cheaper hobby. A TOTL "home" machine, a LaMarzocco GS3 as an example, is far from cheap and takes up some kitchen counter real estate, but as a daily-use device costs less than an average home 2-channel system. Of course... | |
| OT: Espresso machines I have used several "prosumer" machines over the last 25 years, a Rancilio Miss Sylvia HX to a Quick Mill Andreja Premium HX to an Olympia Maximatic (HX) to a LaMarzocco Linea Micra. The most compact with the best performance was the Olympia, it f... | |
| DAC 'Scam' Vid If you believe this is true, what then? If you believe it isn't true, what then? Why does this writer's opinion about what is or isn't audible or worth the expense of buying a DAC at any price important to you? I happen to believe he is wrong, bas... | |
| Klipsch/Ojas Klipsch+Ojas appear to be sold out of the limited edition. | |
| ATC SCM150 Amp and Preamp recommendations ATC also make their own electronics, a couple of pre and power and a DC-DAC-Pre as well as integrateds. | |
| Weird crackling from speakers when preamp connected https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/crackle-from-tube-preamp?highlight=speaker%2Bcrackling%2Bbad%2Bpreamp%2Bcapacitor | |
| Would you buy a tube amp if you were unable to use vintage tubes in it ? I would use all new tubes if necessary. As it happens, I was able to get a pair of NOS military-grade RCA 6SL7 tubes for the drivers in a KT88 push-pull amp I have, which has made an improvement, as have also the higher grade PSVane power tubes. | |
| Picking speakers 3000-5000 budget In the $3-5K range: Amphion Argon 3s--a standmount Alta Alyssa--a standmount Studio Electric M4--a standmount Buchardt A500 Signature--an active standmount with long throw Purifi drivers All of them can use bass reinforcement with a sub. I wo... | |
| Anyone else constantly curious about amps? I admit to being a bit curious about Airtight tube amps. Not monoblocks, but integrated. Same for VAC. | |
| Anyone wear gloves to handle vacuum tubes? Bare hands give better grip, wipe clean with dry microfiber cloth after. |