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| 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... | |
| 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 |