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| Pairing Bookshelf Speakers to my Yamaha A-S801 Studio Electric M4 2-way, non-ported. A little over your budget, but excellent speakers Amphion Argon 3S also 2-way, non ported but with a rear passive radiator, used, in budget, new, about $3600. Elac Vela 2.0, pair, about $3000 I have not hea... | |
| Need A 10-30 watt Tube Power Amp, Lower Heat Output, Which Sounds Great, Under $1500 Used For a power amp, the NAD C298 I have found mates well with a tube preamp. It is class-D using the Purify module. It runs cool. Used, it is at your price range. I am using one now with a Pro-Ject Pre Box RS2 Digital preamp (which has a tube gain s... | |
| Need A 10-30 watt Tube Power Amp, Lower Heat Output, Which Sounds Great, Under $1500 Used NuPrime IDA-8. Class A-D. Compact. Runs cool. | |
| Need A 10-30 watt Tube Power Amp, Lower Heat Output, Which Sounds Great, Under $1500 Used I suggest a Sugden A21 SE Signature. 30W Class A. Solid-state integrated, of course. Despite Class A, it isn't a room heater. Over your budget. Willsenton R8. push-pull, tube. Integrated. Can run EL34s as well as KT88s, the former in your wattage... | |
| Integrated Suggestions for a Garage System If you are looking for a wireless control option (e.g., smartphone controllable) the Sonos Amp could be what you would need. You could put it in another room and run a speaker wire to your garage, or find a space in the garage out of the way. It i... | |
| Is D for Dry? Class D... I guess I have had pretty good luck with my Class D amps. I had a Peachtree Nova 300 running ICEPower modules, and it sounded pretty good. I now use a NAD C298 with Purifi modules (using a ProJect PreBox RS2 Digital preamp) and it sounds great. I ... | |
| Is It Worh Modding An Amp Unless there is something deficient in the design, or parts have worn out, what is the point? I modded my Willsenton R8 integrated KT88 amp, upgrading and adding some parts (mainly resistors and audio path capacitors, and upgrading a choke) and I ... | |
| Is there a clear definition of what "Integrated" means? No there isn't. It needs inputs. If there are more than one, it needs an input selector. It needs a volume control (not necessarily a physical one, one on a wireless smartphone app is an alternative.) It needs an amplifier with speaker terminal... | |
| I want to buy new speakers for 50,000 and see it used for 30,000, what should I do? Reading these responses, I also have to wonder whether you are trolling. | |
| I want to buy new speakers for 50,000 and see it used for 30,000, what should I do? Are the $30K used speakers in the condition you would want? For that money, I would travel to see them and listen to them. If they were what I wanted and were in acceptable condition, I would buy used. The value, assuming they still worked should ... | |
| Looking for a great front ported bookshelp speaker recommendation JBL 4305 Studio Electric M4 (unported) | |
| Denarips and Vinshine split Vinshine has been so much the front end of Denefrips that I really can't say I have a sense of the company without Vinshine. I have two Denefrips DACs and found Vinshine to be reliable and reasonable. If Denefrips is getting another distributor or... | |
| Is it possible for a high end manufacturer to overprice their goods? I guess it depends on whether it sells. At that price there is only so large a market. If it provides something not easily found otherwise, or requires a highly-refined level of skill only uncommonly found, someone will appreciate it . . . maybe. ... | |
| Small footprint subwoofer A small REL, and not a pair, will be enough. If you need to locate it away from your other components, get the Arrow wireless connection. T5x or Tzero Mk III should be enough. Alterntively, the KEF Kube 8 MIE or KC62 might work. The KC62 would be ... | |
| Try to avoid duplicate DA Conversion with USB drive to Amplifier direct Unless your DAC is not high quality, i suggest using your digital-out from your CD player to either a separate high-quality DAC or to the DAC module in your Integrated amp, if you prefer that. The decision to rip all or part of your CD collection ... |