coltrane1
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| PrimaLuna ProLogue Two - mixing tubes? So if I understand the question correctly, you're risking doing damage to an item with a used value around $1k rather than just buying a new set of tubes? Do the math and weigh the prospect of having to pay for a repair bill vs. buying a set of $1... | |
| First Watt to Pass Labs The First Watt amps ARE very speaker specific, and Pass or Reno Hifi one of their main distributors will be the first to tell you that. If you've low power requirements, i.e., Abby's, or a pair of monitors then sure one can hardly do better than a... | |
| Plinius M16 or Plinius M8???? Having owned both the 250 and the M16 I'd not match the 250 with the M16. My experience was the 16 is a "good" performer, just not a great performer. At the time I owned the 16 I had a BAT VK40 w/phono which, sonically speaking, blew the 16 out of... | |
| Forte Model 55 Amp I saw it at a great price on the used board too, but passed on it because I knew nothing about it. Having owned the model 4a, which was Class A, I knew it wouldn't be as good so I passed on it. It's sold now. | |
| JM Labs-Focal: Chorus 726S or 806V or Electra 906? I own Cobalt 820's and Focal 906's, in addition to ML CLSiiz's, and Cain & Cain Abby's. It's 906's hands down, but I've obtained best results driving them with 100 watts Class A via a Threshold T200. The Cobalts have been relegated to rear cha... | |
| How much does your system retail for? $40k retail. Investment cost of used gear $7500. Cost to me $0. How is that? OPM. | |
| Words From the Wise 1) Buy used2) Buy used3) Buy used4) Buy used5) Buy used | |
| Best Fully Automatic TT This is a no brainer for me. All you need is a JVC QLY5F quartz digital drive. They're commonly found. I've got several of these, in addition to having a traditional high end setup. Why several, because they're engineering marvels to those of us w... | |
| AV Receiver good enough for high end audio? Hifihvn,If we're going to paraphrase in a forum as common courtesy the least we can do is to quote another correctly.I've emphasized that A) I used the Ultimate in the context of a home theater setting B) that I found its performance good enough t... | |
| AV Receiver good enough for high end audio? "Now, it is not a 200 Dollar reciever as it was the topend av reciever for Marantz when it came out around 2000-1."As was the $5k retail Sunfire Ultimate Receiver when it was released, but that's meaningless to the naysayer's on this board who've ... | |
| AV Receiver good enough for high end audio? Hifihvn,You don't get it. The reference I made was not about your reference to politics, but instead to the same type of flawed intelligence that's created two needless wars. They're equal in that they're both mired in flawed intelligencia. Fact. ... | |
| AV Receiver good enough for high end audio? Oh that's a good one Hifi...Beware, your slip is showing...that's an awfully huge assumption. The man is retired, he or I could give a hoot what you or anyone thought of the gear he previously produced. If you must know I met him as a result of ha... | |
| AV Receiver good enough for high end audio? Never provided a model number? What planet R U on? It's not as if I wrote it in Paruski! Vwee gavarite PaEngliski? Do you read English?But I have to give it to you Hifi, that's an ingenious cover to suggest you didn't understand my constant referr... | |
| Best Integrated, period. Most of these noted are well above my pay grade, therefore out of my sampling reach. I did happen to own a BAT VK300x, which impressed me for a bit. But even it couldn't hold a candle to the type of listening I'm doing now, with a low watt SET int... | |
| AV Receiver good enough for high end audio? Let's put this to rest. Anyone truly interested in how the Ultimate performs merely has to enter the "Ultimate Receiver" into the forum search engine, to read one accolade upon another from those that have owned them. I've nothing to gain from pro... |