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| Bookshelf speakers that renders 3D soundstage I've had several monitors "disappear" in various rooms and setups. A/D/S L500s did it in the mid-70's, Morel M202s in the 80's, Boston Acoustics VRM50s in the 90's. All had 6" to 8" woofers and 1" domes, some soft and damped, some hard and metal... | |
| McIntosh C52 to C53 Upgrade If your upgrade itch is FOMO over SQ, try some cortisone cream. The units will sound the same, just like your C50. McIntosh Labs engineering doesn’t suffer from audiophilia nervosa. When they’re done with a design they’re done. The next project l... | |
| different people may hear the same sound differently... One point that always seemed logical to me is that if each of us hears through our own "filter" when exposed to reproduced sound, we also filter actual live sound through the same filter, so the effect is neutralized as far as identifying differen... | |
| Temporary Down Sizing - Integrated Amp Recommendations The Lux will do very nicely to fulfill the priorities you set out. With it, you are not buying redundancies, and it has a classic design. If you can find one for your stated budget you will not be disappointed with its performance. The Ohm Wals... | |
| CD Transport Question Pro-Ject Box Designs CD Box DS2T at $900.00 has gotten a lot of good write-ups. | |
| Roger Waters and Graham Nash on The Band. I see no need to diminish Abbey Road in order to heap praise on MFBP or The Band. What about Blonde On Blonde, or Are You Experienced? Or Blue, Surrealistic Pillow, or Let It Bleed or Freak Out? These were all records that defined the era. HS C... | |
| Magnepan .7 Alternatives I am very acquainted with Maggies as an owner (MG3s, similar to today’s 3.7i) and a retailer. As others have said your room is too small to adequately play any Magnepan model. Get some direct radiators with 6.5 or 7” bass/ midranges on stands. Peo... | |
| Steely Dan Catalog on UHQR Vinyl As one who got on the SD train with their first album, and have found their earliest work to have their craftiest lyrics, some of their most iconic guitar work, and best all around music, I encourage you to listen to the full albums. Can’t Buy A ... | |
| Turntables I have had a TD1600 on order for months…waiting for the walnut plinth. Have a 2M Black LVB waiting to use with it. Your comment and Mijo’s are the first mentions I’ve seen here. Good to have my choice validated in advance! It will replace a 35 ... | |
| Yamaha m4 Sorry. Reading again the story seems to be the same…bad solder or bad caps. | |
| Yamaha m4 He didn’t say the amp was on nor whether the popping sound was from the amp itself or from the speakers. I’m getting that it was from the amp and indicates deteriorating solder joints at the pcb. Whether the caps are good or not needs to be evalua... | |
| We Can Make Classic Cars Outperform Today's "SuperCars": Why Not Vintage Audio? Boys, The world can no longer accept our obsession with internal combustion vehicles. One day, and it can’t come soon enough for me, the entire Motorsport enterprise will have to shut down. Burning fossil fuel for fun is not a moral choice, no ... | |
| What do the arrows mean on my cable? whart, Very interesting post. I read about the floating shield cable design earlier in an article about a French audio writer named Jean Hiraga. This dates back to when Monster Cable was oversized zip cord and Interlink was coaxial…before the “... | |
| Two amps into one pair of speakers "Accidentally having them both on at the same time is a great way to create memories." 😄😁😅 | |
| Two amps into one pair of speakers Unless one of the amps is rated for above 100W @ 8 Ohms (not unlikely...McIntosh often are), the device suggested by fuzztone is perfect to resolve this dangerous situation. But note, the PL should be powered off when not in use as the switch pre... |