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| Bought powerful/expensive Amp+Speakers but plan to use an old preamp , am I crazy? There may be synergy between the Paradigms and the electronics. Paradigm is a thoroughly modern speaker with no “musical” coloration. The NAD is a perfectly competent low noise preamp but has no pretense of being High End… no premium parts or hero... | |
| How long ago did you catch the bug? At age 13 in 1964 my older brother built a Dyna ST70, PAS3, FM3 while I was away at camp. When I returned home he took me with him to buy speakers from a nearby stereo shop in Ridgewood, NJ, where I got my first glimpse of a demo room with a TD12... | |
| Dr. Johnny Fever from WKRP in Cincinnati has signed off :-( HH, sure, but we all know why teenage boys loved that show. Then Burt Reynolds married her! | |
| Tiny Room (6' x 9') speaker advice Are you a tool using man? The Morel Ardon kit from Parts Express is around $400.00 for the pair and are finished however you choose. Get walnut veneer for the retro look. They will have more dynamics than LS3/5as. Morel tweeters are smooth but de... | |
| the cart or the horse? Black Ice F22 using EL84s will rid you of the SS mid-fi and that’s all you need. Also, turn up the volume a bit for more “engagement”! | |
| Totally overwhelmed (speakers under $5k) 3.7is are almost $7K now new, and take 10 weeks to get, FYI. 1.7is are $2800. I agree Revel F206 with a REL T/7x is hard to beat for under $5K. | |
| Why exotic stylus not used on MM? OP’s definition of exotic is indefensible. By any rational definition, Replikant, Gyger, SAS, and Microline, Micro Ridge and Shibata all quality as exotic. Not exotic…all variations of conical and elliptical. Plenty of exotic styli have been made... | |
| Underpowered? The upgrade to MA352 will provide a modest improvement in SQ based on power, but dialing up the low bass EQ is a targeted solution for the better damped woofer alignment in the 702 Sigs vs. your old under damped 683s. Adding a REL sub instead of t... | |
| Budget integrated amp needed Buy a GT102 from Dan Joffe at Akitika. You can get one for about your budget with optimization for either 4 or 8 Ohms. I can’t think of a good reason to not get the Z4 for versatility. This is an easy kit to build if you have some spare time. The ... | |
| Anyone Seen a Feb 2022 Stereophile Issue?? Great feature on Keb Mo too. And another R2D4. As for its late arrival, how’s that De Jong guy at USPS working for you? Happy reading! | |
| Is this amount of record/tonearm bobbing "normal" Try doing the video with a tripod supporting the phone. Your handheld video even braced to the table is too unstable to accurately judge the platter wobbling or not. To me this looks pretty normal but you’ve got some pretty great items there and I... | |
| Who uses ADS Speakers From 1974 into the 2000’s I worked for Tweeter, which was Boston’s main a/d/s/ dealer. Took dealer training and factory tours with Dr. Goderhard Guenther, Mike Kelly, Dave Marshall. I owned many models, but not the really big ones like the L2030 s... | |
| Share albums where EVERY SINGLE song is good Rubber Soul (US Atco version) The 1st Paul Butterfield Blues Band album Junior Wells’ Hoodoo Man Blues Mississippi John Hurt Today! Axis: Bold As Love Gasoline Alley Moondance Workingman’s & American Beauty Blue Alone Together Low Sp... | |
| Suggestion between benchmark Ahb2, Bob carver crimson 275 and rogue atlas magnum 2 amos I’d be reluctant to send my preamp output through a powered subwoofer crossover in order to high pass the satellites. If the Metas can’t deliver the SPLs you want then you need speakers that can. But I suspect that you have already decided they me... | |
| Soldering Help Soldering pipe fittings is a very different technique from electronic circuitry. the main difference being the heat tolerance of copper pipe vs. the lack of same for electronic parts. I have used 33W and 40W pencil irons with narrow tips, and sma... |