deadhead1000
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| Who is ditching their shiny disc spinners? I ripped all my CD's to a Bluesound Vault and never use my CD player now. I have several backups just in case and run it through an outboard DAC now, which did improve the sound. I have once in a while though about buying a newer CD player, but ca... | |
| Subwoofers with room correction built in? I had an old velodyne that I replaced this year with a JL Audio 110 with their DSP. Without the DSP it was obviously better, but when I set it up with the DSP, to me it went up another big, very noticeable notch. | |
| Any idea which headphones I’d like? I own Harbeth speakers, thought McIntosh equipment I owned also sounded mushy (just my opinion folks!) I own Audeze but end up always listening to my Grados. Hope this helps a bit. | |
| what is the best cassette tape maker in your experience? Maxell and TDK back in the day, I sold audio equipment and Nak tape decks, they were the only ones to use. | |
| What Have You Done With Your Obsolete/Outdated AV Receivers & Preamps? 😳 Put it in my basement workshop as a background music source, but I am temped to replace it with almost anything else due to the poor sound quality even in that environment! | |
| McIntosh- Sweetest, Smoothest sounding Solid State ? I always wanted Mcintosh equipment and it took 20 years before I could justify spending that much. Finally got some and had it for years and was never really happy with it. Changed speakers, inputs, etc. Always made the music sound soft, rounded,... | |
| Ideas to improve my system I agree with spenav, upgrade the receiver to separates, even if you stay with 5.1 - I long ago upgraded a highly rated Denon AVR with Mcintosh 5.1 separates and the difference was amazing (although I am now back to 2 channel). Going with a better/... | |
| As you have moved on, are there any items you remember fondly...or most fondly? My Nakamichi 480, I think that was their most basic model and yet it made the best recordings and playback tapes. I would sometimes listen to the tape of an album rather then the record, and it was sweet sounding. | |
| AVR: Internal 2 CHANNEL AUDIO MODE. OR: HT BYPASS (external equipment for 2 CH Sources) I had a full Mcintosh HT set-up, then got a Lexicon pre, not cheap by any means, and yet no matter whether using the built-in two channel or a by-pass to 2 channel, it never sound that good for just music. When I got rid of HT and went to a high-e... | |
| To Harbeth or not to Harbeth, That is the question... I have the Harbeth 30.2 with the Luxman class A 590axll, I had a hard decision between choosing the 5’s or the 30.2, all I can say is I don’t normally listen loud, right now it’s around 60-65 Db. Although when needed I can get it up to 90+ with n... | |
| Paradigm or JL subwoofer I have the JL 110, my room being too small for the 112's, they sound amazing compare to my old Velodynes. I highly recommend them. But Paradigm makes a decent speaker, so if it's a choice between going with the JL's for 9K, or another Paradigm and... | |
| Car Audio and the High End Back in the 80's I also had a great car stereo, I worked at an audio store and I had Concord front end and a clean power amp with AR speakers all around. The tapes I recorded on a Nak sounded great. But I agree with millercarbon, car and home qual... | |
| Phono cartridge I've used Grado with S-tonearms many times, especially with Technics tables, and this seems to be a very similar table. Should not be an issue at all. The Prestige series is the highest level I would spend for that table however. | |
| Recommendations for speakers that sound great at lower volume levels. I have 30.2's and drive it with a Luxman 590AXII that has a bi-passable loudness control. They sound wonderful at low volumes. Yes, I know, tone controls are looked down upon. However, as Ccakyol stated and mwinkc chimed in, a loudness control is... | |
| Adding 2 Channel to my HT system and need some input on options I had a Mcintosh HT and tried adding two channel. Finally went whole two channel with Luxman and never looked back. Millercarbon is 100% correct. Sorry guys for adding to Mr. Carbon’s ego. |