decooney
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| All-in-One units for retiring audiophile & music lovers in 2025, say what? @samureyex The Axxess Forte 1 (a true all-in-one for $5,500) is worth a look. ------ Great find! I remember reviews on this one. Worth posting a few pics for sure. Power: 2 x 100 W in 8 Ohm, UMAC™ amplifier technology DAC: Axxess Fort... | |
| Used tube preamps, Cary, AR, Aesthetix, Wells...........or? @awise1961 Congratulations on the Aesthetic Calypso. I owned an Aesthetix Callisto Eclipse preamp and Rhea Signature phono stage for some years prior to changing over to an all Conrad Johnson system. For 6922 style tubes, I had preferred either l... | |
| Used tube preamps, Cary, AR, Aesthetix, Wells...........or? @billpete as per your post above, and @harpo75’s note, so are you thinking you might keep the Cary PH-302 as your phono preamp and then use that with a Cary SLP-98L or some other preamp of your choice then? If so, then maybe it might be fun to jus... | |
| "The room can totally wreck, or make, a system" mashie ...Consider that headphones eliminate the room so there’s little reason to want to hear the room. There you go, plug in to your nice headphone amp, one and done. All music. | |
| Used tube preamps, Cary, AR, Aesthetix, Wells...........or? @billpete Nice. Another one you might consider adding if you are looking at The Calypso is Dan’s Modwright LS100 Tube Linestage. Uses lower gain 12au7s vs. the prior 12aX7s now. TMR has them. Being bold, I would hope it would stomp the prior MF yo... | |
| Beware: Magnum Dynalab are not "doing repairs, upgrades or service right now"!! To @yyzsantabarbara please let us know how it goes. I plan to continue to enjoy my MD-102, and hopefully no need to send it in any time soon. The news about the buyout and then nothing going on with support right now is a bummer. I wonder what sor... | |
| Used tube preamps, Cary, AR, Aesthetix, Wells...........or? @billpete - totally understand. Thanks for the added context about the situation. Well, the old buy / demo / keep-or-return thing works too and how many go about this. I buy from the places you mentioned and the few returns I’ve made, never had an... | |
| Used tube preamps, Cary, AR, Aesthetix, Wells...........or? @billpete ...There seems to be a group who does not like it and another that does. You can find a differing position on the internet for just about anything if you look hard enough. And people typically like what they have when they own it ... | |
| I should start with speakers. This I know. I’d like to establish a new system. @toontrader Two different worlds, but each intrigue me. Yes. I’d suggest trying to decide if you want to go the A) higher efficiency speaker and lower power amp route. Or, B) the lower efficiency speaker and higher power amplifier route. Each ... | |
| Ethernet cables @audphile1 ...but I tried enough to know they’re different. I recommend you try and hear it for yourself. Will do. Might as well, and its low cost enough too. What’s funny is I’ve completely gone up/down the stack, multiple times, and all other... | |
| Ethernet cables Resurrecting a 1yr old thread. "Ethernet Cables". ----- Ask: Are you folks still of the belief a better ethernet cable truly helps the sound of Zeros (0s) and Ones (1s)? And, if so why? Any new updates to share as to what you are you hearing, c... | |
| Cary SLP 98 vs Benchmark LA4 To @billpete are you looking for Silver or. Black, and the older model with softer and more rounded edges on the knobs or the newer units with the sharp edges on the knobs and volume control? Look at the images to see what I'm referring to. Some... | |
| Cary SLP 98 vs Benchmark LA4 @billpete I believe Cary is going to stop production of the SLP 98, this year. I have been watching used pieces mostly. I had not heard about the audition clause and warranty loss but it may well be. I'd been looking at a used one and a 30 day re... | |
| a 3 way design speaker with the ESS Heil type sound Splitting hairs and depending on your definition of what a 3-way is, or 2.5 way with internal passive radiators, or the GoldenEar 3 is a 3-way and passives. https://www.goldenear.com/full-range-tower-speakers/triton-series/triton-three-plus ... | |
| a 3 way design speaker with the ESS Heil type sound Sorry for the historical sidebar posts, :), Back to reality, and for OP @sputz - here is another 3-way AMT https://www.wharfedaleusa.com/collections/elysian/products/elysian-2-bookshelf-speakers Elysian 2 ------- Treble: ... |