djohnson54
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| Who's absorbing the cost? Also agree with @jmcgrogan2 - the customer absorbs the cost. While recording vinyl is not a "thing" these days, it was back in my college days when I worked at a local record store. Remember cassettes? We would only exchange damaged records for... | |
| Speaker wattage question Chris, Lots of good information above. Just to expand on a couple of points - music in general has relatively little energy at the frequencies handled by the tweeter and these drivers are not designed to handle a lot of energy. Once an amplifier... | |
| Are there used/mint balanced pre-amp with a few unblanced inputs under $2000?? @sunnyjim You're welcome. It did look like a good deal having both the phono and remote options installed and, like mesch said, they go fast. I use a BAT VK-3i with my McCormack DNA-0.5 Deluxe and it sounds wonderful. My only problem is the sen... | |
| Are there used/mint balanced pre-amp with a few unblanced inputs under $2000?? Jim, BAT would seem to fill the bill perfectly so not sure if you're leaning away from them. If not, there's a VK-31 with phono and remote on AG right now for $2000 (no relation to the seller). If interested, better hurry as someone's (maybe yo... | |
| Recommendation for Improvement over McCormack DNA-225 Have you tried different tubes in the VTL? I use a McCormack DNA-0.5 Deluxe along with a BAT VK-3i and Merlin speakers. I would not characterize the McCormack as bright in my system and my room but the tubes used in the BAT definitely make a dif... | |
| Strange Oscillation @falconquest Another idea would be to try that specific CD in someone else's system. | |
| Bookshelf speakers on a budget I use Wharfedale 10.2s in my office system and they sound fine even in a less than optimal setup. I can tell you that they will react to better upstream components. Before I brought them to the office, I hooked them up to my home system and was ... | |
| I got my stereo back after almost 20 years! You mention that you've been working on your current setup for 5 months. How long has it been stable (complete) and you have you been sitting and listening to it? In addition to possible break-in issues (especially with rebuilt speakers), after ... | |
| In Memoriam: Bobby Palkovich of Merlin Music @ihmeyers Well, floorstanding speakers of any kind are going to be a PITA to fix if you have to ship them off but I understand what you're saying. I'm from your generation and I also agree about Gen X. My daughter is a music therapist, plays the... | |
| In Memoriam: Bobby Palkovich of Merlin Music @ihmeyers Rich Brkich at Signature Sound (http://wp.sigsound.com/product-lines/merlin-music-systems/) is now handling distribution and service for Merlin products. Rich and Bobby go way back and Rich has an outstanding reputation in the industry.... | |
| The Cox Family "Gone Like The Cotton"...The Lost Album @Mofi - I listened to it this weekend after reading the same article. I agree with you on both the sound and content. I just wish this much care were put into all recordings (although the projects that Alison is involved in are better than most)... | |
| DbPowerAmp-Purchase alone or with add ons @gdnrbob If you're just starting out ripping your CDs, dBpoweramp is all you need. Perfect Tunes is for cleaning up the metadata for any music that has already been ripped. If you start with dBpoweramp, the metadata should be good from the start... | |
| Merlin TSM-M (MXE) Owners manual @signaturesound Rich, for all of us Merlin owners, I'd like to say thank you for taking this on. I don't expect to ever need service but it's nice to know there's someone to call if it comes up. I sure wish I had had the chance to get to know Bo... | |
| Merlin TSM-M (MXE) Owners manual @thegratefuldad1 I had to word my reply carefully so as not to indicate that I measured my tool. :-) I'd be happy to send you a picture but it would have to be via email as I don't believe Audiogon has added the ability to post pictures other tha... | |
| Merlin TSM-M (MXE) Owners manual @thegratefuldad1 The two legs of the right triangle on mine measure 5.4 cm and 29.4 cm. Dick |