dragunski
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| Best Cheap Amps for Magneplanar Speakers When I had the 2Bs, a similar budget design, I used a Hafler DH200. It was a little dry and clinical, maybe, but it seemed to suit their character. I also tried the Dynaco ST70 which didn't have enough bass, but the mids, especially strings were ... | |
| What album do you play over the holidays? I usually listen to the Pentangle around Christmas time, especially Basket of Light, but also their eponymous 1st album, or almost any of their early catalog. | |
| List of albums that will still be popular 50 years from now... If we use art as an example, rather than the early days of recorded music, I think we can safely assume that many of today's popular artists will be forgotten, and some artists who die in relative obscurity will be resurrected and popularized. Thi... | |
| 3D Printing And High End Audio Debatable. 3D Printing could conceivably print circuit traces, but robots already do that and also install components in them. Since the best audio is usually obtained with point-to-point wiring and non-strip-feed components, anything you could do... | |
| Best Sounding Classic Rock Cd's Santana's Abraxas is also well recorded. And great music. | |
| Obscure bands Iko-Iko out of Miami. They're well known there, but everywhere else would qualify as obscure. They've been through many incarnations, some better than others, but they keep coming back with new crew and new tunes. Two of their CDs I can highly rec... | |
| What's the most overrated or overpriced piece of equipment you own, have owned or come by? I regretted buying the Dynaco 416 amp with the outboard C-100. I had heard it in someone else's system and I was enthralled with the immense power and the flashing LEDs. I got it home and immediately blew out 2 pairs of speakers. But it wasn't unt... | |
| Wavac LCR-X2...is it worth $10k ? I have heard people rave about the EAR units, the 88PB (tube) and the 324 (SS), I have not seriously listened to them myself, but I would think they'd be worth a listen before shelling out 10k. I am currently considering the entry level model, the... | |
| Your not a serious audiophile I'd you have?????? Until you've adjusted your speaker's positioning, an inch at a time, at least 100 times. And rerouted your cables at least 10. Each time you must return to your sweet spot and listen. | |
| thanks to Audiogon I have a Marantz player that occasionally spits out discs when it's first powered up. In addition to the above suggestion to turn it off, wait a minute, and then turn it back on - here are some other things:1. Close the drawer with the remote, and... | |
| And now, Introducing.... A friend of mine has a '67 Mustang with a working 8-track player, but he hardly ever uses it. He drives the car now and then, but the 8-track only has 2 tapes. Janis Joplin's "Kosmic Blues" and a Doobie Brothers. I'm tired of both of them, so I ga... | |
| Silver Wire If I decide to build my crossovers from scratch, with new components, then I might use the silver stuff there, too. | |
| Silver Wire Thanks for the info, guys. I plan to solder everything inside the boxes - I can't see using expensive plugs and sockets (which might come loose anyway) and I certainly won't use cheap spade lugs, either. So soldering seems the only way to go. I un... | |
| Silver Wire I expect to have to learn to solder at higher temperatures. And to use heat sinking near heat-sensitive components on the crossover. I'd expect the silver wire to have less resistance than the copper, but measuring first is not a bad idea. | |
| What's up with the ridiculous offers?!? The only purchase I've made on Audiogon, the guy had a reasonable price and I paid what he asked. But on Ebay and Craigslist, you will get lots of lowball offers, and sellers have increased their asking prices correspondingly. In some cases, the p... |