dtapo
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| Beginner looking for guidance into tube sound. I was able to aquire a Prima Luna integrated used for$1200. Plenty of power and sounded very good. So, it's possible. | |
| Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix Was there several years ago. It's fascinating. Loved it. | |
| When did you most enjoy the music? I remember several times... sneaking up to the living room and playing LedZep ll on my Dad’s Fisher console system at 1:00 AM. Very low volume, all tube goodness. Later driving home late at night in the dead of winter hearing Bridge over troubled ... | |
| When does one know it's time to upgrade? +1 - test system/speakers with well recorded acoustic music, symphonic, chamber, solo piano ect. If you get that right, everything else will be right as well. Solo piano is very hard for a system to get right. Unless of course you don’t like or li... | |
| What is the actual percentage of people exclusively listening to vinyl vs digital? Hey chakster I'm 68 and play CD's exclusively but thank god my favorite amp has no remote and I'm not too lazy to get up and adjust the volume. I hope you can give me a pass. | |
| Best lower end cables for B&W speakers...? Mogami 3082 coax speaker cable sounds very clear, open and balanced in my system. It's 14 ga, but sounds better than my blue jeans Belden 10 ga. I bought the cable and terminated it myself = about $60 for 8 ft cables. I've never owned expensive ca... | |
| Class D for a Tube Lover Not class D, but I bought a Musical Fidelity M3si class AB integrated for hot weather duties. Sounds wonderful and is the coolest running AB amp I've ever used, nearly no heat. I tried a Rogue Sphinx V2, but sent it back, It sounded ok, except for... | |
| How loud are you typically listening? Eh? what did you say? | |
| Any good experience in discovering new music via TV or movie recently ? Movie soundtrack from "Sideways" | |
| Worst Concerts You Have Attended ?? I saw Chick Corea (RIP) in the mid eighties when he was putting together a new band and he came to our small NorCAL town and played at the Vets Memorial. It was like a shakedown cruise for the band. Less than 100 people showed up. Well they were... | |
| What 50wpc or higher amps have a totally different sound from Pass Labs, in a good way? Search your local Craigslist for a used AV receiver for say $300 or less. That should get you what you're looking for, the polar opposite of Pass Labs. | |
| Which Component Has the Greatest Affect on Low-Level Listening Speakers with high sensitivity and paper cones usually sound good at low volume. I own a pair of Tekton Enzo 2.7 which are rated 98 db sensitivity and have 2 8" woofers with paper cones per speaker. Due to an upcoming move, I had to move the speak... | |
| Craigslist Fraud I've sold dozens of speakers, amps, guitars, ect over the years on CL. I always request cash only and include a phone number in reply. I clearly state that replies without phone numbers will be ignored. Weeds out the bottom feeders and scammers e... | |
| Can the top end of a PrimaLuna Evo integrated be tamed w/tube rolling? On my Prologue 2, I changed out all preamp tubes to JJ high performance gold pin. Tamed the high end nicely. Has a warm, rich sound. | |
| The anachronistic CD Transport? And do I really need one. After my NAD CD player crapped out, I bought a Marantz 6006 player. Even though it sounded pretty good on it's own (more lively sounding than the NAD) I bought a Denafrips Ares ll DAC and liked the sound even more, still using the 6006 as a transp... |