effischer
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| Choose between McIntosh MA9000 used vs MA8950 new Long-time Mc owner and fan here. @jastralfu and @fatdaddy2 are entirely correct. Any McIntosh product that doesn't have both perfect cosmetics and function can only depreciate until such time as it becomes a "classic," whatever you interpret... | |
| Recommend a desktop nearfield speaker for me The dual-concentric KEF I auditioned was not the LS50, but did incorporate the same driver and employed a similar non-resonant cabinet design. To my ears, I felt the design goal was for a mid- to large-field image. Bear in mind that was one 30 m... | |
| Recommend a desktop nearfield speaker for me "Better" is going to be a very relative judgement here. First, manufacturers provide minimum suggested power requirements based on their statistical measurement analyses of their product under rigidly controlled conditions in order to define a ba... | |
| Hafler DH-220 performance and modifications I built both a DH-200 and a DH-220 from kits back in the day and was satisfied with both. As bpoletti said they are very similar and in fact, are nearly identical. I thought the 220 sounded just a smidge more full but never had the urge to modif... | |
| Need new pre amp A couple of others here have mentioned McIntosh, and I also feel you should check out what might be available. C2700 has everything you could want in one box with one of the best tube phono sections out there. C52 would be the solid state version ... | |
| Rebuilding vintage Rogers Studio 1 monitors @ticat Dude, you got a loud laugh when I read your reply! Thank you, and thank you. While more bass is always better, no Millstreet in my area and no Moosehead in cans. Besides, half the fun is the improvisation! The Molson was there and cold.... | |
| Rebuilding vintage Rogers Studio 1 monitors Thank you @elliottbnewcombjr - your advice worked like a charm and here’s the full story with pictures! If there are any issues for anyone, the pics are on my system page as you suggested. Like many of you, I often lust after new gear and spe... | |
| Are You a Swifty? The main takeaway for me about Taylor Swift is that she learned a very hard lesson early on in the music biz about record deals. I believe it was FZ who called it the international hum job. She's really taken the lesson to heart, too. To the po... | |
| Mcintosh customer support Interestingly, I just had an experience this week with their product support folks on a digital device, specifically an MVP881BR. For background, I purchased it as B stock from Audio Classics back in 2011 and after taking nearly a year to complet... | |
| Advice and recommendations needed for a turntable rig... Give Sota a hard look in the second-hand or refurbished market. A Sapphire is a simply excellent table that can be had in the ~$1K range in good condition for table only and in the ~$2.5K range with tonearm and cartridge in very good to excellent ... | |
| My New Year’s Wish for my fellow audiophiles. @thecarpathian, that would be Scranton, 18504. Kind of a fluke we ended up in that spot. My spouse got a Cadillac relocation from her new employer and after 17 months of looking, finally found a place that met our needs there. It was also a bit... | |
| My New Year’s Wish for my fellow audiophiles. Thank you for the genuinely nicest post I've seen here in quite some time, @2psyop! My New Year brings a new location (now in Northeastern PA), a new house with new listening area and many new revisions to my system for accommodating it all. A r... | |
| System advice I happen to like some of the "crooner" style easy listening stuff myself, and I’d suggest a totally different direction. How about a McIntosh MAC1700 with a pair of 80’s era Klipsch Heresys and something like a Sota Comet or Thorens TD209? No DAC,... | |
| Goodbye Everyone Your observations about how folks tend to communicate apply beyond AgoN. Online conversation in general often isn't and hasn't been for a decade or longer. I've often thought that I should start sending thank-you notes to people I admire or who ... | |
| Investigating if ultrasound is harming LPs @lewm @tomic601 @czarivey @fuzztone are all correct. I’m the guy that usually signs off with "happy listening" because sounds that make us happy are what the audio hobby is all about. This thread touches on my professional world of metrology ... |