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McIntosh Tube vs SS w/ Sonus Faber Aida II
Amp selection depends on many factors. 1. What type of music do you mostly listen to? Classical/jazz/rock? 2. How loud ? 3. How big is the room? 4. Whats your experience with Tube amps? What do you like in Tube vs. SS? 5. Have you ever heard SET t... 
Amp recommendation -- McIntosh, Luxman, Yamaha
You already have a superb analog source with Technics, I say dump the CDs and just do streaming. I have an Aurender A100 as a streamer and it has a very good DAC. It's a beautiful piece and will go nicely aesthetically with Luxman. Sell everything... 
Amp recommendation -- McIntosh, Luxman, Yamaha
Luxman is higher build quality and almost as good resale value as Mac. The sound signature is quite different. You won't go wrong with either brand.  Rotel and aforementioned electronics are not on the same level. I have Mac and plan on getting a ... 
Amp recommendation -- McIntosh, Luxman, Yamaha
Luxman by far. But the best Luxman integrated is 590, pure class A, look into that, its slightly more money though.  
One box do it all
You have nice speakers, you need to decide whether you enjoy class AB vs class D. The best overall option for you given budget is Hegel h120 or h190. These have everything except phono. They’re class AB and will certainly drive your difficult to d... 
Classical Music for Aficionados
Mahgister, still enjoying Mozart by Paul badura skoda, can’t get enough just got my sofronitsky Vinyl collection from Russia, very excited 
Classical Music for Aficionados
MahgisterExcellent advice on Mozart. I love it! Thanks  
Classical Music for Aficionados
Paul badura-skoda playing pianoforte (period instrument) complete Schubert and Beethoven sonatas.  Absolute magic, piano forte sounds so sweet and warm, it transforms the music and you hear it the way great masters did when they composed it.  Bedu... 
Complete Proprietary Systems
Mcintosh is a good example but their speakers are the weak link in the entire lineup  
Classical Music for Aficionados
Tocatta and fugue by nikolayeva as well as fugue in G must listen on IDAGIO  
Classical Music for Aficionados
Tatiana nikolayeva, anyone familiar with her ? Listening to her Bach and Shostakovich On idagio  
Classical Music for Aficionados
Rok2kid interesting story about Rostropovich and Solzhenitsyn I know richter Rostropovich and oistrakh are unequaled in their respective instruments but I couldn’t get into their triple, it was a bit dry and uninspired For mehave you listened trip... 
Classical Music for Aficionados
Just listened to arturo benedetti michelangeli play Hayden piano concerto in D. I could never appreciate Hayden until I heard this man play this piece so magically...Album in idagio Ravel, Rachmaninov, Hayden.  
Classical Music for Aficionados
Discovered a new Russian pianist sofja gulbadamova playing Brahms string sextet 1 in b flat piano version on IDAGIO I thought her playing was inspired and imaginative. Thoughts ?Album called Hungarian melody  
Technics 1200 Ortofon and Mcintosh
This is a very loud buzzing noise, given high end equipment involved  I suspect there should be a clear culprit