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| Considerations when buying older CD player I'd buy a really well built player to be used as a transport and invest the real money into a DAC. As DACs keep becoming obsolete, you can replace or upgrade them while sticking with a solid transport. Personally, I'd pick up a great universal pla... | |
| omnidirectional sound My old acoustat 2+2 speakers sounded just as good from behind, if you have the room for these. Otherwise, check Pittsburgh Craigslist. There are a pair 1978 JVC sound in the round speakers that sound the same from any position... | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps Well, I do have single driver Zigmahornets but also run Coincident Conquest & Mini Triumphs. The Eclipse is out of your budget. | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps Search usaudiomart for "single driver" speakers. There are usually things like Lowthers on there. audioasylum has some too.I listen all day long with single drivers and only 10 watts and never miss some of the highs I'm giving up. | |
| Oppo BDP 93 vs Oppo BDP 95 Oppo has a refurbished 103 listed right now for $415. If you don't need the high end DAC in the 105, then jump on it. Personally, I upgraded from the 103 to 105 and couldn't be happier. No external DAC, plays everything, sounds great, dedicated 2 ... | |
| which $1k used floorstanders for 35wpc tubes? If you can find used coincident conquest, triumph even partial eclipse. They were made for that. Also, Soliloquy used to be very tube friendly. There's a bunch on usaudiomart. | |
| Getting more bass from Altec Bolero 890c Speakers Put them in a corner with spike feet and 10 pounds of sand on top. It will add bass but may not sound better? | |
| sub question You either need to run the speaker outs through the sub's crossover or get an REL that will tap into the speaker outputs from the brio without interfering with the signal to the speakers. | |
| Best computer for usb hi fi source I'm not a Mac fan plus they are pricey. Windows 8.1 is awful. I wiped a new Acer laptop, put in a solid state drive and installed Windows 7. All is perfect. Using both JRiver and Foobar but when streaming, media player is easy. Dead silent, tiny f... | |
| What do you recommend for a solid state for office Are you using PC audio? Need USB in? What kind of speakers are you driving? | |
| Books on Tube Rolling http://www.tubebooks.org/Books/crowhurst_basic_3.pdfCrowhurst is legendary with amp builders. I've read this several times. | |
| Audio repair in New York State Bit of a hike but Audio Classics in Vestal can fix almost anything. | |
| Parasound Zamp v.3 Runs Too Hot Poor little amp. Not quite designed to drive those hard. Totems aren't terribly efficient.Also, if you are cranking like that you might overdrive the amp and end up blowing your speakers... | |
| Whole house audio: Wifi vs Blutooth Thanks for the help, or not. This will be for background listening only (ie kitchen while cooking or singing in my shower). Audioengine claims 100 foot range with decent quality. And yes, my house is prewired with cat 5 everywhere. However, my kid... | |
| The "best sounding' online classical+jazz sites. KJAZZ is always my go to.FM1 in toronto can be good |