fatdaddy2
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| What stereo equipment do respected musicians listen to? Coming up with a list of ATC speaker owners (really?) representing the 0.01% of musicians who are wealthy is meaningless. Most (not all) professional musicians I have known over the years are using gear they bought 40 years ago, or had handed dow... | |
| Let me end the Premp/Amplifier sound debate ... The only amps that don't have a sound are those that are turned off. | |
| Isolation Feet for Laptop Knock yourself out, dude. Make sure to put some isolation feet under your listening chair as well. | |
| Is there a solid fuse-like item that I can use in place of a fuse, to bypass it? "Never seen amps catch on fire." OK, you're the expert. Must never happen anywhere else if you haven't experienced it yourself. Stooopid. | |
| Power Amp Question Focusing on speaker wire length is just plain anal (and irrelevant) when in comes to answering the OP's question. Feel free to experiment with (probably class D) more powerful amps, but you may find that they don't give you significantly better (... | |
| It comes with a balance knob?!?! I'll take it! If the best speaker arrangement (sonically and soundstage-wise) in your room was asymmetrical, you wouldn't even be asking that question. With no balance control on my primary preamp, I have to handle it via bias settings. | |
| To Buy or to DIY, here is my question What's the point of your post? In the aerospace industry, our typical markup was 5x-10x the parts cost to cover the rest of our operational costs plus profit. Never begrudge a manufacturer just because you can't figure out what their cost of doi... | |
| Audio nonsense My new company will be selling audio NFTs, starting today. They work, they really work. They'll make your system sound like it has never sounded before. Place your order now, before they sell out (and they surely will). Don't miss out! | |
| Oppo UDP-203 When I purchased my Oppo 205 when they first became available, it was a significant upgrade for me over my Sony S9000ES player with respect to SACD performance. However, the 205 is completely outclassed by the Luxman 06u I upgraded to earlier thi... | |
| Choice between two different integrated tube amps (SET & PP) It always cracks me up when the "buy American" adage comes up in these threads. If you took out all of the "foreign" parts in those American amps, you'd be left with an American doorstop. | |
| Sonus faber choices - help me decide Why in the world would you buy a $38,000 speaker and drive it with a Denon receiver? Not bagging on Denon for what they do well at a price point, but come on! | |
| starting equiment that ic cold from being shipped Just stick 'em in the oven at 100 deg F for a couple hours; will markedly reduce any latent humidity and make your cat happier when you set it up for a listen and they take up residence thereon. | |
| Bought powerful/expensive Amp+Speakers but plan to use an old preamp , am I crazy? OMG. Don't do it. Your system will blow up and you'll be left with a mess of smoking electronics. (Seriously, it never costs anything to use what you've already got, especially something you like.) | |
| Would appreciate a group consensus on Agon purchased amps Stooooopid. I've got to have at least 30 stock cables in my junk box. Never a problem. | |
| Oh Ye of Little Format 99 bottles of beer on the wall 99 bottles of beer Take one down pass it around See how it sounds 98 bottles of beer on the wall... |