fredcdobbs
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| Need help choosing Sonus Faber Sonetto V or VIII, what amp? Just on my personal experience if you want to keep it simple I'd go for a quality integrated. My favorite for a budget would be a Schiit Raganok 2 at $1500, but for another grand a Unico Primo integrated is a great sounding special amp. The build... | |
| Mounting Speakers On A Furniture Dolly For Mobility Why not? Ive seen pictures of big Klipsch speakers on these. Be sure to lock them down some way, at least here in SoCal, an earthquake could send them flying across the room pulling amps down with the cables etc. heh. | |
| What do you guys think of adding a subwoofer to this system? Due to my listening preferences I'm not a big subwoofer guy but they do add some heft and meat on the bones of your music. I don't have to have the lowest depths plumbed so I'm happy with a good eight inch that is both quick and articulate. I j... | |
| Suggest your most desired MSRP $1,500-$3,000 Stand Mount for a Shootout. I have three that I own. CSS Audio Criton 1TDX, JBL 1600 HDI. Both excellent. My latest speakers are a pair of used Dynaudio Special 40s I got for $2500. These are indeed special. Love them. | |
| Schiit Freya+(Plus) I like the preamp. I'm happy with the sound. Ditto on the Sylvania GTB. Paid $100 for a NOS pair and they pretty much transformed the preamp. They now come with Electro Harmonics tubes instead of JJ. My only complaint with Schiit equipment is it's... | |
| Vincent integrated amplifiers. I'd be grateful for your experience. Thanks to all. Today I had a SV237 delivered and it sounded very good out of the box. Great build quality, I like all the features. I noticed through the tube window that the 12ax7 is a JJ. Not the best tube so I'll be tube rolling. That 45 pound ... | |
| Upscale Audio and Primaluna Right on Andysf. If a Chinese company is not run by the government, they and all the workers pay taxes that go to oppression of dissent, hypersonic missiles. Covid labs that are weaponizing disease. Your choice. But I think things have gone too fa... | |
| Integrated vs. Separates on a Budget I recently decided to sell my Raganlj 2 in favor of a Unico Primo integrated ($1999, until 1.2 then it reverts to $2499. Today I got a Vincent SV237 to audition for $2795. So far I really like the Vincent. Tube in the preamp stage. Has a built i... | |
| Vincent SV-236MK The Schiit Freya+ preamp I have is quite good. I am wondering if I should consider the 237 or keep the Freya and add the 332 power amp? The Freya+ really came on strong with the addition of a couple Sylvania black plate NOS 6SN7 tubes. any thought... | |
| Integrated vs. Separates on a Budget I can only speak to my experience as I’m in the same budget range. I am happy with a $950 Freya+ and a little tube rolling I have not heard the Vidar at $700 but a pair of Aegir class A amps with 80 WPC would cost you $1600. Throw in a good interc... | |
| Savings on Unico Primo Integrated amp | |
| Smallish room speakers Warfdale 4.1 are very nice speakers for small rooms. Get some cheap stands from Monoprice. They are great for abuot $150. If you ar up to building a pair, CSS Audio P215 speakers are very good. About $600 built. Easy job. Glue wood, solder crossov... | |
| Cheap Audio Cables Good catch Tony. You are only the second person in years to comment on Bogarts character in TSM. I posted something on cables I tried and rejected. You never know what rolling the dice will get you. I personally am done looking. It was a fun proje... | |
| Cheap Audio Cables You can get Gotham cables by the foot and decent Amphenol RCAS at ProAudioLA. Also completed Gotham digital cables. For some reason they don't handle the SPK 2x4.0 speaker cable. https://www.proaudiola.com | |
| Cheap Audio Cables 12 TC My goof. Mostly those were digital cables, Blue Jeans silver and regular. Momoptice, Audioquest carbon, Nordost. Pangea. I also tried a couple custom makers and didn't like their cables either. I have a pair of Kimber Heroes. It is not as go... |