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| PrimaLuna Dialogue Premium Yea taking that red pill really opens a whole new world...IMO we are truly living in a golden age of absolute reference level sound at beer budget prices... | |
| Budget American made speakers? Decware DM-945!!! | |
| Looking for docking station with hi-rez digital output. Hi.I have 2 of the Pure i-20 Docking Stand/DACs for iPhone mint condition and complete in the boxes...I have no way to check them out but if your interested let me know and we'll work out a deal... | |
| Tube or Trasistor ^ and yet EVERY great guitarist today,from Jazz Standards to Metal continue to play through TUBES!!!SRV in concert,TUBES...Carlos Santanna,TUBES...Clapton,TUBES...Peter Frampton TUBES...BB King-Buddy Guy and Albert King,TUBES...I could go on and o... | |
| Coming out of the blackhole called work...retirement You might want to spend time going through the Virtual Systems by room size and get an idea how we here on Audiogon have set up different rooms/systems... | |
| Room color opinions OP yes it does matter!!! I have found the best balanced sound in my room uses black walls behind and on the sides(absorbs early reflections and super deep bass)with a mix of gold/orange and cream alternating across the walls behind my listening ch... | |
| Is That A Violin I'm Hearing? So I dug out my SACD copy (is it really worth 100.00?)and fired up the Yamaha UDP,running digital out to the Quad VA-One and plugged in the HiFiMan HE-400i Planar headphones...Yes indeed you do hear violins.It sounds like a small table radio playi... | |
| Amp match for a paradigm signature s2 system In your budget range I would look at a Marantz,NAD or Harman Kardon AV Receiver,all offering the perfect blend of warmth and detail for Paradigms...Also I remember reading that all Paradigm speakers are voiced in an Anochoic Chamber and most liste... | |
| Coming out of the blackhole called work...retirement We are in a Golden Age of affordable gear so NO you don’t need to spend big bucks to have great sound...But we do need to know several things besides budget.What types of music do you listen to mostly,how big is the room and how loud do you listen... | |
| hybrid integrateds (Vincent and others) Started with Jolida,then Unison Unico then Peachtree Audio Nova...Moved to a Yaqin tube integrated and have moved up in amps but not gone back to SS... | |
| Vincent SV-500 Yea the waters pretty fine ain't it!Congrats,great choice!!! | |
| hybrid integrateds (Vincent and others) The Audio Refinement gear was know to be fairly colorful for a SS amp..IMO a Hybrid amp is going to be a sideways move and only going to an all tube (Pre and Power)set up will you truly see what tubes bring to the table.In my playing around with... | |
| NOS tubes My understanding was pretty much EVERY re-issue tube made today is made on the exact same manufacturing equipment they used back in the day.I don’t mean similar I mean complete refurbisment of the old gear.Even with advancements in metal purity I ... | |
| Vincent SV-500 If you just want to try out tubes I suggest you start with a simple tube buffer.About $150.00 opposed to $1000.00..Hybrids are a pretty good compromise but IMO with all the excellent choices in an all tube integrated amp from Yaqin,Cayin and many ... | |
| Tube or Trasistor Well I would say if only some of your music is harsh your system is telling it like it is(true to the original signal).If everything sounds harsh then I would look to the speakers and room acoustics... |