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| Apartment Dweller's Paradise - The Ideal 2 ch. system? Today another killer little apartment amp arrived fresh from full factory rebuild..The iFi Audio Retro Stereo 50 is,like the Quad AV-One an EL84 Class A PP all in 1 control amp...In the right size room with the right speakers these tiny titans pro... | |
| SYNERGY –is it all about the setup ^..IMO room acoustics.When I talk about set up it simply comes down to paying attention to cables not running along each other and isolating equipment from vibration or resonance.Nothing however in set up will cure echo or boomy bass.As for equipm... | |
| The marantz sound? ALWAYS loved Marantz.No longer use them but have fond memories of Marantz,Harmon Kardon & McIntosh going back 45 years... | |
| The ups and downs of tube vs. SS... Tubes all the way!Todays tube amps especially have done away with sloppy bass and have staging and imaging that I've never heard in a SS system... | |
| Old or new gear NEW all the way!Depending on your speakers,room size and listening habits I can HIGHLY recommend the little Quad VA-One!Heirloom quality build,really looks and feels like it will last several lifetimes!No Biasing,easy to own.Perfect for small/medi... | |
| Hifiman HE560 No the 560’s are like the 400i,easy to drive..The HE6 was the power pig...You guys running HiFiMan should hear them with tubes... | |
| Hifiman HE560 OP which model did you start with..The original 400,400s(closed back)or 400i? | |
| Curious How These Nordost Speaker Cables Do What They Do Well I've had the Ryan 610's set up for a day.The combination of Quad VA-One,Red Dawn Rev.II and Norse Bi Wire Jumpers is very very pleasing,no hardness whatsoever,although they aren't disappearing like the tiny Dyn's but I don't think they are we... | |
| If your system were a car! Good idea for a thread but replies should include the bass system so we can see the connection between the car and gear..For instance the Heavy Chevy listed above conjurs an image in my mind of a big stack of McIntosh gear!Mine is old school valve... | |
| High-End Standmounts: KEF LS50W vs. NOLA Boxer II vs. Revel M106 I've spent the last 2 months looking for and demo'ing stand mounts and have lived with Dynaudio Excite X14's for a year and a half...Listened to the Harbeth C7ESIII,all the Martin Logan Motion series,the Kef's,S.F.Veneer series...I just 2 weeks ag... | |
| Curious How These Nordost Speaker Cables Do What They Do What I can’t wrap my head around,especially as an electrician,is how it’s possible for an electrical signal conductor to effectivelly change the regeneration of the signal between the amp and the speakers... Bell labs and the U.S.Gov.spent how man... | |
| Curious How These Nordost Speaker Cables Do What They Do Damn weather,my speakers are held up somewhere until freaking Tuesday... | |
| I have a few things i dont need, how do i get them gone? ^^^ or usaudiomart.com..I always have good luck selling at local flea markets though they are months away from opening.. | |
| Curious How These Nordost Speaker Cables Do What They Do Tomorrow I have not even broke in Ryan R610’s(Bi Wireable)AND Nordost Norse Bi Wire Jumpers arriving...Should be a fun weekend! | |
| Curious How These Nordost Speaker Cables Do What They Do More listening and I think piano has lost a little body and weight... |