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| Gryphon Diablo 250 vs Hegel390 You’ve got to try both IMO... the Hegel really is a great performer. As mentioned, servicing a 10yr old Gryphon might be an issue. Not so much whether it can be serviced, just a possible challenge. Look at the specs too. Which suits your needs bes... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? The Empire Strikes Back-Special Edition CD... | |
| Ever Hear a Tube CD player? @aewarren yeah, the CD9 is a decent little space heater for sure. That big tube for the power source cranks. Why is yours Redbook only? Special model? | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Nothing... tonearm still in the shop. Jonesing bad! | |
| Integrated amp -- Pass Labs vs Luxman vs McIntosh What jjss49 said. The big Hegel’s really shine! | |
| Ever Hear a Tube CD player? Audio Research Ref 9 is a tubed cd transport, sounds excellent. takes the “edge” off the “digital”. | |
| The cost of LP's and CD's - an observation As much as I prefer my vinyl over digital, I also really enjoy new music. The simple reality is we close ourselves off to TONS of new music by limiting ourselves simply to vinyl, and listening to the same old stuff over and over. The genre’s I lik... | |
| New to Vinyl. Need help on how to match components, cartridge, etc... Yep, as mentioned, unless you go for some esoteric sort of thing, a good MM/MC phono stage will do the trick. Going that route you are fairly unlimited in carts you can choose. Then, install and enjoy! | |
| Pick and post 1 record you never tire of and play over and over... One? Just one?Yes Close to the EdgeORRush Moving Pictures | |
| What's wrong with my speaker? I had a pair of Polk Audio towers years ago. I noticed the same thing and it was “fixed” basically the same way. In my case, the surround had essentially delaminated from the basket. New driver time for me. Try the rotation trick, but that driver ... | |
| What sends shivers down your spine when you play it on your system? Oh, there’s a bunch... but stand outs:White Rabbit: Jefferson Airplane original vinylTime Out: mono version. (Whole album)Camera Eye: RushPretty much anything Pink FloydLot’s of EDM gets it too. Many others... | |
| Network streamer that works with Android and Pandora What amp do you have? | |
| Biggest "pleasant surprise" components you have owned? Hegel H390 integrated... bought one in as a demo with no real expectations and was wowed. Wife too. Pleasantly surprised. Overall power cables in general as well. Still blows me away that they can make such a difference. | |
| Soliciting opinions on the necessity of credit card info when only selling It’s not that confusing. Pay in full, flat listing fee AND posted value fee. Or, pay listing fee up front and pay the selling fee after... both are listed clearly to choose. The down side of the former is you only get the listing for 30 days. So, ... | |
| Looking for more detail in a speaker @bfoura: your listening position is 20’ from your speakers? Wow... that’s deep. Can you possibly cut that in half? Even temporarily? That can make ALL the difference along with the other suggestions. Also, speaker cables can make a significant dif... |