gerrie

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I miss my Loudness Button and Tone Controls....
The sansui au7700 is a amp 1975 i had the au417 that was mine first amp. That was 1977 with AR speakers and a dual turntable. I never used the loudness button. Sorry but if you like loudness you dont know how to listen. The same is with magnepan ... 
I miss my Loudness Button and Tone Controls....
If you needs a loudness button or tone controle or equalizer throw your set at ebay.  
I miss my Loudness Button and Tone Controls....
Loudness button??? That's i am using in mine car hifi end 1970.  
Improvement in Musicality for home theater system
Keep you AVR and buy the musical fidelity M6 500i this one has a  hometheatre pass through. The best option you can do!!  
Wanting to upgrade my streaming sound quality.
A lumin D2 with a sbooster secondhand can cost you 1500. And a cat8.    
Maggie 1.7i's lack detail. Ideas?
Buy a cheap secondhand Marantz sacd Cd player and a smsl dac. I had the 3 and the 20 and now 1.7i the ribbon is also not the problem. For example i drive mine mg20 with 4 cello performances the suite and a FM accoustic cross over with a jadis Cd... 
Maggie 1.7i's lack detail. Ideas?
Dont use silver cable with the maggies. What i told you before the Marantz and the Sony are the problems and nothing else. Sell your sonate and buy a musical fidelity A5 or the 308. They have also a ht pass through. Or look for the Hegel h300, som... 
Maggie 1.7i's lack detail. Ideas?
Not one receiver function on a hifi set!!! How can you use a 800€ Marantz as a pre amp???  
Maggie 1.7i's lack detail. Ideas?
It is the Marantz who is weak in your system i can tell you this for a hunderd procent. Buy a secondhand musical fidelity A5 or a 308 and you shall see whats happend.    
The problem with streaming
There is a lot of vinyl rubish also.  
For all you Bose 901 Haters!
rankaudio@ magnepan has a great image and stage but the most people dont know how to use them. Also you never needs a sub with magnepan, magnepan has the most natural bass. First quit with tube amps and put a big amp on it.          
Will a new Dac improve the sound?
I put a simpel smsl dac behind mine Marantz sacd player. It is much better.  
The Best Preamp is no Preamp?
Using an AVR for pre amp, says enough!  
$1000 (used ok) Streamer Dac recommendation please
Yes the lindemann unknown but one of the best.  German quality.    
McIntosh -- good for show, not for sound, says dealer
All the tubes are lower class, transistor is much better.