glennewdick
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| Mcintosh C49 C55 C2700 C2800 I have had a C2700 for some time now and can't say enough good about it, very flexible preamp, probably one of the most flexible out there. The new C2800 adds some remote app features that I'm not overly concerned about for my use. I bet you can g... | |
| Would I benefit with Roon? Roon is great if you need that sort of data handling and cataloging etc. I would avoid the Roon nucleus though its not the best made device out there and is way over priced for what you get. there are better options for Roon streaming IMO. if it... | |
| For city apartment dweller audiophiles. Have you ever had neighbors banging on your walls? Footer as in what type? Isolation or coupling? I used Isolation footers for years that helped with this issue quite a bit. Iso Acoustic's Gia's specifically. Coupling is not what you want to do for the people living around you. | |
| why expensive streamers I suppose I'm the outlier here as I have tried many streamers and have yet to find one that's reasonably priced for what you get and that actually makes a sound difference that's worth the silly cost of some of them. Personally I have a dedicated ... | |
| Looking at a Mcintosh 275vi with upgraded gold lion tubes Mac uses JJ tesla's in their tube gear so the gold lions will be a big upgrade IMO. the JJ's are rather bright, toneless, and rather unmusical. they are like modern SS amps IMO. I've changed all the stock tubes in mine with NOS tubes. but the Go... | |
| Tube preamp recommendation for a simaudio 760a amplifier I have two friends who use Audio research tube preamps with their Sim moon amps with great results. | |
| High Pass Filter for Mains you may also want to consider acoustic treatment, IE bass traps to help control bass nodes etc. | |
| Vintage Turntable Recommendation I'd be searching for a Vintage Audio shop and see what they have in stock | |
| Youtube audiophile hi res sounds MUCH better than my Eversolo streamer I’ve have similar experiences with my Apple 4k tv streamer (DAC via HDMI) beating many dedicated streamers when using the Youtube and tidal app on it. sure its only cd quality but it seemed to best the Roon Nucleus and an Aurender A10 I had and so... | |
| 300B or 2a3 SET Class A for Heretic Model A? 2A3 over 300b for me. 45's even better but you don't have the efficiency for them. | |
| High sensitivity (99) with mid powered (50 to 100 wpc/tube) amps? few tips from another person who is/has run hi efficiency speakers. The power is fine for the Klipsch's more then you will need but not excessive. The first issue you may encounter; Is your system quiet enough for the speakers? Took me a while... | |
| Planning a vintage setup Wow time flies, I would never have considered Ayre vintage but looking them up they have been around 25 years now wow. | |
| REL S510 or S812 I’ll bet a sub for music would be a waist as those speakers already go down to 22HZ. If I was you I’d live with them for a while and see if you really need sub/s and for what application? my bet is you will only want them for movies if at all need... | |
| Tube amps under $7500 @glennewdick Just saw a near-new MC275 for sale in silver. Never before saw a silver Mac component in 40 years. So that would be a candidate at $5250. Every 275 I've ever seen is two tone sliver (polished stainless) on the top front and part o... | |
| must you play music to break in tubes only time I've seen a crackling sound being normal was when small bits of particles get trapped in the tubes plates during construction/shipping, a hard tap with the back end (handle end) of a screwdriver can dislodge the particles and return to n... |