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| Looking to buy a quality integrated $10,000 budget. Hay Steve did you settle on a tube amp yet? And congrats of the new LaScala's, I watch your video it was done quite well with much passion. I was the gentleman who suggested you look at the 45 tube types. I'm again leaning back to tubes again for... | |
| HELP! I bought equipment drunk, don’t know anything. it may be time to reevaluate your life choices if your spending huge dollars while your drunk. | |
| The stereo sounds fine, music is great, but Jeff Bezos came back to earth. Not sure he never actually left earth he was in low orbit, barely. Not in space as all the news seems to think. | |
| 2 Bryston 7B sst2 and PS Audio PS-15 Power Plant Regenerating Power Conditioner? Are you popping the breaker? if not maybe its a non issue.Do you really need 7B's for surround speakers in a condo? maybe a less expensive class D, 3 channel amp would solve your issues until your house is finished. probably be cheaper then a new... | |
| Recapping After recapping and a few other things of a few vintage items I find the difference can be big depending on the type of caps and how old they are. one example is My Sansui CA-2000 Pre amp. before the restoration it worked fine the sound was warm, ... | |
| Need for audiophile switch if using ethernet optical?? What are you trying to switch? 2 optical sources? | |
| Need a DAC Recommendation. + schiit Yggdrasil GS, bang for buck great deal. | |
| SLOT LOADING CD MECHANISMS - DO THE DAMAGE CD'S? I think the reality of the reduction of CD-CDR etc. for anything even computer work has practically gone or soon to be gone. The advent of USB drives for example seems to have killed the CDR for computer use. DND (Department of National Defense, C... | |
| Vintage Tube amps - Zu speakers at 97db may not quite be efficient enough for your 2wpc amp ( 45 tubes?). depending on the dynamics and listening level you desire of course. But you are supplementing with a sub so do you have a filter to roll off the bass to the ma... | |
| Sound bar versus surround system depends on the sound bar, there's some that are really quite good now. Some come with speakers for the rears and give you Dolby atmos. they get expensive fast but worth looking at IMO as an alternative for a simpler system. Check Andrew Robinson's... | |
| The Luxman L-595A SE integrated is coming. I had a L560 from the early 80’s and it was Class A 50wpc and did not go into class AB. It was very nice if i do say unfortunate only 100v/220v.from reading on luxman's site this one looks to be 30wpc class A so not sure what the difference is to... | |
| Manger Audio Loudspeakers. Has anyone listened to these? Have a look at LII Audio they are making some very nice full rangers that are proving to be quite good for the money, cheep enough to experiment with. I'm experimenting with the big 18" full ranger but that's just an experiment they have a 15" ful... | |
| Old Amps that can still Kick Butt I've been playing with some vintage Sansui professional series ( BA 2000, CA 2000) pre-power for a year or so as a hobby, and i have to say after a re-cap,etc they are surprisingly nice sounding. Better then the Schiit Aegir in bass, midrange det... | |
| Help me choose a speaker match for my Line Magnetic 805ia tube amp under $10K If your in Seattle and do not have a local dealer your happy with i'd suggest a trip ( when covid is done with us) to Vancouver there is a few good dealers there. I also know in Victoria, Sound Hounds has a few Devore / AudioNote AN speakers on sa... | |
| Sansui SP-2500 - Keep Original, or Modify? Why not get Heresy's? there's 4 versions now and so many upgrades available form the likes of Bob Crites etc that you can tailor the sound to your liking. not to mention they made a ton of them so their everywhere. Add a sub or two and your in ha... |