gmercer
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| What is the best audiophile speaker for a tiny square room? Trenner & Friedl markets their speakers as being ones that are designed in such a way that they can go right up against the wall and not suffer from it. I have heard the RA and Isis and was captivated both times. https://www.trenner-friedl.com... | |
| Looking for a basic streamer without a DAC, preamp, storage and all that Meridian 210McIntosh MB50 / MS500I thought Cary Audio Makes one but now looks like they may only make money that include DACs | |
| Why do no audio enthusiasts use McIntosh? I use Mc and many might call me an audio enthusiast. My system is Brinkmann, Thales, FM Acoustics etc., and I find few to none do better than Mc amps at bringing it all together. The “house sound” ramblings are bs. The amps are transparent and let... | |
| 1st Album you Ever Owned? Billy Joel greatest hitsSimon and Garfunkel greatest hits | |
| Fuuga vs Miyajima BumpAnyone have more recent experience with Fuuga? | |
| turntable recommendations The Thales Slim ii is $6750. If you can find someone who during these times would be willing to knock 10% off that gets you to $6,000. It's $1k above your budget, but this table could really be the last you would ever want to own at any budget. | |
| Help with TT ideas for my first TT The Marantz TT15S1 was the first turntable I ever owned and it served me incredibly well for years. Easy to recommend. | |
| Upgrade my tone arm? I recently upgraded to a Thales Simplicity tonearm. I could not be happier or more impressed. If you want a significant upgrade to your arm I would consider it, or the Thales Easy. Both utilize tangential tracking in a pivoted design, and so if yo... | |
| The best speakers over 50K The two best speakers I have heard are above $50k:1. Stenheim Alumine 52. FM Acoustics XS1Honorable Mention:3. Zellaton Statement | |
| Need more slam! Help! First and foremost it comes down to speakers and the drivers they are utilizing. I am not familiar with those speakers so cannot directly opine but I'd guess they are on the more polite side and there is not much slam you will achieve without repl... | |
| Brinkmann and Wilson Audio No experience with the combo. But, I'll say Brinkmann is a great company, with very solid people, and built to true hi-fi standards so I'd imagine it'd work well with just about anything you pair it with as long as the power requirements are suffi... | |
| What touchscreen panel is Michael Fremer using in this video? Ooooh this has potential.Lyrics on the TV ... Karoke Night! | |
| What touchscreen panel is Michael Fremer using in this video? Hi Thyname, I am not familiar with Roon Display, will check it out. I liked the look of having a touchscreen like that to control everything digital but you are right, an iPad gets the same job done. That's the route I'm going to go. | |
| What touchscreen panel is Michael Fremer using in this video? Thanks very much. That’s it.Looks like there is not yet a comparable product for Roon. Closest would be running it off an iPad. | |
| Thales Simplicity, Tangential Pivoted, why not more attention? @mijostyn What do you think about the Thales Easy, which seems to alleviate your skating concerns? |