hedgehog
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| Am I dreaming? Overall, the McIntosh integrated amps and receivers will give you good sound. The built in DACs and headphone jacks are quite good, but I find the phono stage to be strictly OK. As previously stated, be sure to buy one with the autoformers if you ... | |
| Mid-fi integrated tube amp advice A couple other hybrids to consider would be Rogue Audio Sphinx and Croft Phono Integrated - pre-owned, well within your budget. | |
| Brand new to vinyl: Help! A Atma-Sphere phono stage would be soooo tempting... | |
| Soooooooo many possibilities...! I’ve never owned the Steelhead, but my Jumbo Shrimp and Chinook were very quiet - no humming noise. I used them with both shielded and unshielded ICs. | |
| Soooooooo many possibilities...! @audioglow the MP-3 is balanced, very well built, quiet and does most everything well. I paired it first with a BAT VK250SE with very nice results, but when paired with an ARC VT-100mkII the music was simply amazing and engaging. The soundstage wa... | |
| Soooooooo many possibilities...! +1 on Manley Jumbo Shrimp/Chinook comboI recently sold my C47... the DAC was very good sounding, but the phono stage was merely ok. The one piece of audio gear that I wish I’d never sold is the Atma-Sphere MP-3, and I would recommend an audition.... | |
| Question for tube aficionados The Joe's Tube Lore posting is from 1999 from the looks of it, but I didn't read down through the pages. You'd be hard pressed to find much for $5 these days!The 12**7 tubes last quite a long time, so it's well worth it to step up to something rea... | |
| Question for tube aficionados I have always gotten solid advice and feedback from Brent Jesse, Andy at Vintage Tube Services, and Upscale Audio. I’ve purchased from all three over the past 20 years, and have not gotten a bad tube from any of the three. I would start by replaci... | |
| SS Integrated Amplifier that would sound good with the PSB Synchrony One B Plinius / McIntosh / BAT | |
| Best sounding turntable and cartridge for $1100 In my opinion, you're better off allocating as much as your comfortable with towards the cartridge. I believe you estimated 20% listening would be vinyl. With clean, undamaged lp's, retipping should be many years down the road. I have the version ... | |
| Best sounding turntable and cartridge for $1100 You should definitely keep an eye on the SoundStageDirect used/CPO section | |
| Standmount speakers 4k-8k I don't own either, but would suggest the Penaudio Cenya or Cenya Signature. You'd have to drive to Nashua to Fidelis AV. I'm not affiliated with the shop, but did spend a fair amount of time listening to the Cenya Signatures while shopping compon... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Iron Butterfly - Ina-Gadda-Da-VidaJourney - NextNeil Young - Greatest Hits (sides 3&4)Jazz at the Pawnshop (sides 1&2)Allman Brothers - Brothers and SistersIke Quebec - Blue and Sentimental | |
| VTL TL2.5 Preamp I owned a 2.5 for a couple of years, and it is a real bargain. The optional phono stage is quite nice as well. Tubed with Mullard/Telefunken tubes, it really soared. The MultiCap upgrade from VTL was worthwhile, and inexpensive. My dealer let me b... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Neil Young - Greatest Hits, sides 1&2Count Basie - Chariman of the BoardBoth are recent arrivals, and are 200gm issues from Classic Records. The sound quality is very, very good. |