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| Is McIntosh still a good choice? I own the Mcintosh MA6450. I had "many" other amps over the years, many of which were & are fine pieces. However the Mac is my favorite.The sound is great! I love the control features, the meters, the build quality, and the factory support.You... | |
| Feeding Maggie Dear Pragmatist:I started out with the Audio Refinement Complete Integrated, a fine unit and great value, however just a bit underpowered for my Magneplanar 1.6qr's. My room is the same size as yours, but I have high vaulted ceilings.I sold the Au... | |
| What's wrong with tailoring the sound? Dear SAY811,Thanks for the great post! I started out in the mid 70's with top Marantz seperates with tone controls. I enjoyed the adjustment qualities, yet played much of my music "flat". In the early 90's the Audiophile gear bug, bit. I bought ve... | |
| analog newbie All of the above information & recommendations are great! I've used many with fine results. I would like to ad Genuine Gruv Glide to the bunch. Gruv (pronounced groove)Glide is a Stereophile recommended product and it does what is advertised. ... | |
| Oregon Audiophiles... Hififile here....Salem Oregon.I make a hifi product that is stereophile recommended, and Love great hifi gear both new and classic/vintage! | |
| Can Automatic Tables be OK? THANK YOU for the good advice. Sean has a great idea. I think I will buy my Denon and compare it to my sumiko pro-ject 2.0. If the sound is close enough I will make the swap. I ,unfortunately, do not have a rack that will accommodate both tables, ... | |
| LP Cleaning Question Sean,I forgot to add how Gruv Glide is applied. Gruv Glide is an aerosol product that is sprayed onto a very unique feeling applicator pad (2 come in the kit). The applicator pad is placed face down onto the record which you manually spin on the p... | |
| LP Cleaning Question Dear Sean,I've used the nitty gritty. Wet washing completely removes the Gruv Glide product, which is a good thing. It shows it does not 'attack' or alter the structure of the vinyl. That was my big beef with L.A.S.T. (also good stuff). Once the L... | |
| LP Cleaning Question I've used many of the products used below and most are pretty good. I have had the best luck with Gruv Glide. Gruv Glide completely knocks out the static, cleans and enhances trackability. There is an audible improvement with Gruv Glide. It's a st... | |
| Krell KAV-300iL Anyone own or heard I too own Magnepan 1.6qr's. I started with the Audio Refinement complete. A nice little integrated but not enough juice for the 1.6qr's. Next I bought the Krell 300ilintegrated. Personally, I liked the Audio Refinement better, even underpowered.Ne... | |
| best budget integrated amp for rock n roll music? All the comments are worth noting. I had the Audio Refinement Complete for about 1 year, and it was a marvelous unit sonically and functionally. I sold it and bought the Mcintosh MA 6450 integrated amp...WOW!! The Mac has phenomenal sound, build q... | |
| Seeking advice from Maggie owners Dear Don,I've been in the hi-fi biz since 1975. The last 20 of which is in manufacturing record playing products. We use Magnepan 1.6QR's in our test lab and they are great. When my Dad and I owned a very well regarded hi-fi store we lost a bunch ... | |
| How did U get into this expensive hobby? I started in the late 60's, or "the golden age & birth of high end stereo". My father was an electrical engineer in L.A. and I was in High School. Both of us frequented what were then Stereo Shops. I was enamored with meters, buttons, lights a... | |
| YBA Audiorefinement/Musical Fidelity A3 Both are worthy products. However I very carefully evaluated and listened to the Audio Refinement Complete, MF A3, Marantz pm-17, NAD 317 and a friends Classe'. The Audio refinement Complete had better sound, more detail, rythym and pacing, timbre... | |
| Turntables...Pro-Ject 2.0 Thank you Faml24 and David99, your advice is important and will be carefully considered. |