hilde45
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| Charging A Fee To Demo An Amplifier In A Brick & Mortar Store I have to agree with George on this one. This is outrageous. The dealer who has to check things out, clean them off, etc. is merely doing what all shop owners have to do when people browse their merchandise. This is part of the overhead that they ... | |
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| More money toward better speakers or a better DAC? OP, the way you pose your question makes it seem that you're looking for a prompt to go upgrade your DAC. It's your time and money -- and you could be guessing correctly, so why not try it? Otherwise, it's very hard to know. On this forum, anyone ... | |
| yet another tube preamp recommendation thread Considering your question, but first: what was missing in the other threads covering this topic that didn't help address your issue? There's a lot of good discussion to look over on this site. | |
| Leave tube amps always on? I don't own LTA, so maybe that is a very special case. Can't speak to it.In addition to fire hazard, tube life (both good points), my gear consumes over 100w when idle. I listen probably 2 hours a day, maximum, on average. This probably doesn't me... | |
| Msb dacs why not alot of postings If I even considered spending that kind of money, I'd stop myself. Then, I'd get a Chord, Mytek, Benchmark, etc. | |
| For anyone who moved from tubes to solid state — a question Luckily, my tube amps are in a basement space that's always cool. Even when it was 100 degrees outside, things were fine. I agree with the issue of not warming up a room, though. If I was upstairs, I think a solid state would be a good backup for ... | |
| Think fast: What would you take? Blaming specific races or political parties are ways to try to neatly dispense with complicated issues for one's own mental comfort. Some of us here are Republicans, some are Democrats, some are men, women, black, white, asian, etc. People are res... | |
| Let's be a little meta: What topics are most hotly debated? +jjss49 Gotta always be ready to stop hitting the post button and delete instead. Typically, I write things in a separate text program and read it over twice before posting it. If it contains something which could be considered mean, I either find... | |
| Looking for preamp reccomendations Here’s a question rather than a suggestion. You list:Phono stage (preferably tube)RemoteI wound up with a Preamp without a remote. Everyone here, my dealer, and the maker agreed that simpler was better. It was also $500 cheaper and I still control... | |
| Let's be a little meta: What topics are most hotly debated? LOL, Erik! It would be interesting to see what was most "hotly debated" not by counting up the posts in each category, but to see how many times a thread about "A" is diverted to a discussion about "Hotly Debated Topic B."It’s like those threads w... | |
| Magnepan 1.7i Amp recommendations jjss -- thanks. Already steered away from the maggies but if I move to a larger room I was thinking I might consider them again. But at that point, it would probably be time for an amp change, as well. | |
| Think fast: What would you take? I'm here to learn and discuss audio and, when appropriate, express sympathy and commonsense advice. Anyone who needs to rant about Marxists, Capitalists, Republicans, Democrats, Fascists, Bolsheviks, has plenty of spaces online to do that. Really ... | |
| Update on Audiogon Member Almarg My heart goes out to Al and Margaret and their family. Al has always been kind and civil in discourse, generous and wise in advice, patient with those starting out or still learning. A good man. | |
| Never Owned a Tube Amp and Want Advice FWIW, here's the description of the 60 wpc amps from Quicksilver. Notice the comment about both being able to handle difficult speakers AND also having the finesse of a low powered amplifier. I've put some lovely KT77s in mine, and it's really doe... |