howardlee
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| Question regarding adding a poweramp to an integrated amp Just get a new integrated. Time marches on and those times change. There are a passel of integrated now that make the separates an expensive afterthought. Also, then you'd still have the preamp outs for subs should you want them. | |
| Upgrading from Dual 704 to Technics 1300G – Worth it for Sound Quality? You will not believe the difference. | |
| Why not more wireless connections? There are times when convenience is useful. It is never paramount. I don't stream, I've got more LP's and CD's than I can ever listen to. When not listening intently I prefer as much silence as I can get, and that includes the AC and the roofto... | |
| KEF R7 META There’s one BS response with an amp recommendation. No one’s perfect. Anyway, I checked and I’ve got those Db ratings way to high. 65-70 is just fine. Didn’t know what I was about there. | |
| KEF R7 META I neglected to add: they come alive when reasonably cranked up. I would say at least 80 Db, maybe more. Quiet listening not their forte, but with minimal neighbors, not an issue here. | |
| KEF R7 META My pair has the titanium-painted finish with the red coax drivers and look pretty sharp. I had the LS50's in a townhouse earlier and brought them with me when I moved into a bigger space. The LS50's (not Metas) sounded good here and threw a rema... | |
| DIY Speaker Kits, a good idea? You can get ready made crossovers from Madison if that part bothers you. I did that 20 years ago when building a pair of Dick Olsher's Basszillas. The top was a large acrylic sheet I had made for open baffle, a Lowther DX4 midrange and Chinese r... | |
| What A Drag It Is Getting Old Hell, I could leave my keys in the freezer when I was 20...... | |
| Incredible Audiophile Imaging -- at a Concert! @ghdprentice Thanks for that post, which really made me think. One thing irritating to me is the concept of audio engineers deciding for me what I want to hear. It's one thing to be sitting in your home with different parts of the keyboard spr... | |
| Long Run of Speaker Cabling If that were me I would get the Blue Jeans Cable option or make my own, then also go to Cable Company for a set of Transparent or whatever you choose. Try both. If I did that and liked the Transparent I'd use that as a biwire on the top and pu... | |
| What is your vinyl commitment? Techics 1200G with Hana Umami Blue and Black Swan phono pre from Austin Audio Works you're looking at about $10K. This doesn't include, of course, the Degritter, the Stack Audio record "weight" and mat, along with alignment tools from Wally. Goe... | |
| Leave it on? I have a Pass Labs integrated, class AB, and they recommend leaving it on. There's a mute button but it doesn't appear to be a standby. It still stays warm. | |
| Anyone familiar with Stack Audio Stabiliser and / or their turntable mat? I should mention that the mat's sleeve it arrived in said a record spindle weight of up to 500 gm is ok (my F/R is over that). Doesn't matter as I'm leaving the Stabiliser on there..... | |
| Anyone familiar with Stack Audio Stabiliser and / or their turntable mat? My Stack Audio record mat came. I've now compared it to the Oyaide, using the Stabiliser with both. The Serene Surface Mat is 3mm silicone, with 4 small nibs spaced on the record support surface. There's a nickel-sized circular cutout on the und... | |
| which turntable or how to convert to balanced phono setup? I’m being simplistic here, but if you have RCA outs with a separate ground wire into a phono pre with a balanced/nonbalanced switch does that work? Or does it matter whether you have a MC or MM cartridge? |