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| Is there a Musical HT Receiver....? If you are running Monitor 9's, I would not put $3000 in a receiver. I believe you would get much better sound from upgraded speakers and less $ in the receiver. I don't think you'll hear sufficient difference in the Nak AV10 and Marantz 8000 clas... | |
| SACD - Is it happening yet? Jcbtubes,No you won't ... the music will take care of that ;-) | |
| How much do you listen? For me about 8 hrs right now. Similarly to many of you, it will be more in the winter. Just bought a new (to me) table, so looking forward to increasing my hours and re-discovering much of my vinyl. | |
| How much does your system retail for? $25,000 and the mean is at $42,117 based on the 79 responses so far. (unless someone posted updates that i didn't catch) | |
| How much does your system retail for? Paid $2775 and $3350, respectively. Can't wait to show this thread to my wife!!! No one should be embarrassed or overly proud. This is not a mine-is-bigger-than-yours (either price tag or enjoyment-per-dollar). Although, I must say, it sounds a wh... | |
| Your 5 Fav Rock Concerts Great thread! Although I feel a bit like Jim on taxi, here goes (from what I remember), in no order:Yes, Bob Seger, and Donovan at Rich Stadium '78Eagles Hotel California tour '80Springsteen Tunnel of Love tour '88?Stones Voodoo Lounge tour (the o... | |
| SS versus Tubes Redkiwi and Rushton have captured my thoughts in considering moving to tubes. I'm gravitating more and more to acoustic and vocals, and want to bring those alive to the maximum extent possible. To accomodate those times when I may have a taste for... | |
| Romantic HiFi Getaway Weekend?!? Well, Steve, I don't know how *romantic* you can make it sound, but CES in Vegas next week will certainly provide you with the most shopping opportunities. | |
| AV PreAmp vs. AV Receiver You will need to spend at least 500-600 for a used pre/pro (Sherwood Newcastle 9080 abd Sony 9000 spring to mind), but if the rec and int do not have pre-out/main-in connections, you can't use their amps. You're probably better served with a recei... | |
| Getting into tubes? You might also check ou the AES AE-25 Super ... Good writeup on their site, and Sam Tellig loved it a couple issues ago. | |
| Receiver-- good stereo sound quality Add Nakamichi AV-10 to your audition list. | |
| $1k speakers / Audio Refinement Complete Perhaps too numerous to count. I would lean towards buying used - should be able to buy in great shape at 50-70% of list. For around 1000, with some patience, you could/should find Vandersteen 2C, Maggie 1.6 (not sure the amp can handle these), Pr... | |
| Best CD changer...as a transport? If you are talking jukeboxes, I'm not sure you're going to hear any significant difference using the digital outs. Perhaps with a higher end piece like the Denon 5000. If you are using solely for party/background (non-critical listening) I'd go wi... | |
| Perentage system $$ for speakers My experience is not the same as yours, Mailman. When I auditioned speakers, there was a much more immediate and noticeable improvement in those over the lesser models and my old ones than by switching electronics. As a result, right now, I probab... | |
| Air Bladder Isolation, Cheap I need to try something under my turntable. Since putting down the hardwoods and going to a Salamander rack, it seems much more susceptible to vibration. I was going to try a Lovan Trisolator, but maybe I'll try some bladders and a spare mdf shelf... |