jasonbourne71
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| Shunyata Venom RCA vs Bluesound Node 2i stock rca Are you sure you heard a difference? Did you do some blind trials? Sighted listening does not count because seeing the object under test leads to biased judgements. | |
| Wayne Kramer of the MC5 Passed Away Sorry to hear of the passing of Wayne Kramer. Kick Out the Jams was such a seminal proto-punk album from 1969! | |
| Best Covers Pink Floyd's The Nile Song from the More film soundtrack performed by Voivod on Angel Rat. | |
| Central Florida? Yes, there is the Suncoast Audio Society in Manatee County. I live in Pasco County north of Manatee. The Florida Audio Expo is February 16,17,18 in Tampa. | |
| Replace stylus or new cartridge? The TLZ was a premium Grado cartridge. I would buy the new stylus - the price is reasonable. | |
| Magnepan 1.7i Wavy, Wrinkled Mylar Diaphragm/Aluminum Ribbon If you hear no buzzing when played loud all is well. | |
| Alternatives to McIntosh MC402? For difficult-to-drive speakers I have a Perreaux 2150B. 340/680/920wpc into 8/4/2 ohms. Bought on eBay for around $900. I turned down an offer to buy a big Levinson amp for $3K as the Perreaux is sonically as capable as a Levinson. | |
| Alternatives to McIntosh MC402? If you want a light weight amp with plenty of power a nicely restored Carver 1.5 will fit the bill. 450 wpc into 8 ohms. And it won't cost $5K! | |
| Alternatives to McIntosh MC402? Sounds like your MC402 can handle the wide dynamic swings of large orchestral recordings without clipping. | |
| Alternatives to McIntosh MC402? Someone will soon text "try a different power cord". | |
| Alternatives to McIntosh MC402? Keep the MC402. Buying a different amp is a sideways move at best. Your MC402 will be working well for another 20 years! All well-designed amps operated below clipping will sound alike. If you don't drive the MC402 often into clipping there is no ... | |
| how to use LDA quartz regenerator??? help Just plug your 401 directly into the wall or power strip outlet and forget about the neurotic belief that an AC regenerator will improve the speed stability of a turntable. It won't! | |
| BAT VK-56se The best place for tubes is use in preamps. That way they will work into a fixed high impedance load - the input stage of a power amp | |
| BAT VK-56se Tube amps with an output impedance of one ohm and greater will function as audible tone controls as the signal tracks the speaker's impedance curve. The response will not be flat/accurate. Add to that the variable quality of today's tubes and reli... | |
| Synergy Cartridges, like speakers, are transducers (convert mechanical energy to sound) and have the biggest impact upon systems SQ. That's why listening to different cartridges/speakers with one's own system is important. |