jeffseight
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| Advice for an aspiring musician If this is your passion you are blessed to have one. Stay with it and ignore those carrying the sharp pins. Take care of your hearing. Buy a good pair of earplugs and keep them with you. | |
| Harbeth 40.3's. Should I buy them? The Coherent 15s with the max upgrade are $13k and will sound excellent with your tubes. Ask about Radian's Beryllium tweeter upgrade. | |
| How do you find time to enjoy your $$$ speakers and system? If family takes precedence-as it should- then I suggest a family hour each day. before dinner or after. Not during. Play classical music with no phones or talking allowed. Consider it the unwinding hour. | |
| Best Class D GaNFET Amp Comparison. Who to invite? LKV uses hypex module. And offers a 180wpc Integrated at $2,200. Price is reasonable as is warranty and trial period. Will look for them at Axpona, thanks! | |
| Best Class D GaNFET Amp Comparison. Who to invite? My latest thought is to actually hold it at/during the PNW Audio Event. Simplifies a lot. Need to see what Lou has left. Nquery- Excellent! Tomic-Never rains in Arizona... | |
| what are your top "audio bargins" in your system history? Seems like the best stuff I naturally no longer own. -SpeakerLab K's- Corner horn kit- built all-in for $450 in 1973 -Oppo BDP93 $17 with remote from Goodwill 2020 -Audible Illusions L Preamp brand new $2,000 2018 But I do still own: -Fritz ... | |
| Subwoofer Choice One sub is nothing special. Two is a step up. Four is ideal. Unless you can get 8 in the room!! | |
| Galion TS120 Always rats on a Galleon. | |
| Fee for home audition Buy something and the policy will flex next time. Now you are a zero in his book. Least he did not charge you $250 to walk in the door! | |
| Best Class D GaNFET Amp Comparison. Who to invite? Recap: Without calling any manufacturers yet we may have available for the Seattle event: 1. Aavik I-180 courtesy Peter S 2. HiFi Rose RA 180 Courtesy HifiHandy 3. NAD M33. HiFiHandy 4. Orchard Audio Ultra Courtesy Leo/Joe 5. Peachtree GaN ... | |
| Best Class D GaNFET Amp Comparison. Who to invite? Peter S. What do you have? | |
| Best Class D GaNFET Amp Comparison. Who to invite? SPdude- yes level matching is a must. Blind most likely. Tag- The comparison to an a or a/b is a good thought but which one? The Class Ds will range in MSRP from $3k to $10k with the Aavik as an outlier. So where do you draw the MSRP line ... | |
| Best Class D GaNFET Amp Comparison. Who to invite? Racer, I do have some of the items on your list. But with your knowledge and assistance the event will be fun and provide Class D guidance for those who tweak and those who do not. This will be a 4-5 hour event. Dude, Revised to be Class... | |
| Best Class D GaNFET Amp Comparison. Who to invite? Seattle seems to be taking the lead on support. I need to find a better venue to rent for 2 days. Anyone in the NW with a good room for audio? Need to be legal for a 200 person capacity. Joe/Leo- thanks! HiFiHandy- the Rose and new NAD are ... | |
| Something other than Harbeth SHL5 I like the Tannoy thought. Or Fyne's new knock off line. If you want something different a 15" dual concentric is one option. Or an MBL but new the little ones are $12k. Great sound though. Joseph's Pulsar are a great speaker too. |