jhills
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| «40% Of Audiophiles Are Dying And No One Is Doing Anything About It!» Time, technology and trend has undoubtedly played it's part, but to a large extent, we audiophiles and the outrageously expensive audiophile market place has played a big part in the demise of audiophilia, I have an adult son and grandson and a ... | |
| Adding a tube amp is a good idea? Something else I might mention - even though the volume knob did not have to be cranked much (less than a quarter) to get plenty of volume for moderate listening, the demand was still there, taking its tole on the tubes. Jim | |
| Adding a tube amp is a good idea? I concur with goose and some others, that driving low impedance, power demanding speakers with a tub power amp, no mater how good they may sound, can be a never ending and expensive battle of replacing blown tubes, fuses and resistors. For a cou... | |
| BEST SPEAKER THAT COMES TO LIFE AT LOW LISTENING LEVELS +1 grossman616 I have the Maggie 1.7s, now driving with the very flexible and adjustable Anthem STR. After getting everything dialed in and integrating a pair of subs, listening at low volumes, I couldn't be happier. | |
| Help me find my ideal Stereo Integrated Amp +1 for Anthem STR. It has all that you mentioned except HDMI inputs. I was looking for about the same as you, something that could cover about everything, without breaking the bank and taking up space for four racks of equipment. Since the purpo... | |
| Reliability - what’s your experience been? My experience over the last 40+ years along my audio journey: Sony CD/DVD players - not so good. Nearly every player (5) failed after very little use. Bryston, 3B - I bought used; it had a switch go bad 10 years n on it's 20 year warranty, I sen... | |
| Toe in is crucial I've heard people state that, with electrostatics and planers, you need to sit, head fixed in a vice, to maintain a balanced image and stage. I've found, with both my Quad ESL 63s and my Magnepans, that, with a great deal of attention to placement... | |
| Would you move to a bigger house if you could just to have a better listening room ? @inna If living in the mountains of MT, in the winter time, yes to the Jokla parka (sometimes -40F) and a reliable 4X4 truck and a good set of tire chains. Even though MT is getting ever more crowded, still is a beautiful state, summer and winter,... | |
| Would you move to a bigger house if you could just to have a better listening room ? @inna And that’s just New England, imagine Montana or Wyoming. Born, raised and lived most of my life in Western Montana. I built a nice home on 24 acres of timbered mountain side, backed by thousands of acres of National Forest Land. Nearest nei... | |
| I'm going to buy my first tube amp. I need honest blunt opinions I'm in agreement with soix, atmosphere and others. With the Monitor Gold 300s, for sure, it wouldn't be good to match with a SET amp or even a low to mid powered ultra-linear tube amp If looking for the romance, and warmth of tubes (as nice of a ... | |
| How serious are you? Serious? Well I guess on your list of similar meanings, mine would be meaningful, and on a scale of 1-10, would probably be about 5. Centered mostly along the lines of enjoying a large variety of music and having a dedicated area of the house set ... | |
| Building a 100 album vinyl collection 3 must have albums are? Everything by Pink Floyd Everything by Van Morrison Everything by Mark Knopfler/Dire Straights Oh, have to mention - Everything of what little there was by Amy Winehouse and Eva Cassidy (gone way too young) So many more, I wasn't sure where ... | |
| What's your experience with snooty HiFi salesmen? I started my audio journey back in the early 70s. Myself with wife and another couple also interested in exploring good audio, would travel about 90 miles to a college town, new audio store that sold audio gear quite above anything that was availa... | |
| Just wow… Very nice, thanks for sharing | |
| Do I need 10 gauge power cord if I have 10 gauge from panel? @jumia Oops, sorry mistook ditusa's post showing the Crown amp with dedicated 10AWG cable as yours, so was a bit confused. My thought regarding your original question on aftermarket 10AWG cable for your amps - 12AWG cable would be more than adequ... |