jjss49
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| Considering a POSSIBLE replacement for speakers. Opinions? @audioconnection johnny - curious to hear your take on how the vandy 2ce sig 3 (what a word salad!) compares to the vandy 3a sig, one step up richard's line... | |
| Recommendations for speakers that sound great at lower volume levels. i concur with opinions about well integrated subs (a pair) making transformative improvements to systems using high quality bookshelf/standmount speakers that do not produce low bassthere is effort involved, and some learning curve, but the result... | |
| Lack of popularity of Chord??? you have got to be kiddingthe mojo, 2qute, qutest, hugo, hugo tt (1 and 2), and dave are plentifully (and positively) reviewed, in print, online, on youtubethere are at least a half dozen reviews each of the mojo, dave or qutest on youtube alone, ... | |
| Which Integrated amp for Mission QX-5? https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649754716-hegel-h160/woofer grip, clean sound, power in spades, fits your budget | |
| Cartridges for Rega Tables dynavectors are outstanding... lower ones sound great, spend more $$ they get better and betterworks exceptionally well with the aussie dyna p75 phono stage with the special 'enhancer' mode | |
| Listening to digital and analog @dhite71:"It has been a bit of a psychological struggle for me where I was resistant to liking digital. I have invested so much in vinyl and it takes so much more effort that it didn’t seem right to accept digital"Appreciate your honesty.i think t... | |
| Integrated amp recommendations for harbeth 30.2 XD kw6 -- that recommendation is a very liberal definition of 'integrated amp'! 😁😁 | |
| Will the placement of casters on speaker stands degrade the performance Having the ability to move them around to find the best location for them in your room far out weighs any lack of sound quality when you find your magic spot you can then take off the casters for maximum quality at that time.good point | |
| Why phase reverse switch only works when cold? agree with fiestabad relay... should be an easy fix by the manufacturer or any electronics tech | |
| Thoughts on VAC preamplifiers to drive D’Agostino power amplifiers? Thoughts? you would expect any top shelf preamp like a vac or cj to be able to drive any good top shelf ampthat is one of the main functions of a preampto be sure, call kevin at vac or dan d and ask... they will for sure know of the top of their heads | |
| Second hand components that can still kick butt today too many to list | |
| Modwright PS 9.0 and 9.9 Power Supply Rectifiier Tubes old post from 2018fwiw - uk or dutch 5ar4 is the last word on rectifiers for modwright ps 9.0 (and slightly later japanese ones made on mullard tooling)imho really no sense messing around with others | |
| Best Integrated Amp (for me) bottom line, integrated amps as a category are probably the most popular and ubiquitous form of hi end stereo component, for obvious reasonsso there is no lack of choicekey for the op is to know what he wants ’integrated’ into the unit... if it is... | |
| Will the placement of casters on speaker stands degrade the performance How many of MC’s recommendations have you actually tried? I’ve tried 9 now, working on the 10th, and my modest system sounds shockingly good because of his recommendations. I’m going to post on all of it after I set up the DBA, again following MC’... | |
| Lack of popularity of Chord??? I wasn’t aware that chord made amps.it is true that chord makes amp and preamps, they were an early adopter of switching class d amps, implemented in their own unique way, and the amps are expensive, tus the limited popularity in comparison to the... |