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| Recommendations for replacing a damaged Usher BE-718 beryllium tweeter audiotroy and audiogon to the rescuehow awesome when a forum like this solves problems and makes things better! | |
| Audio Research or Macintosh? it is unfortunate that arc tube amps don’t implement best possible measures to deal with tube expiration... but many many folks learn to manage it and feel the tradeoff is well worth it for the exemplary soundfor some others, not the case... it’s ... | |
| Thinking about getting a R2R DAC @co_jones of course, synergy is the magic ingredient hereit comes in many formsthe process is trying and finding it for your wants and tastes | |
| How do you know what you're missing? @cat_doorman you seem to know enough to discern among the various and sundry commentary you are receiving on this postsome folks have strongly held beliefs, right or wrong... sometimes stated repetitively and with blunt force, which, actually is c... | |
| spend on the streamer or on the DAC ? @joeeuro not at all a surprisestock sonos streamer is a jittery source... needs reclockinghence the w4s or other mod or appendage which solidifies the clock timing of the digital outwith this, i don't think you will hear any meaningful difference ... | |
| Which integrated amplifier . concur with brianbelles aria is excellent, if potentially a little less powerful than a mccormack dna125 at full throat driving maggies | |
| Audio Research or Macintosh? while i do share some of eriksquire’s sentiments about audio research tube amplification, i would also say that no one with decent hearing would mistake the sound of an audio research vsi-75 with a modern solid state amp of the same price range | |
| Wanting to get back into the hobby and want to start with the speakers. if you feel box speakers sound boxy, then avoid the box speaker... you will always feel they sound boxymaggies are great... don’t be afraid to work through the placement issues... the process to get one’s system to sound really good is part of the... | |
| How do you know what you're missing? steaksternot saying you are imagining things... or that clean power matters greatly in your system sounding greatwe don’t know the op’s future system, do we? or how much clean power would matter to it... | |
| How do you know what you're missing? @steakster i would say clean power is a necessary, but not a singularly sufficient condition for the excellent hifi sound you describe | |
| Phono preamp worth it with MM cartridges? good phono stage still matters, for sureit is still absolutely critical amplification, earliest in the signal chainthe rega aria is a very good $1500 phono stage but its mm portion is actually relatively ordinary... people buy the aria for the fle... | |
| Audio Research or Macintosh? arc more linear more transparentmac more overtly tubey, somewhat rolled highs fatter midrange and mid bassboth will image well, wide tall and deep | |
| vpi classic yes, oregon papa!!that is why i have three art9's bought from hong kong from 3 years ago - LOLOLOLOL | |
| Am I too big of a jerk,even for audiogon? i suspect they do that erik, because based on the first post, this one really isn’t interesting enough to read all the rest | |
| Recommendations for replacing a damaged Usher BE-718 beryllium tweeter did u contact the company? do they still exist? |