jjss49
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| Anybody try the new Heaven 11 Billie Mk 2? it’s funny, and rather frightening... that a dude who churns out the ’next greatest thing he’s heard’ twice a month gets views, sways opinion, and more importantly, seemingly impacts buyer behavior... more social media churn, relentless internet ... | |
| Dual mono integrated amps i have both the kinki exm1 and the primare i-30 both are excellent, kinki improves with replacement of key op amps (i did mine with sparkos)... resultant sound has a supreme crystal clarity with tremendous bass drive... an overtly powerful and ex... | |
| Ref75se ref 5 se linestage certainly deserves a matching arc reference amp downstream of it! -- even a ref 110, now reasonably priced - simply a superb amp | |
| Budget amp that will give Magnepan 3.6Rs better depth of soundstage in my experience the most cost effective amps (used) to drive big maggies well enough in a regular size room to normal levels are klaus’ odyssey amps (even the less expensive older ones are excellent, khartago or stratos -- caps upgrade helps) p... | |
| Dual mono integrated amps primare i-30 | |
| Anybody try the new Heaven 11 Billie Mk 2? what @ghasley said... op ... read his comments again... pretty much sums it up | |
| Budget amp that will give Magnepan 3.6Rs better depth of soundstage not gonna happen that is the hidden cost of owning maggies... you need damn expensive associated equipment to make them sound their best | |
| Ref75se op you basically answered your own questions price, local sale only, no packing materials, availability of the seller (amazing how many posters of ads are very slow to answer inquiries)... not to mention usual issues of condition/history of unit... | |
| Bought the Chord Qutest. Love it. Hate the power supply. decent 5v lps are common, not too expensive, easily attainable, and worth it, for the qutest in my experience | |
| ARC repair needed shipping power amps always an issue, for risk of damage as well as cost george meyer av in downtown la is your best bet | |
| Tube Preamp --> Solid State Amp tube pre into a POWER amp (good solution for best of both worlds if components chosen well... employed by many over many years) not an integrated... that would be duplicative of preamp functions | |
| Streaming – Discovering Similar or New Music tidal’s own app is fairly good at this qobuz less so blu os not bad, kinda so so roon and its various features do this just wonderfully, make it so easy and so enjoyable, in a number of ways... for me a big part of its value added | |
| Weird Luxman/Exposure remote interactions competing (or more accurately stated... common) remote control frequencies on various remotes controlling different functions... it can be a pain for sure | |
| You know when you are dealing with a BS company.... op i think maybe it is time to let it go we got your point... some folks are more gullible or skeptical than others... marketers do what they do... life goes on -- there is much noise in our lives, from many sources, we grin and bear it | |
| Why Switches Influence The Sound Quality hans is extremely knowledgeable, and in my view quite worth making the effort to listen to - he has a real depth of experience and tries to share it, even if his delivery is not the most user friendly |