jl35
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| Two power amps for Magnepan 1.7i ? the pair of C270's will work fine, but your speakers will sound much better with a better amp when you can upgrade...I used an Odyssey Khartago Extreme SE and liked it much more than NAD or Schiit Vidar...not super more money than the $300 you hav... | |
| Sound Dynamics 300Ti Loudspakers Value Not too much, unless you can find a local buyer, and avoid expensive shipping, who's been looking for a pair, you might do ok...also might matter if surrounds were professionally replaced... | |
| going from 2 subs > 4 subs I get great sound with 2 tower speakers and 2 REL subs...with great help from Duke (the designer of the Swarm) on set up...the keys were looking at my large towers as subs (maybe different if I had monitors) and subs placed asymmetrically...initia... | |
| Purchasing barely used NAD gear My 2005-2010 NAD gear had horrible reliability, acknowledged by NAD Service. My 1980’s NAD were quite durable. I think their reliability is by era’s. Not sure about current stuff but I’m hesitant to purchase again | |
| Purchasing barely used NAD gear remember some parts age with time,not usage...in fact some believe usage helps these parts to last longer... | |
| Vintage worth the time to explore? I've found there are some good deals on refurbished vintage receivers or integrateds as long as they re not the high power models. For me it was Harman Kardon HK430 and Yamaha CR-400 receivers... | |
| Vintage worth the time to explore? I've wanted to like vintage electronics but not much luck, until a found a refurbished HK430 receiver which sounds great with my Elac 6.2, but not in a large room... | |
| Stereophile Scamming Subscribers? I think it's $12 a year on Amazon, for that I just renewed...really just to keep up on new gear and recordings, though some of the reviews are good...definitely worth $12 a year for me | |
| Bi-Wire Cables under $350 (Used or New) At that price point I also typically prefer a single run with jumpers of same cable | |
| Amplifier Recommendation for Spendor D9.2 Speakers Pass X250.8 is excellent at low volume. Essentially Class A operation | |
| Is it worth upgrading a CD player? Cambridge semi regularly sells refurbished CXC at great price on eBay | |
| New MOFI speaker (Andrew Jones) from past videos, Steve, at best, hates streaming... | |
| Is it worth upgrading a CD player? I’ve preferred the Cambridge CXC transport to any of my older CD players or my Oppo 103 used as a transport...it's inexpensive, and I find the transport does matter... | |
| What Gear Has Disappointed You? I very much prefer current gear too curtdr, though I do have fun with refurbished pieces | |
| New MOFI speaker (Andrew Jones) I like hearing how excited listeners were to hear them...I have no fears others will purchase them because a few stated how great they sounded at a show... |