jmcgrogan2
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| Selling McCormack Upgraded Gear 'Anyone have insight on why it's so difficult to sell these pieces? As a follow-up, are you losing money when you sell modded equipment across the board, or do some mods "hold their value" in resale, so to speak?'It's nothing personal against the ... | |
| Many questions tube/solid state amps I have a pair of Vienna Acoustics Strauss and a BAT VK-50SE preamp, as well as a VK-D5SE and VK-P5. I'd recommend a SS amp, FWIW. In my experiences, the bass on the VA's drops below 4 ohms, remember 4 ohms is the average impedence. I don't feel th... | |
| Somebody Help Convert me to tubes Well, if you like the user interface of the ML, then BAT would be the place to start. They have the best user interface in the business, IMHO. I think BAT is the only one better than the ML as far as user interfaces go. | |
| Somebody Help Convert me to tubes If you don't want to rebuild your whole system, keep what you have and try to be happy. If you get a tubed preamp it will likely just be the beginning of a whole system transformation.FWIW, the 38S cannot be upgraded to a 380S anymore. I had one a... | |
| Love it, or Hate it ? (wood trim) Hate it. | |
| What PC with Clayton M100 ? Well if the sound is awesome to you, then I wouldn't worry about it. Go get the AA Capitole and relax. Your thread started about power cords. They do make a difference. Better? Not always. I found the Elrod EPS-3 Signatures sounded the best, but n... | |
| What PC with Clayton M100 ? I'd recommend saving your money for the AA Capitole. That's an excellent cd player, which can also be used as a preamp I believe. This is where I'd spend good money on a power cord. I've found that digital front ends seem to benefit the most from ... | |
| What PC with Clayton M100 ? I think the stock power cords are pretty damn good. Better than most stock power cords. IMHO, power cords make less of a difference on the amps than on preamps and front end components. I've used Shunyata King Cobra V2's, Elrod EPS-3Signature's an... | |
| Amplifier recommendation for Legacy Focus 20/20 Well, I would think if it's a little bright, selling the CJ and buying the X1 won't help things. I've never heard of a CJ preamp considered to be the source of brightness. Maybe a Cary SLP-98 will smooth out that Pass. I love most of Pass' work. I... | |
| Dynaudio S3.4 or B&W Nautilus 803 ?? It would depend on your musical tastes. In my opinion, the Dynaudio is warmer and more musical while the B&W is more detailed and transparent. I'd prefer the Dynaudio myself.As for the cd player, look for a used Audio Aero Prima or a Classe CD... | |
| Powercord to tame brightness and add musicality Warren, (IMHO) In My Humble Opinion. | |
| Powercord to tame brightness and add musicality "no power cord is going to set you free with that brightness problem".You forgot to add, IMHO, no? I'd have to disagree. If you've owned Shunyata King Cobra's and such, maybe they didn't work in your system. They sure smoothed out a bright preamp ... | |
| Powercord to tame brightness and add musicality OK Warren, your up. Nickt says he already has dedicated lines, a power conditioner and components that he doesn't want to change. He's looking for suggestions for more musical sound and less brightness. What do you recommend? Sunglasses?He doesn't... | |
| Upgrade in five channel amplifier Clayton amps, good choice. I have a pair of M100's running now.....sweet....How about something like this: Cary SLP-2002 (highly modded)I have no affiliation with the seller.BAT, Sonic Frontiers, Classe, Blue Circle, many others out there. A coupl... | |
| Your First Hi-Fi Hankering? Nakamichi Dragon tape deck, man that thing had me drooling..... |