joekapahulu
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| Best speaker stands for KEF R 300 Skylan has a stand built for the R300 and LS50. You can find them at Quest FOr Sound in PA. No relationship...other than a satisfied customer as I got my amp and R300s there. You can also go direct to Skylan which has the advantage right now in th... | |
| Hegel 80 with either KEF LS50 or KEF R300 I auditioned both for 6 hours and went with the R300. They sounded very close to each other but the 300 had better bass, sounded bigger and more complete in terms of resolution. Both were stand mounted and used the same amplification. Because I li... | |
| Marantz PM-15S1 vs Roksan Kandy II? Never heard any Roksan product though they Get good ratings. I have heard the 15s1 and liked it. Detailed, transparent, neutral with a hint of warmth, definitely a reference level product. Its been on my list of potential modern amps to buy...as I... | |
| Can't decide on Integrated Amp - Please Help Heard the Ayre AX7e last year at HiFi House thru some Wilson speakers. Blew me away, clean, transparent, hint of warmth but nicely detailed. Only issue is it works best in balanced mode. It got me started on thinking about a serious upgrade to a m... | |
| Earliest "MOST WANTED" gear 1976, McIntosh separates system with Magnepans,Thorens Shure V15 as a highschool senior. Eventually got most of the pieces though have never had the room for Maggie's. Listened to and owned lots of other loves but still love Mac sound and look best. | |
| A fond farewell to The Allman Brothers Band I had not heard they were retiring. Huge bummer as they are one of my favorite bands but I have never seen them. Hawaii's concert scene is very limited and is skewed to pop. Hadn't heard Little Feat retired but understand Eagles also on their last... | |
| is buying used Mcintosh equipment online bad idea? I have bought multiple McIntosh online from private buyers on EBay and Agon. I ship them to Terry DeWickfor a going over before shipping to Hawaii I where I live.I have had good luck. I buy from experienced sellers with track records to protect. O... | |
| Budget Pre with 2outputs, rectifier tube and..... Check out YS Audio from Hong Kong. ALso called Audio Expressions I believe. THey are on Audiogon. I believe a couple of their tube pres are tube rectified. I have an old one the MKII I think which is tube rectified and was a great entry into tubes... | |
| combination tube amp and ss preamp? Most people do it the other way around a tube pre with a ss power amp. That way you get the warmth from the tubes but still have the bottom end grunt of a ss power amp. I have one system setup that way and it works very well for me. I have never e... | |
| Combination McIntosh tube amp with SS preamp? I am going to offer a slightly different suggestion. I would go with a Mac MC250 power amp. Get it upgraded by Terry DeWick and use that. It sounds very much like a 275 tube amp as it was designed to do so as one of McIntosh's first ss power amps ... | |
| Need to Downsize: Small Speaker Recommendation Kef Ref 201/2 are great speakers which dont use much cube. Might also check out Tyler Audio line. He has a broad range of "monitor" speakers in various sizes that are excellent. He flies under the radar so many have not heard of him. For much smal... | |
| Mcintosh Quality after buyout by D&M holdings Your dealer is crazy. While Mac has indeed changed hands the owners did not seem to screw with the company and indeed during the D&M to Fine Sounds transition a fair amount of money went into the company as evinced by the amount of new product... | |
| McIntosh MA 7900 impressions/experience? I would grab it. The Mac dealers I have worked with don't discount off new. | |
| Why are Wadia amps being discounted? Wadia is now part of McIntosh and has relocated RD to NY. They are designing lots of new pieces and are focused on flushing inventory to fund new equipment and clear the pipeline for distribution to buy then new goods. If retailers still have old ... | |
| Suggestions? Tubed linestage pre-amp?? Conrad Johnson. Check Spearit Sound on Agon or web. They had a whole bunch of stuff a few weeks ago, demos,used et. |