joekapahulu
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| Options for integrateds for Ohm Walsh Tall 2000s? I have Walsh 2-100S3 like Mapman, the equivalent of what you are getting. Got original 2s and John updated them for me 7 years ago. I run mine variously with a Marantz PM8005 or a McIntosh MC250 updated by Terry DeWick. I have them in a space that... | |
| Searching for a Integrated Amp under $2K My Marantz PM8006 delivers most of what you reference except internal dac. I was ok with that because dac technology is changing quickly. You can get it new for $1000. Belles Aria also comes very highly rated for just under $2k. I am interested i... | |
| Recommendations for modern integrated with tone & balance controls other than Mcintosh I have similar problems with my hearing as left ear has 25%loss due to a medical condition. Since this came on about 1 year ago, I have ended up using my backup Marantz PM8006 as my primary amp due to balance, 3 range tone controls and direct pass... | |
| Any Ohm Walsh owners using tube amp? Thx for all the feedback. My room is approximately 13 x 18 with a ceiling rising from 8 to 18 due to an arched ceiling and stairs bisecting the room up to the 2nd floor. 60 tube watts would be more than I have now and is tempting as I have never h... | |
| Any Ohm Walsh owners using tube amp? Hello Mapman, Thank you for your feedback. I have read your comments on Ohms for years and they in part were why I upgraded from C2s to the Walshs, which were a great move. So much appreciated. Mine are original cabs which John upgraded to the S3... | |
| Ohm Speakers Model B Dealt with Ohm on multiple occasions. Never a bad experience and that treated me more than fair on upgrades to cabs and drivers and shipping to Hawaii. You don't stay in business 50 years cheating people. I would keep trying to contact them. | |
| Speaker advice for first hi-fi setup - Monitor Audio Gold vs. KEF R series! I have Kef R300s bought 5 years ago. I bought them after side by side listening compared to LS50s for 4-5 hours in a shop. If they changed the amp they ran both speakers thru it. I found 2 key things. First, the R300s had more bass than the LS 50s... | |
| What do/did you do for a living? Semi-retired business executive and investor. Started in audio as a high schooler working in a record store in the 70s. Loved music, played guitar, family had a crappy Zenith system. Heard good system at PT job. We stocked the record section for t... | |
| Rogue Audio Cronus ...what speakers do you love ? I am always curious when I read about the CM. I have only heard it once for about an hour at Overture Audio in DE. I thought it was a nice sounding SS amp...problem is its tubes!. I did not get any "tube magic" from it...certainly unlike the MC275... | |
| Van Alstine Integrated Let us know your thoughts once you have listened. I am looking at the control amp but have never seen nor heard one of his pieces. So, it would be blind purchase for me. Be interesting to hear from an owner. | |
| Which integrated amplifier . So very sad to hear of your plight. Had a close friend pass of the same lung cancer 10 years and I miss him all the time. We shared interests in music, audio, computers, food and wine and travel. Best adult friend I ever had. I am familiar with yo... | |
| Wife opened door to build my best ever system...ideas for what it should be? edcyn...Aloha bro. Good to see there is at least one other audiophile out here...we are hidden well. I am up in the mountains so maybe similar weather to Hilo area although we dont get the cool winters and rain like we used. I did the fan and op... | |
| Wife opened door to build my best ever system...ideas for what it should be? Thanks for all the feedback. I think it will be even more challenging to do this after reading all these comments. I have historically preferred separates over integrated amps but probably mostly due to possibly out of date thinking that the integ... | |
| Member Almarg passed away last night Saddened to hear of Als passing. My aloha and condolences to his wife and family. As a newbie to this forum 10 years ago, I had much to learn after being away from audio for decades. Al was always patient, precise, kind and fabulously helpful in e... | |
| SS Integrated amp w/front-mounted 1/8” mini-jack for personal media players ($1~3k range) Outlaw Audio RR2160 receiver has what you want on the front panel and is a pretty good product, maybe better than you expect or want. Its about $1000 direct from Outlaw Audio. I believe it is built by ATI for OA. I have had an ATI amp which is exc... |