joemarsh
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| Your Forever Pieces? What and Why? I have a MFA Magus B bought in 94. Have upgraded it twice. I use it only for the phonostage now. Shout out to Sota turntables. Had a Satelite from 91 to 2005 and traded it for a Nova. Never will let it go. Also, have a Koetsu Rosewood from 86. | |
| Discontinued equipment that you wish were still here. What do you miss or think will miss? I miss companies like MFA and Counterpoint. | |
| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... I actually agree with the basic sentiments that started this thread. It’s impossible to listen to everything in circumstances that resemble your listening environment. It’s all a bit of a leak of faith. I would add add that I have a Miyajima Kansu... | |
| Curious what people think is the best "value" high end speaker (~5K to 15K) I walked several shows and decided that the Dali Euphonia 4, 5 and now the Epicon series were giantkiller at the sub 15K level. Someone mentioned the Focal Elektra 1038 and, of course, Joseph Audio and Vandersteen are always strong. | |
| Any information/experience with Olive ONE Yeah, I dont recommend anything from this company. I have one of their early products, the Musica. I was only sporadically able to get the web interface to work from my computer. They suddenly stopped paying the internet radio service maybe two ye... | |
| Dali Helicon 400mk2 vs Sonus Faber cremona I own the Dali Euphonia 4's which I chose over the Cremona's, Wilson Sophia's, Joseph Audio RM 33, and some others. You aren't playing on an even field as Lewinski pointed out. I would have liked to hear some Piega's and the Electra 1038 but, neve... | |
| Designer Hall of Fame Scott Frankland - without question. The only piece of gear I've never changed out. In fact, he's upgraded it twice. | |
| Speakers to hang on to for LIFE @Ctspooner I've never heard the extremas but, have always lusted after them. My acupuncturist had supertowers and I always thought they had an uncanny rightness about them - even when laying on a table! I forgot about B&W 800's - very impressi... | |
| Speakers to hang on to for LIFE The most impressive speakers that remain unforgettable and, therefore, if I had them I would hang on to for life are (no particular order):Sonus Faber Electa AmatorSonus Faber EllipsaArtemis Eos Signature with Bass ModulesProAc Response 3.8ProAc S... | |
| Sleeper preamps: $500 new/used I purchased a used MFA Magus A in 1995 - never gotten rid of it. I use it exclusively as a phono stage now as the Conrad Johnson's of the world have overtaken it's line stage. In 2003, I had Scott Frankland redo it - new capacitors, new pots, new ... | |
| A phono amp that beats the MFA Magus's phono? Hhi, I had my Magus A upgraded in 2003 by Scott Frankland. I'm happy to share the upgrade list with you offline. I had all the capacitors upgraded, the RIAA curve reworked, jacks upgraded etc. Now while i did not do scientific listening tests, i h... |