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Amp suggestions for Avalon Radian HC
Hello Carey,If you plan on keeping the HC's, the MIT 850 Triads is a must. I bought my pair used on this site.The cables will do a dramatic change in sound quality for these speakers.I have owned my HC's for about 5 years now and I'm very happy I ... 
Need a heavy duty receptacle
I use MIT outlets. Sound much better than the hospital grade ones I was using.Joe Nies 
Amp suggestions for Avalon Radian HC
Hello Carey,I live in Anchorage. Been up here for 21 years now.I moved up here from Denver.Joe 
Amp suggestions for Avalon Radian HC
Greetings,Some people have had good luck with hi-end tube amps. The Radian's need a lot of power.The MIT 850 would make more of an upgrade than most any amp IMO.Try an Audio Research amp? The dealer I bought my Spectral amps from feels that the on... 
Avalon Radian HC
Hello Carey,Please see my reply that you put under the speaker forum.Joe Nies 
Amp suggestions for Avalon Radian HC
Hello Carey,There are a lot of amps that will drive the Avalon Radian HC's.When I got my pair I used a pair of Adcom 565A's for a while, then I went to a Bryston 4BST. The Bryston sounded the best of the two.I now have a pair of Spectral DMA360's ... 
Can I Degauss my vinyl ?
If you have the money get the Furutech Demag. My wife bought me one for Xmas. Works very well. It is expensive, glad I got mine as a gift. If you have a large collection it is worth it IMO. Many artical abought the Furutech mostly positive from au... 
Wow, everything posted for sale is ''light use''??
Since I built a dedicated listening room I seems to listen to music less. It takes time away from my family.I enjoy talking to my wife and playing with my animals.My dedicated room room is on my first levevl of my house with one chair in it. I do ... 
Short runs of flexible power cord?
I have had to put objects, such as wood boxes, bricks, VPI Bricks and books near the connector to relieve tension at the connection point. I have also attached string to the connector and attached the string to the wall with a screw at the outlet.... 
Your Worst Audio Breakdown
My Marl Levinson ML 20.6's broke down. Sent them to the Service Bench to be fixed. They had them for 14 months and sent them back to Me. After 5 hours of play they shutdown on me again. The Service Bench said we tried to fix them, but we are glad ... 
Which companies deserve a star for Christmas
Joe Abrams at Equus Audio. Great person to do business with. Not a greedy dealer. Great communications.For buying MIT products I only go to Joe.Joe Nies 
I have a AC Regenerator. Get dedicated line too?
A dedicated line will only help the sound. Go fo it.I'm fortunate, I had room in my breaker panel, I put in 4 20 AMP dedicated lines when I build my sound room.Joe Nies 
NAD 3020 What to do with it ???
The original NAD 3020 is almost a collectors item. I gave mine to my sister who no longer uses it. I will get it back and re-furbish it and maybe sell or give to someone that likes listening to music or just keep it.One of the great intergrated am... 
Which MC to use
I use a Denon Dl-S1 (7 grams) with my ET2 arm no problem, I have used the Carnegie One for years (it is an old cartridge).The ET2 lists cartrides from 7 to 15 grams. I would stay at 7 to 12 grams. they list it's complinace is from 7 to 20.The heav... 
taller than average ceilings
I believe the taller ceiling will help with the sound, adds more cu. ft to the room. Speaker placement is something you will need to tweak. Should be close to the same as if you had 8' ceilings. Should add more ambience to the sound stage.Joe Nies