johnnyb53
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| Questionable service at Soundsmith Is "that other guy in Washington state" the one in Bellevue?http://www.phonocartridgeretipping.com/index.htmlI live about 18 miles from his shop. If he's good it would be nice to know as I'm thinking about moving on to a decent HOMC from my MMs. | |
| Magneplanar .7 speakers. Have you heard or own them?? I have heard almost all the GoldenEar stereo speakers plus their best soundbar and some of their subs. I’ve also heard the Magneplanar 1.7, 3.7, and 20.7. I have owned the 1.7 since Nov. 2013 and picked them in a close audition over the GoldenEar ... | |
| Need New MM Cartridge Recommendation MM cartridges for box speakers, MC for panels.Interesting thought, don_c55. I've been using an AT150MLX since 2008, but switched from curvilinear "box" speakers to panels (Maggie 1.7) in 2013. It still seemed like a good fit but I'm open to other... | |
| Need New MM Cartridge Recommendation You can still get a Roksan Corus replacement stylus. | |
| Need New MM Cartridge Recommendation The 2M Black is $755 at authorized US dealers and $513.06 from Germany-based Thakker on eBay. The replacement stylus is $576 domestically and $439 from Thakker on eBay. You can get the AT150MLX from LpGear and other Atelier outlets for $325. Repla... | |
| I have seen some Interesting comments about Mcintosh lately I had a pair of Mirage M3si and sounded best with my Krell FPB600. I would never consider using tube amps with Mirages.I wrote about my experience auditioning Mirage M5si’s with McIntosh 300w monoblocks. I assumed everyone understood that these ar... | |
| Which amp/preamp/integrated for GoldenEar Triton 5's Their sonic criticisms sound to me like they take the time for warmup, let alone burn-in for electronics and break-in for speakers.Oops! I MEANT to say "Their (WhatHiFi's) sonic criticisms sound like they DON'T take the time for warmup--let alone ... | |
| Which amp/preamp/integrated for GoldenEar Triton 5's Thanks for all your responses. I had considered the NAD's, but was a bit put off by their so-so reviews on whathifi and the number of choices they offer. I don't know what WhatHiFi's deal is, but their reviews seem to be all over the map and have ... | |
| Which amp/preamp/integrated for GoldenEar Triton 5's There are many potential answers here, but try auditioning an NAD C 375BEE. It is surprisingly refined, powerful (150 wpc), stable, poised, transparent, dimensional, you name it. The preamp section is very musical and throws a big sound stage. Its... | |
| Amplification Recommendations For Magnepan .7 I don't know what your budget is, but I've owned a pair of Magnepan 1.7s for over two years. Although I use a different rig at home, the unit I auditioned with (and showed off the Maggies' strengths very well) is the NAD 375BEE. It had plenty of p... | |
| I heard the new D'Agostino Progression 800w monoblocks last night On March 4 at the show I was quoted $39,950 for the pair of 300W Progression monos. ---------------------------------The Progression mono block amplifiers I'm referring to are 800 watts per channel, did Dan come out with another Progression ampli... | |
| Do 180g vinyls sound better or is it a myth ? Perhaps we should list all the good labels?Here’s a Couple - Sheffield Labs- Jeton- Deutsche GrammaphonAny More?....Sure:ConcordECMGeffenA&MEMIAngel (EMI recordings pressed and distributed by Capitol)EratosA fair amount of AtlanticWarner/Repri... | |
| I heard the new D'Agostino Progression 800w monoblocks last night How much are these amps for a pair of them? Did they the silver or the gold/black ones?Believe it or not, the Progression is a somewhat cost-reduced product compared to the Momentum. They don't have all that steam punk styling and massive amounts... | |
| 6SN7 tube question +1 for Brent Jessee. I've bought a fair amount of stuff from him over the years. I've also had some good luck with tctubes.com. Four years ago I got an out-of-production NOS Philips JAN 6X5WGT rectifier for $21 + $5.50 s&h from tctubes. | |
| Is my CSNY De Ja Vu a bad pressing, or lost cause? You might find this thread enlightening:http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/csny-deja-vu-sound-quality.243020/ |