johnnyb53
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| Ortofon 2M Black? I like AT150MLX over 2M black.Try it and save $300Since I already have the AT150MLX and just need a replacement stylus ($180) that’ll save me around $460 over a new Black. My AT150MLX stylus got bent (and I lost the right channel) last November an... | |
| Ortofon 2M Black? I'm not keen on it. I think that for a MM it sounds thin and lacks midrange body.Given that this statement runs counter to every user or professional review I've ever read about the 2M Black for several years now, and that the Shibata stylus is ve... | |
| Any Large Acoustic Suspension Speakers Being Made? Sealed box and acoustic suspension are not identical. All acoustic suspension loudspeakers are sealed, but the opposite is not true.Sealed enclosures are obviously unvented, but the box is big enough to leave plenty of room for the back wave, and ... | |
| mapleshade brass footers. Before you buy anything, gather enough heavy books to lay a stack of 6 on each of the feet (eight total) of your pair of 1.7s.Leave them on for a few days and play music. See if the sound is cleaner, better focused, and at least as musically invol... | |
| Magnepan 1.7i - Is a Luxman 505UX good enough Maggies do like power, the more the better however, there is more to it than that. It's a matter of how good the amp is capable of sounding while driving the speakers.This is also true. When TAS reviewed the 90 wpc Rogue Cronus Magnum, they set th... | |
| Magnepan 1.7i - Is a Luxman 505UX good enough I have had a pair of Maggie 1.7s for 2-1/3 years. I power them with a 30+ year-old Perreaux PMF1150 B in a room bigger than yours. Mine's about 16x20 with a 15' vaulted ceiling in an open architecture that opens onto the doorless main floor.The Pe... | |
| What's Up with Magnapan at Shows? Many people, esp. non-audiophiles, are so used to the artificial 5-10dB "hump" around 100-200 Hz built into many speakers, radio broadcasts and also TV broadcasts that the honest humpless bass of the Maggies sounds thin by comparison. I totally gr... | |
| What's Up with Magnapan at Shows? This thread started over three years ago. Back then Maggie was stirring up interest for their Mini-Maggies and DWM bass panel. The demo I saw had three pairs of Mini-Maggies with a lot of power (150w per speaker) plus the DWM. They were using the ... | |
| Dynaco A-25, the Large Advent, and JBL Century L-100: which one nad the best sound?? I worked at an audio store in Anaheim, CA in 1975-6 when the original Advent, JBL L100 and Bose 901 were dominating the market. I heard them (and Dahlquist, Ohm, and ESS) all day long.I never heard the Dynaco speakers but I had a pair of hand-buil... | |
| Are Ohm-Walsh micros and 1000 series disrespected because of omni-directional design?? What Mapman said!!I still have my Mirage M5si's, which are technically bipole speakers, but have narrow depth to be as omni as possible. I've had them in daily use for nearly 19 years.I also had Mirage Omnipolars in my 2-channel living room. Omnis... | |
| $800 to spend on speakers, $1500 on whole system There are a couple of excellent stand-mount speakers that are a stretch on your budget ($798/pair for one model, $998 for the other), which sound like (I've heard 'em) small floorstanders. During demonstrations listeners start looking around for a... | |
| $800 to spend on speakers, $1500 on whole system While most of us can put together a really satisfying system with a budget price to performance ratio, a beginner seldom does this on his first try. For that reason, an integrated USB-capable DAC/integrated amp is a good start. It eliminates cable... | |
| $800 to spend on speakers, $1500 on whole system Those are some good suggestions too. Personally I favor new DACs because USB DAC technology continues to develop rapidly along with decoding of higher sampling rates available at lower prices. | |
| $800 to spend on speakers, $1500 on whole system There are a couple of overachieving floorstanding speakers that have hit the market recently, which could leave you more money for the amp, DAC (or amp/DAC) and cabling. The two speakers are the new Elac Debut F5, available for $560/pair (also ava... | |
| No bass with new turntable? I’m in the same boat my friend.I dove back into analog after a 30 year absence,If your comparing digital to it,it never stands up in terms of dynamics,pace,speed and certainly da bottom end and the control of it.Nature of the beast,IMO....missionc... |