johnnyb53
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| New system has fatiguing, harsh high frequency sounds. How to fix? From the C-Net review of the Sony STR-DN1080:The Good The Sony STR-DN1080 offers all of the features you could want in a modern receiver -- multiroom music, Chromecast streaming, AirPlay, Dolby Atmos and a slew of 4K-compliant inputs. Sound qua... | |
| Rega RP8 or Technics SL1200G Here is Fremer's review of the 1200G. The 1200G is also an Absolute Sound Product of the Year in the January 2018 issue.Pretty much every review I've read of Rega TTs that measures rotation speed indicates that they run fast, whether it's an RP3, ... | |
| Cassette Tape You can get blank audio cassette tapes on Amazon. Most of them in 5-packs, 8-packs, 10-packs, etc. come to about $1.25 to $1.50 per cassette. | |
| What are the best loudspeakers under $4000 to re-create lifelike piano I have had my Magnepan 1.7s for over four years now. From the beginning I was struck by how realistically it reproduced the sounds of pianos. Then I came across Dick Olsher's evaluation of the Maggie 20.7s, and his description gave words to the... | |
| New to Magnepan, a volume question How about throw a Hail Mary pass and get a Parasound Halo Integrated amp? 160 wpc into 8 ohms and 240 wpc into 4 ohms, which is Magnepan's native mode.Plus, it's a Class A Stereophile-rated component. Its phono stage accepts both MM and MC cartrid... | |
| Magnepan 1.7i vs. 3.6 Seller ask 2460€ for 3.6s. My 1.7is are one year old and they cost 3450€ in Finland. So i think that i don ’t have pay any euros if i’m gonna sell my 1.7is.My 2013 1.7s are so satisfying, and have none of the disadvantage commonly attributed to ... | |
| Magnepan 1.7i vs. 3.6 Well, consider that when the 1.7 came out in 2010, it was such an improvement in coherence, low-level resolution, power usage, etc., that it sounded fundamentally better (and was easier to set up and use) than the rest of the product line.Magnepan... | |
| @inna Tell me your speakers and I'll tell you who you are Magnepan 1.7s augmented by Mirage MM8 small (9" cubes), sealed, very fast subwoofers. Happy with this combo for 4+ years so far. | |
| $3,000 Planar Speakers martykl:Which small Maggies and which Rythmik subs did you settle on?I have a similar combination--Magnepan 1.7s and a pair of Mirage MM8 subs (discontinued for some time now). Nov. 16 marked the 4th anniversary of bringing my Maggies home. I'm st... | |
| THE LITTLE BLACK BOX, 399.00 ABSOLUTLY NUTS Here’s MusicDirect’s product listing for the XLR junction box in question. Note that the product contains "Premium Nordost Reference Wire."Have you priced a current example of Nordost Reference Wire? | |
| THE LITTLE BLACK BOX, 399.00 ABSOLUTLY NUTS I have worked at many different kinds of companies, including textbooks, religious books and periodicals, computers, home audio, shoes, and others. The uniform rule of thumb for calculating retail price is to multiply the cost of manufacture (part... | |
| Turntable getting back to vinyl I've heard the Pro-Ject Debut Carbon DC. It surprised me that so much musical value could be extracted by a $399 turntable. You can do a no-brainer upgrade by swapping in an Ortofon 2M Blue nude elliptical stylus. No need for readjustment or reali... | |
| Looking for a monitor with great midrange audiotroy:KEF LS 50 used would be a good choiceAccessories4less has them (factory refurb) for $999/pair including free shipping and a 5-year factory warranty. | |
| MONO cartridge recommendation salectric wrote:In fact, looking over the whole thread I’m not sure who I recalled suggesting that mono records played with a stereo pickup will be too noisy.That was probably me, but I need to clarify that I was only referring to vintage 1950s-’6... | |
| MONO cartridge recommendation The big question for me is whether the minority of available mono cartridges that are built for mono from the ground up (which means they have little or no vertical compliance and no capacity to respond in stereo to the groove modulations) are ... |