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| After years of separates, I'm going integrated. Anyone else do the same? "Did he recommend or say anything about the INT 250?" No, he did not. He only ended by saying, You know John Atkinson said the XA-60.5 is the best-sounding amp he's ever used... "One would never know until he listens to the gear in the system." ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Bill Evans, Waltz For Debby (Analogue Productions) Talking Heads, Fear Of Music (1st press, promo) Talking Heads, Remain In Light (1st press) Talking Heads, Stop Making Sense (1st press) | |
| After years of separates, I'm going integrated. Anyone else do the same? I explored moving from my Pass XP-22 and XA-60.5s to the INT 60. (I also have the XP-17 phono stage.) So, I reached out to Kent @Pass for his thoughts. (I've know him for a quite while.) He basically said it could be viable but in terms of sonic ... | |
| Has the cost of HiFi gotten a bit too much? "Has the cost of HiFi gotten a bit too much." That's a question of opinion. Certainly, the audio market tracks closely to other luxury goods markets. I'm a bit amazed you can spend 100K on a watch or any number of things, like an amplifier. But i... | |
| Why do folks spend more on electronics than on speakers? Generally, one has more electronics--turntable/arm/cart, pre amp, phono stage, and amps (if mono or for subs). Whereas you can only have one set of speakers. Meanwhile, do we also include cables, power cords and power conditioners? I also go by t... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Willie Nelson, Stardust Miles Davis, Seven Steps To Heaven Laurie Anderson, Big Science | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Steely Dan, Northeast Corridor: Steely Dan Live! Willie Nelson, Stardust | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? J. J. Cale, Troubadour Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Sparkle Hard The Beatles, Let It Be The Beatles, The White Album | |
| REL vs JL AUDIO A properly set up distributed bass array -- using non-branded subs -- will take you much further. Consider the AudioKinesis Swarm or James Romeyn's modified version of it. Think outside the box. | |
| Looking for warm tube preamp (should pair well with Pass power amp), budget $6000 BAT, Atma-Sphere or Conrad-Johnson. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Gillian Welch, Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs Cassandra Wilson, New Moon Daughter Steely Dan, Katy Lied Roy Hargrove and Mulgrew Miller, In Harmony | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Freddie Hubbard, Straight Life Freddie Hubbard, Red Clay Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Sparkle Hard ps: thanks for the welcome @spiritofradio @slaw | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Charles Mingus, The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady Joe Henderson, Inner Urge Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Sparkle Hard | |
| Are there speakers that disappear regardless of the recording? Totally agree with @zgas-music But there is a lot to be said for getting the speaker-room interaction as correct as possible. | |
| Subwoofer between speakers? There are two ways to do this properly. One is subjective by moving the sub around your room and listening to what you think is the best position. The other is objectively by using electroacoustic analysis (i.e. software-defined) by which you can ... |