jwmazur
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| Speakers free of grain, glare and steel? Stretch out and try something different. I have been up and down speaker row and having discovered the Holistic Audio H1s, they been a life style change for me. No longer confined to the sweet spot for stereo, totally natural sound, room no longer... | |
| MAC MINI as Music Server? Turning off sleep mode is one of the recommendations of using a Mac as a music server, Get rid of all other programs: power saver, disable Spotlight and Time Machine. Par the thing down to just having iTunes, Pure Music, and Safari. The whole key ... | |
| Contact Enhancer Deterioration The deterioration of sound quality over time occurs anytime you clean signal path connections with or without contact enhancers. Contact enhancers are a mixed bag and with them a deterioration anyway. The silver paste products were designed to be ... | |
| SS integrated amp that has tube like qualities Luxman L590A II. Class A operation. Read Jeff Dorgay's review in Tone Audio. | |
| best vintage 70s, 80s amp? Great American Sound (GAS) Ampzilla series, the Son of Ampzilla in particular. | |
| We Need An Audiophile TV Channel There used to be a program on radio, called "Audiophile Edition", if I am not mistaken. So the notion of having a TV channel or a TV program is not so far fetched. | |
| Your favorites amplifiers for their visual look ? Son of Ampzilla (rack mount with handles); Luxman integrated amps, like the L590A; old version Pass X250. | |
| Top 5 Hamburgers Larry's Famous Hamburgers in Heber Springs, Arkansas. Just a little hamburger shack on the highway. I have traveled far and wide for a great burger. This is tops in my book, especially while enjoying rides on our motorcycles through the mountains.... | |
| LUXMAN 505u? Do listen with your own ears. Upper end needing to be tamed? I can't disagree more with what coverto says with what my ears are hearing. I own the L590A II and it is the one I will live my days out with. I have never read a review that said anythi... | |
| Amp sounds thin Clean all of your connections and treat them with Caig Pro-Gold. You might be surprised at how much crud you will see on the pipe cleaners and rags you use on them. I have had high-dollar systems and one day it happens where I sit down to listen a... | |
| Tube-amp for Magnepan? I had great success using the VTL MB 250 amps. The ST150 was still straining with my 1.6's but the 250's were awesome. I used them when I upgraded to the Maggie 3.6's. The system had plenty of dig on the low side and was just as good all the way u... | |
| Noob Planar Speaker Advice Needed I had Maggie 1.6's with VTL MB250 (triode) monoblocks. In front of all that I had a Copland 303 preamp with an Arcam FMJ CD23 player. The system had plenty of dig to it and didn't lack at all in bass response. The midrange was gorgeous and the pre... | |
| stereo amp vs monoblocks, any advantages? My experience with mono amps was with VTL on the tube side and ATI on the solid state side.. I tried the VTL ST-150 on my Maggies then switched to the MB250's. The ATI amps were the 15O WPC models. Those I tried stereo then bridged the two pair fo... | |
| Integrated SS amps - Luxman vs. Simaudio Moon? The Luxman L-590A II has it all. Great sound, flexibility, looks, functionality, and meters. I own one and and haven't looked back. Tone Audio did a review on the L-590 in issue 15, I believe.Take your time to evaluate all your considerations care... | |
| Do you ever wonder? Metallica; please go away! |