kennyc
Responses from kennyc
| She loves me she loves me not! It’s your speakers so the risk is yours. We can’t determine your “carefulness” as we are all different We can’t determine the “impact” (emotional, financial, replacement) on you if damaged We can only tell you what we would do aka our own r... | |
| Is my amp good enough? Ummm, not to spend additional so soon, but maybe demo some amps at the dealer with the same MA Gold speakers. You don’t have to buy “now” but can gather info of your next amp upgrade. If you find an amp you like maybe later buy used to save some $. | |
| Is my amp good enough? OP congrats on your decision. Frankly I’d expect a significant sonic uptick after 20yrs and moving up the product line and Monitor Audio’s innovation reputation with very positive reviews. Now that your speakers are sorted out there’s more sonic ... | |
| Help me spend $100,000 on a new system @skyscraper The obvious component update would be your speakers. What’s your room size? - want to make sure you choose the right size speaker. When choosing my first high-end system, After deep research, I demoed to the best speakers I could fi... | |
| 20 year old solid state technology..... 20yrs ago +18yrs - this is an old 2005 thread | |
| Ideas for Pre/Power $9000? @lfromsalem Check out the Paradigm Founders speakers, then report back your findings/preferences. This would help us to narrow down other choices. The Paradigm Founders got great reviews, seemingly a high value choice. A used Hegel H360/H390 wi... | |
| Choosing new cables The MIT REV competes with their more expensive lines, a possible bargain Siltech Classic Legend - extremely transparent, I purchased 880 XLR interconnects. HiFiPlus review here, Part-Time Audiophile review here Hijiri - after reviewing this Hiji... | |
| Anyone has a reference system where amplification is SS ? The OP is arguing why "his" tube preference is not universal aka why doesn't the world have the same preferences as he does? Answer - because we are not him. | |
| XLR recomendation Siltech Classic Legend - Reviews indicate clear transparency. I purchased the 880 XLRs. Iconoclast Be careful buying used - avoiding fake knockoffs. | |
| Another Golden Ear test. An audiophile safecracker? Seems mixing a hobby with...another hobby? | |
| Old records. Maybe for worn records get a different (modern?) stylus profile to reach non-worn parts of the vinyl. | |
| 聖HIJIRI Users thread Whew, just made it through reading this thread. After reviewing additional Hijiri Millions reviews, the IC and SC seems to offer the best sonic price/performance sonically competing with the very best. The Takumi PC seems to be beyond just soundi... | |
| Silver Speaker Cables For silver speaker cables I may try the Albedo Metamorphosis which seems like their top speaker cable. Bummer unsuccessful in finding any reviews yet. | |
| Dream Amps I Could Not Afford 20 Years Ago Now Undesirable Sonic progress in High-end audio marches on | |
| Scent of an Audio Store .. a remarkable, intoxicating thing.. can lead to disaster |