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| what cable should I buy for my system? High value (performance above their price points) cable brands: Albedo Darwin Empirical Designs LAVRICABLES RSX Silversmith Fidelium Vogue Audio Zavino Power Cables (old prices) 0.4 Black Cat Silverline 0.4 LAVRiCABLES Grand 30 COR... | |
| An integrated bargain? Early on when evaluating speakers I demoed with Moon electronics, I was underwhelmed. So going forward never considered the brand. Occasionally read some good reviews of their phono stages. | |
| IsoAcoustics GAIA There have been plenty of positive reports. I was targeting Gaias for my own speakers, but will go with Townsend platforms as they seem the best. | |
| Amplifier recommendation Audio Alchemy and Elac Alchemy - both designed by audio guru Peter Madnick with extensive experience working for other brands including the Constellation Audio cost-no-object project with other noted gifted designers. Cabasse Abyss here earned TA... | |
| Amplifier recommendation @highend64 sorry, but I do not own. However, the last 8yrs I’ve been deep researching for my analog + digital chain so I have extensive lists (OCD?) of good/great mostly current components. Demoed much gear at audio stores and audio shows. My ... | |
| Amplifier recommendation Odyssey Audio - Sonic bargain (very few of those) great reviews. Audio by Van Alstine - high value, also has used gear on their website. Orchard Starkrimson - another option, fair/good reviews +1 @ozzy62 - be aware that some used amps need t... | |
| Sun Valley vs Sun Audio 300b Great thread, stoking my DYI fires. Hopefully someday when I have more available time. I have taken a PC board soldering class, so feel fairly confident I can construct an amp kit, but I really want to understand how it works and how to upgrade ... | |
| CEC Belt Drive CD Transports vs Jay's Audio CD Transports @no_regrets not trying to go off topic or to muddy the waters, but you may find other options useful: 1.3 Yamaha CD-S1000 2.0 Rotel CD6000T 2.1 LUMIN U1 mini 2.5 Jay’s Audio CDT2-MK3 -2.7 Teac 701T 3.2 Soundaware D300REF Transport -3.2 ... | |
| Gold Note PH-10 vs Manley Chinook 2 good choices, it comes down to preferences. However, the “tube” Manley would likely sound the least like his current SS phono stage which may be a decision factor. I favor variety and exploration, so my vote is for you to try “tube”. You can ... | |
| Type 45 Tubes for stereo amplifiers Great thread, thanks all. I’m beginning my flea watt amp adventure starting with the 300b, followed by 45 and a 2a3 amps. After verifying with the designer/manufacturer I’m fortunate my 100db speaker can handle the 45. | |
| Anyone remember the days before bells and whistles! Bells and especially whistles were popular with kids back then. Sitting and listening to records, what killed that? Portable radios, CDs, Walkmans, boom boxes…streaming...smartphones….? | |
| Music reproduction is art This seems rather silly. I can have more than one amp that I like, many Agoners own several. It’s not “right or wrong” but simply Preferences. Substituting like/dislike with right/wrong can be misleading. Production is an Art, primarily, but ther... | |
| PS Audio IRSV selling @fertguy By usual standards it seems odd to sell old large speakers at a huge price when current offerings seem sonically superior and a more manageable size. But this hobby is much more diverse. There are many fans of older components some ol... | |
| What do I need? Sorry OP, I disagree, feedback essential so that we know that we aren’t wasting our time trying to help you. You still haven’t answered “does your preamp have a HT pass through?”. In laymans terms for a surround system you’ll need something to s... | |
| Pass Labs INT-25 Integrated amp paired with Harbeth 30.2 XD speakers @philsons Just curious, what kind of rigs you have 1st and 2nd ones? 1st) Linear/neutral - Constellation Inspiration Pre+Stereo>Vimberg MinoD 2nd) Flea watt - Coincident M300B Frankenstein mkII>Volti Rival I’d also love to get one of ... |