kingbarbuda
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| phono preamp for Primaluna I have a PrimaLuna Dialogue Premium HP, too. So first thing is you don’t need to spend the $ on a phono preamp with balanced outs because there are no balanced inputs on the PrimaLuna. Since you don’t want to spend a lot of $, I think the bottom ... | |
| hi anbody have a wood record mat ? I originally had a felt mat. Great if you like static electricity.Tried a cork mat left over from a U-Turn audio turntable I had. (You can buy one from them FYI). Meh. I tried the Hudson Hifi acrylic mat. Has an indent for the label. That’s good. ... | |
| Amp for nee LRS Maggies Before you buy any subwoofers my advice is to first put the LRS pair on MyeStands. Then give them several or more listening sessions. If you think further improvement is needed then get and install the Mike Powell Maggie instant upgrade. Listen so... | |
| Best mid priced Amp-Preamp I didn’t look up your speakers. But with as little as $2300, the best bang for your buck that I can think of quickly is all Schiit: Freya Preamp and two Vidars run as monoblocks. That is plenty of power with a bunch of overhead. That is $2100 with... | |
| Amp for nee LRS Maggies Well for the $1500 budget you can get a pair if Vidars and run them as monoblocks. That is likely your best bang for the buck given the budget. You may be able to get them for less on the secondary market if you can find them. With the money you s... | |
| Magnepan LRS compared to the .7 or the 1.7i ? To answer the question: I am not familiar with the .7i. But in comparing with LRS with my 1.7i. It’s a matter of how much money can you spend and a matter of great and greater. I heard the LRS myself at the secret Maggie room at Axpona with Wendel... | |
| Magnepan LRS compared to the .7 or the 1.7i ? @noble100 The subwoofer issue you and I have discussed as I tried to state above, is now moot for me. I will clarify this again more directly to again make my point: Based on my own experience which has also been confirmed by other Maggie owners ... | |
| Lumin T2 impressions? I was attracted to the Innuos Zenith mk3 because it will serve as a Roon core. So I didn’t need to buy a Nucleus, or otherwise have two units. The Innuos Zenith will do it all and with high quality. My understanding is that the Lumin can be a Roon... | |
| Benchmark Preamps and Amp - For real? @mayordaley In what vendor’s room or table did you listen to the Benchmark HPA4 at Axpona? I think I did too and I think it was at the Innuos room. I think if I am not mistaken they had three Benchmark DAC each fed by a different Innuos streamer. ... | |
| Tube Amps Watts vs SS amp My understanding is that the concept of “bandwidth” is very important. Perhaps more important for tube amps than solid state. But I have a First Watt SIT-3 which is a low watt solid state amp. It apparently has some bandwidth to it because it driv... | |
| Magnepan LRS compared to the .7 or the 1.7i ? I think if you or anyone gets a pair of LRS, you should seriously consider ordering what ever stand Grant VanderMye from MyeStands constructs for them. Then get the fuse and jumper upgrade. After that determine if you need a subwoofer. I don’t thi... | |
| Magnepan LRS compared to the .7 or the 1.7i ? I own a pair of Magnepan 1.7i. I spoke to Wendell of Magnepan and demoed the LRS. My 1.7i are larger and give a larger soundstage. But the LRS are really excellent, as well, on an absolute basis and especially for the money. Personally, before I m... | |
| Recommendations for bookshelf speakers For the money the ELAC UniFi UB-5 speakers are great. They are also just very good speakers. An added bonus is that for some reason, they are heavily discounted and you can find them on Amazon. If you want to move up to they big brother towers the... | |
| Newbie looking for speakers Sample system on approx $5000 budget:Magnepan LRS $650 newBryston 4B3 stereo amp $3500 used or similarSchiit Freya Preamp used $500BluSound Node 2i eBay $400Total $5050I really like those Maggie LRS speakers for a starter system. Absolutely the be... | |
| Turntable Mat question Ok. I ordered the Hudson Valley acrylic mat and the Herbie’s Way Excellent II mat. The Hudson mat has the small depression to the label. But it extends all the way to the record edge and doesn’t allow for the extra thickness of the lead in edge. P... |