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| Retirement integrated amp for a “fiscal conservative” Yamaha A-S3200 comes in right at your max budget but can be found on sale or open box. The Technics SU-R1000 also gets good reviews but may be hard to find and is over budget unless you find an open box. PS Audio Stellar Strata MK2 comes in about... | |
| Can you recommend Jazz for some one that doesn't like Jazz? @fthompson251 I have been of a similar mindset, but have recently been able to appreciate some jazz offerings. What got me "primed" to be more open minded about this genre was listening to Internet Radio Station Jazz 24 out of Seattle. I have it... | |
| Thoughts: Mofi Sourcepoint 888 vs Fyne Audio 501sp? I heard the 888 at Axpona and was very very impressed. I was equally impressed with the SVS Ultra Evolution Pinnacle. They are also very worthwhile considering and in the same price category. I also was very pleased that day with the sound of the ... | |
| Looking for a narrow baffle small footprint speaker Totem speakers always punch way above their price point. The Forrest Signature are 7.8 inches wide floor standers at 8K. I have owned and listened to their bookshelf speakers and honestly even the tiniest ones will fill a room with sound. | |
| Physically Comfortable Headphones I have not compared dozens of models, so my sample size is not large, but the Focal Elex headphones (open back) I ended up with I find I can wear for long stretches with no issue. I often will have them on much of the day if listening while worki... | |
| Speakers that disappear I had Focal Aria 906’s on the factory stands and could easily make mine disappear at the front of the room. Soundstage was nice and wide, and you could not pinpoint the exact location of the speakers. Phantom center channel was right where it sho... | |
| High end bookshelf speakers for Small room Someone else mentioned this as well but the PS Audio FR5 is well worth a listen. It beat out to my ear many a larger speaker when I head them demo'd at Axpona in the spring and they are getting very good reviews. https://www.psaudio.com/products/... | |
| Which HDMI cable for I2S? I switched out my HDMI cables to SVS branded cables a couple of months ago and felt there was a slight difference in my video clarity. Well made and nice looking products. They now make interconnects and speaker cable as well. | |
| Recordable CD/DVDs are vanishing too I was at my medical practice the other day and noted that each of the reception stations had a sleeve of 50 CDs next to each of them. I asked what that was about and they said when people need their medical records or copies of x-rays or things th... | |
| Looking for RCA cables from preamp to amp? I recently discovered the Periapt line of cables and have traded out my headphone cable along with a couple of others for this company’s offerings. I find them extremely well built and a good value. They sound great to my ear. Give them considerat... | |
| iFi LAN iSilencer connection I have a couple of these and have been using them for many months. I plugged one on the line that feeds into the switch from which all my audio gear is connected, and another into the NAS that stores my files. It was not a revolutionary experienc... | |
| Reel to Reel I got into R2R about 6 or 7 years ago and as others have pointed out it is a very good sounding source. I have a Teac X300 (bought refurbished for $400) which does 3.75 and 7.5 IPS only, but since I am only interested in purchasing factory made ta... | |
| A GOOD dry record cleaning device @corelli I would agree. Very simple and effective. I do also use a very basic ultrasonic cleaner ($200 on Amazon) to get rid of major crud on new purchases I make (of older albums I buy very few new reissues) but then use my Discwasher/Zerostat pr... | |
| A GOOD dry record cleaning device I have always used a vintage Discwasher brush (the original not the newly marketed ones of the same name), with a little D4 fluid (which I ran out of but now use Mobile Fidelity’s One record cleaning solution). I use a ZeroStat before the brush. T... | |
| Sharing a subwoofer between a Stereo and HT combination. I added the same external amplifier that @gkelly did and got favorable results using my Yamaha RX-A2080 AVR. I have since upgraded to the Yamaha RX-A6A AVR (just deployed yesterday) and so far the same favorable results. Even though the Marantz s... |