longplate
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| Can’t believe anyone Your upgrade path is clear and easy. Buy a 10 power amp and bi-amp the speakers. Lose the MIT and get some Blue Heaven speaker wire. Nordost will terminate the cables at the amp end for free. Until the format war is settled I'd stay with the 7se, ... | |
| PARADIGM REFERENCE SPEAKERS In regards to jeades comments, let it be known if he's only heard the 100s with the componets he mentioned...he ain't heard nothing. I managed a store that was a Paradigm dealer and we would always hook them up to our best gear. These speakers sou... | |
| High Quality FM Tuner - Advice I agree with JVR. I've owned the Marantz and the Mac and they killed any tuner I pitted against it, and that included many of those mentioned here.Properly calibrated and given a good signal the sound is magical. | |
| Best Component Ever, for the money I'd agree with Jim on this one. I bought one new back in 1981 or 2 for $189.00 and it was a mindblower. A couple of years ago I took a trip down memory lane and bought a used one for $50.00, I put some AudioQuest pre-jumpers in and this little guy... | |
| Linnn Linto From FAR more personal experience I can tell you that the Linto is anything but amazing. Even Stereophile said the combo was CD like in sound character. That combo is cold....burrrr | |
| cartridge for rega planar 3 - 800 range Sell your Rega 3 and get a used 25. If you got say $600.00 for your 3 and got a 25 for $900.00 that would leave you enough for a Grado Sonota and that combo would kill the 3/master combo. It never ceases to amaze me how few Rega table owners use R... | |
| GRADO SONATA 1.5V (THOUGHTS/SUGESTIONS) All Rega cartridges are one trick ponys. They rock well. Bass is overblown, sucked out mids, and a high end that'll make you wish your speakers rolled off at 5K. The Grado is far more versatile and musical. The low output version wii cause no hum ... | |
| Best Find Ever??? A few years ago I was working at a hi=fi store and took a call from a gent who asked if we bought used equipment. I told him no, but he was welcome to sell it on consignment here at the store. He went on to tell me that it was in an old cabinet an... | |
| My own audio store Yup, you have a lot of stuff. But as an Audio Store I think you'd go out of business pretty quick. Not much there I'd want to own. | |
| Linnn Linto If you want your records to sound like CDs, use the Linto.If the rest of your system isn't Linn get a nice tube phono stage. You'll be surprised at how much foot tapping you'll be doing with tubes in the system. | |
| Best Movie Soundtrack For pure sound quality. The Professionals..Hatari Mckenna's Gold...The 7th Voyage of Sinbad..Yhe Ghost and Mrs. Muir...Pink Panther...Casino Royale all on vinyl of course. | |
| college kid needs help with budget amps You can buy a good vintage integrated tube amp for a few hundred dollars that will smoke all of the above listed amps in all areas important. | |
| Primare A30.1 or Odyssey/Rogue For the price of the Primare (great looks,average sound) you can do a whole lot better. If your buying new an in home audition is in order. | |
| Linn LP12. What tonearm and cartridge? Get a used Ittok (make sure the bearings are good) and get the new Sumiko Celebration cartridge. You'll come in under $2,000.00. Only then will you be able to look in the mirror and dig yourself. | |
| Best integrated amp for Linn Tukans? Get the Bryston, the Majik is underpowered and you'll never hear what the Tukans can do. They may be the only Linn product thats any good. Pull them out from the wall, use solid, sand filled stands and bi-wire them. Nordost cable will bring out th... |