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Responses from lou_setriodes
| Loudness - Why has the industry stopped producing amplifiers with this feature any longer? Mitsubishi used a variable loudness knob on several of their receivers too, I always liked that feature over the loudness switch. If you got a loudness button or dial, you end up using it. For many more years than not, I don’t have loudness &... | |
| Your "Best of..." audio manufacturer in each state How about PA for Dynaco & FriedNJ for Hafler, VPI, & Adcom? | |
| What equipment have you bought this year so far ? From an earlier posting on 4/26/19Muse 100 power amp XMuse Model 1 preamp XFocal Chorus 807 V speakers XEmotiva CM-X2 power regeneratorYamaha T-1 Tuner XTandberg TCD 310 MkII cassette deck XMod Squad Tip Toes ... And from 10/21/19:Schiit Mani phon... | |
| Best debut album +1 for Chicago Transit Authorityalso Kansas’s debut album is their best work, IMO | |
| old high end preamps.. My Museatex AVC1 still looks and sounds amazing! | |
| Tube Tester I’ve also had tube gear for about 30 years and never needed a tube tester. Save the money on a tester and just buy some extra tube sets. Input tubes generally last a very long time and will make the most difference in most tube amps. I recently... | |
| VPI is bringing back the Magic Brick! No pun intended, but can you use the VPI magic brick on a hot tranny?Theres a low level hum from the output transformer of a SET that I just bought and putting my hand on the transformer with some force eliminates the hum but after a while, the tr... | |
| Power Amplifiers Right now a Nikko Alpha 130, Museatex AVC1 running Castle Durham 900’s and soon to be restored Rauna Tyr II’s. An early LSA/Columbia (Pre Denon) TT, Rotel 855 cd player, Creek phono stage, NAD analog tuner complete the setup | |
| Ever Bought an Audio Product that was Stupid Good for the Money? Yes Geoffkait, a Fisher 500C is one very special receiver! | |
| Which gives better results inexpensive DAC or inexpensive tube Bluetooth pre? Thanks Rueben, is listening to my Spotify without a wire considered “streaming wirelessly?” Because that’s all I really want to do at this time with better fidelity / the best fidelity available on a shoestring budget. | |
| Help- audiophile husband just dies Dear Julie,First, I wish to offer you my deepest condolences on the passing of your husband and am sorry for your loss.Secondly, I wanted to mention that I am also local to Philadelphia, located in Wynnewood, and would be happy to assist in any wa... | |
| Considering getting a CD player (again). Used? New? Criteria? Ever since I moved my 600+ cd collection out of their jewel cases and into notebooks to save space, I just don’t listen to cd as much as I used to. So I also was wary of spending a lot of money on a CD player.Im also old school and my other unit ... | |
| Cool running amplifier I just picked up a great sounding,very underrated & cool running amp. A rare non rack mount (17” wide) Nikko Alpha 130 in mint condition. Everything I read and heard about Nikko power amps is that they are very underrated and under the radar... | |
| Hidden Gems in Pre-Owned Solid State Power Amplifiers? & even better after lighting up some 420 :)Seriously, never knew that about the Nak 420, always thought that stack of Nak gear was cool looking and that maybe the preamp was the weakest of those 3 pieces (amp,pre & tuner) | |
| Rarest Brands for Sale on 'Gon I once had a Celestion integrated amp called the Ditton Elan di260 might have been the model number, quite rare. Just another one of those obscure Brit integrateds from the 80’s, EJ Jordan was another rare one. Anyone remember Wingate amps? Not fo... |