lou_setriodes
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| Speaker footers – Ugh definitely very interesting Missioncoonery...anything other than what Mapleshade recommends is blashemy! And what if their name wasn't Mapleshade? Would they then be touting some other wood besides maple as the superior choice for racks, stands, e... | |
| I'm going to start from scratch I've been in this hobby for over 25 years now and have owned and have heard many different set ups and have probably read countless more equipment reviews from numerous hi end magazines over the years and sold audio at the retail level many yrs ag... | |
| Cheap but decent preamp ??? PS Audio IVH, 4.5, or 4.6, Superphon Revelation Basic (preferably dual mono version), and Dynaco PAS 2 or 3. | |
| You're selling that? But you just got it Its much more primal than that. I tell the Mrs., "would you rather me cheat on my new amp, or cheat on you?" I could be at the bar or nightclub looking at different women or on audiogon looking at different gear - you decide. | |
| To all tube lovers....... I'm also a tube guy at heart but about 12 years ago or so, I went back and forth between a B&K EX442 Sonata (200 into 8, 360 into 4) and a pair of 8417 Paoli M60 monoblocks (highly modded Dyna mkIII's) and was hard pressed to tell the differen... | |
| Preamp pairing with B&K ST-140 Rrog,Let's agree to say people have different preferences and because one person prefers one type of gear doesn't mean that person has bad taste or the other person has good taste.For instance, I'm not a big fan of planars or electrostatic speaker... | |
| Preamp pairing with B&K ST-140 Hi T-kid,FWIW, I owned an ST140 for many years and mated it with several different preamps from a dyna PAS 2 and PAS 3, Luxman, Acoustat TNP, and a Music Reference RM5 mkII. All sounded great with the St140. The St140 was always considered a "gian... | |
| $8oo dollar budget A Moscode 300 or 600 or Counterpoint SA12, SA20, or SA220 would fit the bill in a hybrid design and still stay within your price point. But I have to agree with Rleff, B&K's higher powered amps are extremely tube like sounding. Many years ago,... | |
| Basic Preamp - suggestions? I agree with several of the people who commented here. If you can find a used Superphon Revelation Basic or Revelation Basic Dual Mono, PS Audio 4.5, 4.6 or IVH, or B&K Pro 10 preamp that would be the ticket. A Dyna PAS 2 or PAS 3 is also a ki... | |
| Matching preamp for b&k st 202 B&K Pro10 MC if you are going to match B&K stuff; otherwise, I agree with Driver above - the one that sounds best to you.IMO, sonically, I like the idea of a SS amp with a tube pre combination and the B&K stuff is very tubey sounding f... | |
| What amp / int. amp would you still like to try? Having owned so many magazine subscriptions in the early 80's to late 90's and beyond from: Stereo Review, Audio, Stereophile, TAS, HiFi Heretic, Listener, etc., I've probably read more than I've auditioned and owned (and the auditioned/owned list... | |
| What amp / int. amp would you still like to try? This is very true and a good point. You can never overlook system/room synergy in building a good system or the synergy between amp and speaker. Even though I realize its all system synergy, whenever I make any system change, I always tend to thin... | |
| Inactive audio members that you miss I wonder if anyone knew Inrit (Rob Trankley) or had the pleasure of dealing with him. Over the years, he bought and sold a lot of stuff on a'gon and unfortunately passed away about a year ago. I don't know how much he posted on these forums but fo... | |
| Which components knocked you out on first listen? 1982 - the Bang & Olufsen Turntable demo by the audio store salesman. He banged the table, wiggled the tonearm and did other crazy things and the table never skipped.1985 - first time I heard separates. 70 wpc B&K amp, Counterpoint preamp,... | |
| B&K ST202+ Bridging Good question. I'm not a technician, but I'm sure it probably could be done if you sent it back to B&K. I know the ST140 came as a mono version and the M200's were monoblocks too. As I recall from when I used to sell B&K amps for a local h... |