lshreve
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| Best Find Ever??? I bought a McIntosh C32 preamp and a MC 2125 with meters at a freight salvage store for $1100. The boxes were open, but I broke the seal on the plastic inter wrap. Best part is I used them for almost 20 years and sold them in mint condition for $1... | |
| New formats, same old story? Sugarbrie is correct,except he/she forgot to mention that Joe and Jane Consumer are nerds...and they are not audiophiles! This is exactly the Beta/VHS thing all over again. Back then... Joe and Jane looked at both VCRs and the VHS was $50 bucks ch... | |
| Magnepans,tweeters on inside or outside? For all things Magnepan check out the Magnepan Users Group (MUG) at:http://www.integracoustics.com/MUG/MUG/I can assure you someone there has even turned them upside down to see if they sound any better... | |
| SS versus Tubes This is pretty much a Coke/Pepsi thing. Each format has design strengths as well as weaknesses...and most of those have been covered well in the previous threads and this post. In the final analysis it all comes down to personal preferences...as d... | |
| TUBE....Starting with Power or Preamp ? A lot will depend on speakers you are using or want to use...I would consider starting with a good tube integrated amp and go from there. According to your stated musical preferences I would go with a used Cary or AE or other better tube integrate... | |
| Is my Salesman telling the Truth? Best way to buy speaker cables is to stroll into the audio "salon" with a 10 foot pair of large gauge radio shack speaker wires rolled up in your hand. Tell him you are looking for something that sounds better, but costs less. This will get his at... | |
| Maggie break in time For all things Magnepan...the definative site is the MUG (Magnepan Users Group) at:www.integracoustics.com/mug/mug/ | |
| Using cheap CD-R disc on Audio recorder You can record on cheaper grade computer CD blanks with the Phillips CDR880. It can be fooled into recording on the computer media. Stereophile magazine reported this and Phillips pulled the CDR880, but many had already been sold. I am sorry, but ... | |
| Magic with Magneplanars? If the last pair of Magnepans you have actually owned and spent time with were the MGIII A's...I suspect it would be worth your time to spend some time listening to the 1.6, 3.6 and the 20,,,or wait on the 20.1 before embarking on amp decisions. I... | |
| Tube amp with Maggi 1.6? I have had 5 different pair of Magnepans over the past 20+ years and now currently have 1.6's. I have driven them with many amps both SS and tube. Let me say that I love tube amps and have several...both SET and push-pull. I have tried several lar... | |
| Feelings on Napster? There are a lot of good points already made...but a couple of things to think about. The bubble has burst! It's the record companies who feel that they have the most to loose with Napster...that's why they are paying magabucks to shut it down. The... | |
| Class "A" solid state vs. Tube amp.? Like the above posts, I have had similiar experiences. I have been involved in and around music all my teen and adult life (now 55). I do have both solid state and liquid state systems at home. I have both class "A" and class "AB" SS systems with ... | |
| considering maggie 1.6's Sorry, I mis-keyed the MUG web address...it should be: http:www.sonic.net/~howl/MUG/ | |
| considering maggie 1.6's I have'em...love'em, but also keep some dynamic speakers around also... All of these guys are right...if you do choose to use a sub make sure it is very fast and has variable crossover controls with some choices below 50hz. For all things Magnepan... | |
| amps and cd players for magnepan 1.6qr Hello... I also have 1.6's and do use a Krell 300i with them on occasion, but lately have been using a Mesa Baron (large tube amp)with the 1.6's. If you go with the Krell, it can sound strident with a "lesser" CD player or DAC. I agree with Rgd sp... |