magnumpi205
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| New amp or new cd player? The more threads I read, the more I realize that CD player's transports a dying way ahead of their time.I would buy a really good DAC and play the Onkyo until it dies and replace. That way you still have a great Dac and don't end up with an expens... | |
| Front-Ported Monitors Heard the Gurus at RMAF 2007, one of the better sounds at the show. | |
| Tubed Pre question? My first real serious tube setup was a pair of Mac 240s, Marantz 7c and a Pair of Chartwell LS3/5as. Have had a few SS pieces like the McCormack TLC 1 but have always veered backed to tubes.Now I have the Modwright 9.0se, Mac 275 and Reference 3a ... | |
| Rolled some 12ax7's recently... Prefer the Orange Amperex's to the Bugle Boy's. Maybe because they hold up really well.In 35 years of using 12ax7's, Amperexs seem to hold up better. Some of the commercial derivatives are tougher but just don't have the magic.Just because they ar... | |
| asi wadia i170 Added a Channel Islands power supply with good results. Definitely a quieter background. | |
| can forum readers help with advice on speakers ? Jaybo,We used to stack the large Advents. Used to make good music and go loud. | |
| Favorite Female vocals that give you goose bumps Alison Krauss, Alicia Keyes, Ann Wilson, Dusty Springfield, Leona Lewis, Sade(yes Sade), Darlene Love, Shelby Lynne, Grace Slick | |
| RMAF 2009 tips? Went in with the wife in 2007. Had a wonderful time. Stayed at the Hyatt and got a sweet on line for $99 a night.Try to avoid the rooms that seemed to be over run by dorks. Those guys that the dealers let monopolize a room because they bought from... | |
| Is there a truly musical multiple CD player? Run any Sony ES multi player through the digital out to any good dac. They used to call it a Jukebox, now it's a music server.Your iPod through a Wadia iTransport to a good Dac and you have a music server.Your computer to a --------etc. | |
| My MC275 has a clueless sound-change... Check the start up tube that takes most of the current when you turn on the amp. Had to change that tube to a 6681. That is the 2nd from the left of the controls and next to the covered tube (12ax7a). | |
| Floorstander suggestions to replace Usher S-520s.. AV123 X Static(?) speakers. Heard them at the RMAF.They are floorstanders that are open panel on the top with sealed bass units. I think they were around $800pr. Sounded better than many speakers in the $5000 to $10,000 range. They seemed to be a ... | |
| Harman Kardon 730 Twin powered Have an HK 930, one of the best SS receivers ever made. Still sounds very good. | |
| Which preamp is good for mcintosh mc275? Have a Mac 275 with a Modwright 9.0SE with cap upgrades and a Mullard 5ar4 rectifier tube.They drive a pair of Reference 3A Grande Veenas.Extremely satisfied, could be the end of the road. | |
| Best high end monitors? ATC,Harbeth,Spendor,Reference 3A,TotemMy favorites are the Harbeth 40.1 and the Spendor SP100R, but that extending the term monitor to the max!All the above have pluses and minuses but are at the top of the food chain. | |
| Coupling caps, upgrade, similar values Keep it close, also can double up in series as Magfan states. Or you can add in series like 4.7uf t .1uf to get closer to 5.0 uf. Don't try to engineer a new circuit. |