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| McIntosh MC225 questions Made the cap change alas no change in sound. The RCAs(Westinghouse) went back into action and still remain. | |
| Low Cost Surround Speakers Decent Monitors There is a set of six Monitor 90 speakers for auction on Ebay. Extremely good, extremely small and extemely cheap. | |
| Best transport for $500.ooish Many Oppo players used at RMAF as transports and some as sources.Most computers have very poor soundcards but some modded ones were also used as transports and sources at RMAF.If you have an Ipod you could also go the Wadia iTransport direction an... | |
| wadia ipod dock-- anyone find faults? 80 cds @ 500mb per cd could be stored on a 40gb ipod. Have found that they average about 400mb per cd or 400 cds on 160gb ipod.I have 40gb of music on my ipod and doubt I will ever fill it. And yes they are Wave files.The difference in soumd will ... | |
| McIntosh MC225 questions Use a Ram Lab matched set of Tungsrams. Also like the Teles but they tend to be a little darker. Use Amperex 12ax7s in my other amps but have yet to try them in this circuit.Using a nice quad of RCA 7591s makes a big difference. Tried the EHs but ... | |
| new small room, big change Buy the speakers first and treat the room afterwards.Treating the room first would be like going in for surgury and then going to the doctor after surgury to diagnose the problem. | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? 21' x 12.5' with heart redwood paneling purchased in 1975. Had to install about 22 lineal feet of it to enlarge the room and almost passed out at the price in 2008.Has turned out to be a wonderful sound absorber. | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? You may get bigger sound from some much much more expensive speakers, but not better.The Grande Veenas sent my Spendor SP100s to the audio bullpen.Don't forget to add the overall coherence. I think that is really what sets it apart from other spea... | |
| new small room, big change MapmanLinear- speakers designed to have the smoothest frequency response, therefore sound the best. B&W,Thiel, Wilson to name a few. They are generally brighter on top and not as mesmerizing in the midrange. Many of them are fatiguing after ex... | |
| Coupling caps, upgrade, similar values Cap value should stay very similar, say 5.0uf to 4.7uf and not change the voicing of the preamp.Obviously the voltage value can go up but not down.Changing the brand by going up the food chain will clean up the sound, darker backgrounds, etc. The ... | |
| Which Integrated got you off the merry go round? Just had my Mac Ma230 recapped, retubed and biased. Can't get much sweeter than that.A little light on deep base but they're running monitors so it really doesn't matter. Been off that merry-go-round for 30+ years. | |
| new small room, big change Chad,Have Spendor, Harbeth and Reference 3a speakers. All have a very similar sound, which I would call musical versus other speakers listed that tend to be more linear.The Reference 3a Decapo-i may be a good choice with a little more bottom end a... | |
| Sound card recommendation Lilo 3 | |
| Xindak DAC-5 Xindak has very old technology.Have heard the Benchmark and CIThe analog outputs on the CI sound much smoother and less digital.A CI set just sold on Audiogon for much less than your budget | |
| 2-way speaker with best bass Totem Mani 2 sigsReimer McCoulloughStandmounts and more affordable than Magicos |