mapman
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| $510.00 for an Aluminum cover for the ARC Ref. 10? "Dorothy, you're not in Kansas anymore."Nope. More like New York, Paris, London....... | |
| Sound stage Its best to think of all recordings as having a soundstage. TWo channel recordings are considered stereo. The soundstage is artificial based on how the recording was miked and mastered but exists nonetheless. Some specialized or rare recordings us... | |
| Solid state power + tube pre or visa versa? In that there are many combos of tube and SS that can work out quite well, as OP has exprienced first hand and has been re-iterated here, the key to to decide where to start and just do it right from there. Some will build their system around a tu... | |
| Solid state power + tube pre or visa versa? I think he got good advice in this thread in response to his question that should help whatever way he might choose.. | |
| Solid state power + tube pre or visa versa? The op can seize any moment he chooses really. He's asking the right questions to help decide. | |
| What would you do? Its true unfortunately that if audiogon does anything to enforce ethical business practices its certainly not advertised or apparent in a any way. It's not been a problem for me personally so I don't know, other than I see no indications of much i... | |
| FM reception and your antenna What is a real FM antenna? The best will be mounted outdoors on a roof with a rotor. Not so common anymore. I've tried various fancy indoor antennas over the years, even been obsessed to pull in weaker more distant stations from time to time, and ... | |
| Sound stage Voices can come from anywhere not just dead center in a stereo recording. Same as anything else except with voices you might find a lead vocal dead center more often. Its all in how the recording was made and anything goes. Listen for where things... | |
| Virtual System updating problems. Anyone else? Looks like some nice enhancements/new features coming. I'd like to see the site become more inherently visual over time. No reason in this day and age that any product listing for sale (not just those "featured" should not show an image when brows... | |
| Solid state power + tube pre or visa versa? I am a tube pre-amp/Class D power amp fan myself and use that in my main system.I recently added a digital Class D integrated amp to my second system just to see how that might do in comparison and have been fairly pleased though the two sound sig... | |
| Solid state power + tube pre or visa versa? SS pre-amp with tube power amp can work on paper but probably least desirable and relatively uncommon. Most that want a tube power amp (higher maintenance and TCO) will also likely want a tube pre-amp (which does not add much if any downside at th... | |
| Why does most new music suck? The Beatles were and continue to be phenomenal but a side effect was many were indoctrinated to music by them and perhaps pay less attention to other forms that continue to thrive today. | |
| Sound Quality of Direct TV audio I'd say its almost always a good idea to use digital outputs form most all commercial AV devices whenever possible in that these devices are for mass markets and most audiophiles would prefer results from their own carefully selected DACs, digital... | |
| Virtual System updating problems. Anyone else? Al, glad to hear good impressions of teh software team doing upgrades currently. Hopefully Agon learned from their last upgrade a couple years back which was a huge fiasco. | |
| Solid state power + tube pre or visa versa? "When is the last time you have seen a hybrid integrated with the power amp section tubes and the preamp section solid state?"That's a good point.One common scenario where tube pre-amp and SS amp might not work as well as possible is when SS amp h... |