mattmiller
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| DC meter on power amp Very rarely will tubes be exact. The main thing is, does the tube make noise? Is the tube causing the music to be degraded? Bottom line, if it sounds good then it is good and you shouldnt worry about the tubes so much, enjoy listening. Matt M | |
| Does Steely Dan sound bright to you? TO the absolute contrary, a clean Original vinyl of Steely Dan's Aja would be many peoples reference. Matt M | |
| Mirage M5 si with Sony STR DA 3000 es Receiver Sure it will be fine, BUT if you want those speakers to really show you what they are capable of , give them the high quality electronics they deserve! PS I owned a pair of Mirage M3's and my brother owned a pair of M1's, we used McIntosh amplifie... | |
| Youtube listening via optical to a dac Any soundbar or self powered speakers are doing this already. Just saying. Also, many stereo DAC's dont accept multi-channel sound like AC3 only 2-channel stereo sound. So if you skip the processor your limiting your surround sound capabilities, I... | |
| Primaluna Prologue Premium CDP Heat Concerns Yeah man tubes run hot! Show me a piece of tube gear that doesnt. And if you wanna call the awesome magic that goes on inside a little glass bottle, Model T technology, then be my guest. (more tubes for me) Matt M | |
| What are Your Favorite Tweeters? The Dynaudio ESOTAR and ESOTEC cloth dome tweeters are used by many high end speaker manufactures and is one of the sweetest and delicate sounding tweeters I have ever heard. Also, The tweeter used in the EPOS ES22's or ES11's is a very very good ... | |
| Sub-$1250 DAC w/ built-in Headphone Amp Do yourself a big favor and buy the Mytec Liberty II DAC it was first on your list for a reason! And I can say if you give it a great source (like a Aurender streamer) it will not sound digital or cold or anything but amazing! The source matters b... | |
| Issue with Mc 5200 Amp shutting down... Im glad things are working again :-) | |
| Audiophile router configuration The problem is WiFi is not where the sound quality happens no matter what speed, this is all irrelevant, US audiophiles want stability, steadiness, strength! that's what using WiFi means to us. Ones and zeros are ones and zeros until they hit a Hi... | |
| Selecting tonearm and cartridge.HELP A JA Michell Orbe with a Shelter accord cartridge on a SME 309 tone arm is not affording you excellent results with the rest of your system? I would try a few different cartridges instead of replacing your whole rig because its not the table or t... | |
| Hum after replacing tonearm cable Where is the Turntable plugged into? | |
| Pontus, Brooklyn+ or Benchmark 3? Pros and Cons The Brooklyn will drive that McCormack no problemo......Ill bet it would make a very beguiling sound combo. (goosebumps)Matt | |
| Issue with Mc 5200 Amp shutting down... Unplug the units power cord from the back for 1 min, then plug back in. Press and hold down the power button (red one) until the unit turns off, this will reset the computer inside and things should work normally, Otherwise contact Audioclassics.c... | |
| Have YOU Heard? I only buy Mac amps and I am strictly 2 channel so I cant speak to this amp/control center combo. But I will say that after using many MAC amplifiers over the last 40 years This Mc255 amp reminds me of my current amplifier (which I Love) the McInt... | |
| Streamer to pair with vintage SAE 2500 MK 25 Stereo Power Amplifier Streamers stream music from the cloud and offer digital connections (USB) to pair with a DAC. Unless you buy a digital player that has both which many do. So to be clear I think what you need is a Streamer/DAC with a volume control to replace the ... |