mattmiller

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Upscale Audio is up front with customers
Kevin has helped me on more than one occasion with improving my system with the products he sells and offering great advice. Plus hes the guy with all the tubes!!!   
What are your top 3 favorite turntable companies (manufacturer) and why?
I love the REGA P3 turntable with the RB301, back in the day with a Dynavector 10X5 (then $450) this was a very lively and engaging,fun, very fun, did i say fun setups! Which then led me to JA Michell Gyro SE and the REGA RB301 modified Techno Arm... 
Help me build up a jazz album collection. Can you suggest a must have album?
Anything from Johnny Hodges  (Dukes first sax), Stanley Turrentine, George Benson-Giblet Gravy (early years), Count Basie, Lavay Smith and the Red hot skillet lickers (excellent vocals and masters of jazz instruments ensemble). Anything from Duke ... 
Streamer Advice
MQA is not a format being adopted by the music industry, high resolution files are whats being used today. MQA is dead. Plus the limitations of the SONOS prevent it from streaming at the levels you want , upgrade your music streamer to a streamer ... 
Dynaudio Special 40's vs Wharfedale Super Lintons
I Have had my Dynaudio Contour 3.0's (rated at 200w) for over 20 years. Never have I had any problems with them. I also drive them with a 350 watt per side solid state amp. The Dynaudios love power, and its important to have more than the speakers... 
Analogue front end. You want more weight, scale and dynamics.Where do you start upgrading?
What Turntable? What Arm? What Cartridge? What Phono pre amp? We need a little more info as to what your currently using.   Matt M  
Who's winning?
Hey I remember (speaking of analog) back in 2012 I was getting into Vinyl heavy and one of my early turntables was a REGA P3 with a Dynavector 10X5 cartridge, this was a very fun time indeed, lots of loud listening sessions was a toe tapping wanna... 
Why some streaming hi res versions are lower SPL
The answer to your question is, every recording or recording studio is setup different has different people the sound is going to be different good or bad and the source clearly shows this. If your system is able.  
My Gray Experience
Weve seen this time and time again, and we dont want to hear these stories, sub woofers are a nightmare once you want to send them back, and all this post shows is how clueless you are! why would you post this? its not like this is ever gonna stop... 
PLUG AMPLIFIER INTO POWER CONDITIONER OR INTO WALL RECEPTACLE
i THINK YOU NEED A pOWER sTATION....No im not kidding!   https://www.richardgrayspowercompany.com/products/substation/  
Been out of HiFi for awhile and looking to get back on a budget - Power Conditioner Ask
So you say you've been out of HI-Fi for a while? And the first thing your asking about is a Power conditioner? I say Dump it! Ive never used a power conditioner nor will I start any time soon after 40 years of having stereo systems of all SQ level... 
Turntable suggestions for a newbie
Then I would strongly suggest not to buy a friggin TT. If all you want one for is to say "hey look I have a Turn Table" Which is obviously the case.    
Turntable suggestions for a newbie
WOW! Let me get this straight, you want to buy a turntable, and what records are you planning on playing? New records? Do you even own one real record? When you spend money on a higher resolution turntable and then play horrible sounding copies an... 
power cable tryout High fidelity cables has me wondering..... need suggestions now
signalcable.com makes very good sounding power cables, and they have been around for quite a while. The Magic power cord is not expensive so you'll have to get over that part. :-)  P.S. order 1 foot Xtra on each end, these cables are thick and hea... 
Anyone at home at Krell?
And we have to hear about it through Audiogon?   FWIW I never liked the Dry sound of Krell and the fact they ran in class A  (very very HOT) and burned up after 10 years of use , not my kind of equipment.