mattmiller
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| Ayon Triton or Spirit III with Dynaudio C1's I would use a combo of Tube Preamp and Solid State Amp. Dynaudios LOVE clean power. You can push them hard with a high power amp and they will take it. They need lots of power to open up. Tube amps are not a great match for this speaker. Unless it... | |
| Digital Source with Tube Amplification It all comes down to the speakers one uses as to the AMP one HAS to use. SO with that said...Yes I love the sound of a Tube Preamp with my SS AMP. It is a great combo and my speakers love it. I can play Vinyl or cd's and I still get a nice rich so... | |
| Thorens TD-316? This table has a light to med arm. as long as you stick to Higher compliance catridges you should be good to go . Like the Grado reference Low output wood body. Or the Clear Audio,Ortofon,nagaoka, MM's . | |
| What's the deal with Microgrove LPs? These sound like 78's to me ..are they real thick? | |
| Record Sleeve Recommendation I use to buy the MOFI sleeves but after all the used records i have seen with plastic "hard water marks" I just use a good paper sleeve now. | |
| Building a Magnepan System, Please Help... Good luck finding a high power tube amp. in your price range it is not feasible. Go with a SS amp and a Tube preamp. youll love it.MM | |
| Polling MagnePan Users - Using a SubWoofer? No sub is going to integrate with those panels because magnepans are very quick.having said that the only sub I would use is a REL. Not a new one, an older Britiania series like a B2,or B3. Direct connection from your amps will make integration po... | |
| Recommendation for audio rack? Salamander Archtype Black. The Archtype system isolates each moveable self with 4 big rubber washers. It is awesome for vibration dampning.You can even start with a beautiful amp stand and build up from there! | |
| Building a Magnepan System, Please Help... I would buy an ADCOM GFA 555 amplifier..sells for 300 used.This is the kind of power maggies love.Try and match Pre amps output impedance to your Amps input.These #'s need to be 10 times apart preferably (although I have found great results with I... | |
| Reverse Phase Preamp with HT Bypass Dont worry about PHASE ....Most all recordings are not in correct phase. If you can dial it in and it sounds good .IT is good ! dont stress about having correct phase its not a big deal at all. | |
| Replacing Turntable RCA cables Hi Mark, You can order a awesome phono or power cable from Morrow Audio...its easy to go to there website and select the cable you need and it gives you options to have bare wire terminations on the equipment side and standard or upgraded copper o... | |
| Mcintosh value Call Mike Sastra @ Audioclassics.com They are very helpful with All things McIntosh. | |
| legacy speakers I buy cables from Morrow and never have I had a problem. Sorry to hear that. | |
| Looking to get my first amp, speakers and turntabl For 3K budget , I would look at a great pair of stand mounted speakers...maybe Epos or Paradigm or Totem,Dynaudio, with a sub a Rel B3. And find a well reviewed Integrated Amp to drive the speakers.Used gear for all of this might get you under 3K.... | |
| AV Receiver Help me narrow it down Butrflynlambie,No Receiver has preamp outs,that I know of. Look at Audioadvisor.com. They sell a few AV receivers in your price range and they are very helpful with any questions you have. Marantz,NAD,Cambridge,NuForce AVP-18. This NuForce is a di... |