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| 2023 Florida Audio Expo Show Report #1 MBL....#2 Berrensen....#3 Naim/ Focal Surprise Room...ARETAI speakers...so true to the music....Best value hands down...Mo-Fi Sourcepoint 10's w/ Hi Fi Rose integ streamer. | |
| Upgrade to McIntosh Separates are always better sounding than Integrated amps.....because everything is not being stuffed into a single box...Physics. Tube pre with SS power amp is always the most effective way to go....That gives you the Best of both worlds... MAC a... | |
| Concerningly loud pops in vinyl playback I will tell you Exactly what it is.....I had the same issue. You have the GAIN set too high on your phono preamp and it’s overloading the circuit on the preamp. I had to get a new pre that could handle the input load. First though...try lowering t... | |
| Integrated Amplifier for Bowers & Wilkins 702 S2 Definitely need a high current amp......Musical Fidelity works great with B&W 702’s. Also Audio GD tube pre w/ Peachtree GaN 400 amp is detailed and sweet with an enormous soundstage that goes Way beyond the speakers for a Very Live sound. goo... | |
| My analog journey - time for a new phono stage or? Bought the Parasound JC-3 +.....kept it 1 week and sent it back. Got the PS Audio Stellar into my system w/ Hana MC and Ortofon Blue MM carts. Day and night difference. Vinyl now sounds more live and musical with clarity that I didn't think was po... | |
| Fantasy or reality? Inexpensive solid state preamps that get you 80% there? Audio GD Vacuum HE1- XLR / with it’s own regenerative power supply. Nothing can touch this monster under 10 grand US....... cost $3,500 and you’ve got a piece that you keep forever. The most musical pre amp for your money available out there. | |
| Is R.E.M. underrated by new music nerds? REM came in with a New sound that no one had heard before by any other group. It was exciting and refreshing. I met them personally. Nice people......."Leaving New York" Great song. Have Alexa play it for you. | |
| Tube or solid state 10 tube Audio-GD pre and GaN 400 Amp...nice combo for powerful sound w/ any speaker.....also use the pre going into a 2.8 watt Decware Zen triode integrated ( use the Decware as an Amp Only) for finesse sound of pure musical enjoyment with high ef... | |
| Budget amp that will give Magnepan 3.6Rs better depth of soundstage Peachtree GaN 400 watts @ $ 2500 run my Maggies Beautifully. | |
| A perfect song? What are your choices? Badfinger...The name of the Game.....Roy O. IN Dreams........CSN Wasted on the way.......And Start Me Up... | |
| Best turntable under $4000 @audioguy85 I'm looking at the Music Hall 7.3 How do you like it.... | |
| Birthday DAC You just described, to a tee.......The Audio Mirror Tubadour SE....A FANTASTIC and Musical Tube based..R2R .zero feedback...$3500 smallish piece of Magic. I Love Mine ! | |
| Has anyone noticed a slow down in sales? It's the slowest time of the year for Retail....following the hottest time of the year for retail...and it has nothing to do with funding Ukraine's army to save democracy. | |
| Subwoofer boom is too much for me... @eric_squires......I know this forum is loaded with sub owners and my post is not popular here BUT subs are very finicky to get them perfectly integrated into a complex system with multi units of electronic gear.....If you have the fortitude to da... | |
| Subwoofer boom is too much for me... Subs are good for one thing and one thing Only....Home theatre...........They are a Detrimate to two channel sound.....You say "but I have bookshelf speakers and need a sub...I say " Get a good pair of towers and you won't need the Boom" |