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| Tannoy Monitor Gold, Red series value$appreciation A word of caution using Ebay as a guide. You should put certain drivers of interest to you on a watch list. The asking price is frequently not in line with the prevailing demand. On a watch list you will see what it sold for- if it sold at all. Ea... | |
| Hifi V.s. The music makers Because some of us like to hear music our way, with colorations, euphonia etc. It is a personal preference thing that's all. Think of a really dedicated chef turning out what he/she considers the best, correct and purist way to eat something. The ... | |
| ISO Mac MC 2200 parts You might try Audio Classics.com in Vestal New York who work on Macs. Mac themselves should have them but the price may be rather dear. | |
| Quiet Amp Cooling Fan I am waiting for the first non air cooled systems. I imagine a remote compressor and a coolant radiator. Condensate and a bevy of other engineering issues will need addressing. | |
| Tube kit for Nagra PL-L? Do yourself a a real favor and get your selected very low noise and well matched tubes from Jim McShane over at audio asylum. Very fair prices, great service and advice. I have bought mainly new production but also a small number of NOS My experie... | |
| The best CD Player for the money There is no really good reason to stop listing peoples regarding value based opinions regarding CD players. Thus I say "party on Garth."BTW I am currently using a 9-10 year old Music Hall MMF-25 which is still playing better than well in all aspec... | |
| Help with pricing? You can buy the Blue Book Agon publishes re- the audio gear. That should help. | |
| Emotiva Tube Amplifiers Coming In February That's going to be a fairly hot piece of equipment and I guess they will need to use an active (read fan) cooling system to circulate the air around the tubes.Also I don't know if they can offer the same kind of economic pricing that they have for... | |
| Help for my return to vinyl -- $2K rig. Get a VPI Scout with the Dynavector 20X and get a VPI P75 phono, but I must tell you that the Graham Slee Gram Amp 2 SE Phono or get the MC version of the Graham Slee make a killer set. You may have some money left over to buy a few LPs. If you ar... | |
| The Fine Art of Doing Nothing By Roger Skoff Indeed quantifying perceived audio pleasure is nearly impossible and unlikely to work a priori actual listening. That is- not checking to see if your mathematics do in fact predict the results intended without heavy tweaking and redesign. . | |
| Interesting film, "The Distortion of Sound." I for one, was actually quite surprised, that there were artists as diverse as Snoop, who really understand what has happened to music via compression on many streaming sites. Could it be that at long last the pendulum of quality of music is swing... | |
| $10K or less speakers for 20x20 rm with open back Of the speakers you have heard already which did you prefer. That is the only opinion that really means anything to you. I do think that most brands have a house sound that is frequently "voiced" thru out their line. If you like the Focal then per... | |
| Upgrade advice needed I mostly agree with Liz on this, use Copper for all your cables and use a tube power amp, not just pre-amp! Ask the First Watt forum people for the warmest variant out there if you really want to try that. Not all of them were warm and fuzzy. Good... | |
| upgrading... which amp? What is your budget for a new amp/s? Real heavy weight class A amps will provide punch but is expensive. The Class D amps which are gaining in popularity and use are considerately less money, but may not please you sonically. You have to figure ou... | |
| Can Quest: I belong to headphone.com and strongly 2nd Zd542 suggestion.You will be overwhelmed at first (I was at first anyway) so give your decision some time to mature. |