mechans
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| Vintage McIntosh Question At this point at this age they really need a bit of servicing. The big issue with older amps is usually capacitors but all of the parts need to be checked to make sure they are operating within spec and rebiasing needs to be done (even on transist... | |
| Best entry level audiophile CD player with Co-Ax TEAC is still making CD players and is the company behind Esoteric you may want to check out their basic units for transports. Philips may or may not be still making good inexpensive CD players I have been using one for a while now its been very r... | |
| Phone Preamp help for VPI Scout w Grado Sonota MM I had your problem and virtually the same set up. I cured it with an honest tube pre amp -the Cary made AE-3- which may still be available from Upscale Audio. I now love my phono stage the Graham Slee Gram amp 2 SE. put through the pre. Alsoyou mu... | |
| Janos Starker passed away 28 April I too am sad to hear of his death. I only got to know him after my ex wife told me to buy the Bach suites remaster. I bought as ma ny other Starker Lps as I could after that. A great musician but you don't need me to tell you that. | |
| Need help selecting a preamp under $1500 Do you like the sound detailed and on the analytical side or do you prefer the warmer richer tones. I am using a Fisher 400 at the moment and its MM phono is on the warmer side but not cloyingly so. The Conrad Johnson products will be warmer than ... | |
| 10-15k budget in a 6m x 4m room. Please help. What did you like in the "Headphone World"? Those choices may help drive what you would like best in room audio. I am also left wondering why you can't order things that aren't listed. Are the things you list available locally, and thus for auditi... | |
| Any bad experience with wilson audio sasha w/p? Yah Bo But... You have a financial interest most others do not. Unfortunately there is no automatic way for a reader to know that, like there is in some other forums. Thus I agree you should really be very careful about posting. I think should ref... | |
| Best speaker for the Spectral DMA 360 series 2 amp Why do you just want Watts and no Puppys, in view of your thoughts about missing bass? I think the Maggies will need sufficiently powerful amps to do the trick and sound quite a bit differently than most box speakers. That said I have been blown a... | |
| Does music from your stereo startle you? You may want to switch to decaf as a first step. Some of the many sedatives, while effective , are also addictive. | |
| Short review: Eastern Electric Avant Nice review, I looked up the tube compliment 2-12AX7 5-12AU7 1-6X4. I didn't notice the MSRP which I think is important information. It also appears as though the Mini Max pre amp is still being offered for sale. | |
| What's improved the most? Obvously all have improved greatly and the best stuff from 40 years ago would still sound good if properly maintained. That said, I agree with Csontos, its probably speakers but you'd be surprised to learn that things like the plamsa tweeter were ... | |
| Safe to play record with gunk? A simple risk benefit analysis would lean toward not playing through the gunk. | |
| Tubes/SS Power Amps? I also think your statement that a tube pre gives you the real tube sound and magic is wrong.Tube power amps make an enormous contribution to the character of the sound. I can't tell you how much it changed my system. I had tried using tube pre am... | |
| Cardas Golden Cross no longer offered by Cardas ? I for one, will be unhappy with the demise of the "Golden" line. It does have an exaggerated midrange and is a tad soft on top. I don't think of the as being muffled , but instead that these cables do impart some measure of euphonic warmth to the ... | |
| Need Speaker Advice Have you researched Monitor Audio products. The older Monitor Gold sound like what you seem to want. BTW a speaker which is lighter on bass tends to be heard often times as a midrange and treble boost.I was thinking of Focal speakers but they may ... |