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| McIntosh MX-117 - which amp? I will state the obvious here. McIntosh probably counted on their customers using other Mc products with the amps almost a certainty. Therefore any good Mc amp should work very well, even synergistacally with Mc preamps. (check for amp's history i... | |
| Choseal cables Cable preferences are always a matter of personal taste. There really is no standard lexicon that I know of for cable sonics. So your saying "mushy and bright" doesn't bring anything that I recognize sonically to mind. The terms in my mind are a c... | |
| New kid on the block affordable amp Rave I echo the comments on the price tag. I was wondering which amps he was thinking of that cost several multiples of $4K that he was comparing this "affordable" amp to. Presumably people must be buying those more expensive amps if the shortened revi... | |
| Tube Amp Watts and Quality Electrons. LOL I love tube equipment and even the tubes themselves, which I collect, but other than what Mapman said, "tube watts" are no different than anyother watt. Yes there is a current myth that a tube watt is more powerful than an SS watt. Clearly that is... | |
| How to bias Jolida 502Bbrc? Are you certain it has a manual bias adjustment and is not autobiased? | |
| Which to buy...or neither I can't seem to say this often enough. There will be supporters of both speakers depending on what they personally like and enjoy. Unfortunetley what they like is necesarily going to be what you like and the only opinion that counts is yours. Do w... | |
| Hi, I'm new here, and I'm an addict... It is not ideal to place most if not all such speakers against a wall. It will likely result in poor preformance or at least have some negative impact on the sonics ? I don't know what aspect of the speaker's performance that is diminished by doin... | |
| SS Amps for C4 Signature II's Congatulations on achieving your goal. I have no cable advice other than doing what you do which is to audition as many as you can. I am sure that owner you convinced to upgrade his amp isn't unhappy so no harm no foul. | |
| Transparent Audio? JPS? Nordost? Kubala Sosna? Do you like the sound of the Tara Two? If so and you want more of the same sort/type/sonic that Tara makes I would be very confident buying that cable. The answer by Brf is absolutely true they all work and you'll get avid fanatics rooting for the... | |
| Does vinyl have a sound? Ralph (if I may be informal) I meant no arguement. I am sure you are correct. My problem is understanding what an arm must have to track well. The VPI's performance puzzles me as I have heard this negative comment in several posts (not you). So I ... | |
| What is the benefit of a second amplifier . I actually advocate a sparate listening space for 2 channel.2 mains next to eachother are thought to produce artifact by sound pressure cause the "quiescent" pairs' drivers to vibrate. | |
| Help finding my way with amps... The Pass gets virtually universal praise, but you may be happier with the class A biased designs from Pass "XA" as your SS standard. A very different amp on your list which is also really well liked is the Leben. You might want more power but stay... | |
| Hi, I'm new here, and I'm an addict... Just one follow up. The Kappa series speakers of that vintage are pretty power hungry. So if you are going to go all in on this project do get good powerful amplification, which is more affordable these days relatively speaking, if you get a Class... | |
| Does vinyl have a sound? @ Atmasphere you say the arm is critical for good tracking and good sound given other good quality elements of a set up. I wondered how would I know if an arm was good or bad. I have been told that the JMW 9 arm on my VPI Scout is not good. I can'... | |
| Turntable rumbling I own a Redgum stand alone phono stage that has worked beautifully for years now. It is on the musical side when paired with the Goldring 1012 (?) cart I have on my MMF-5. I have never expierenced any rumble from this RedGum set up but I use it ra... |