meiatflask
Responses from meiatflask
| Solid state amp recommendations for Maggies? From the several people recommending the Pass Labs amps, is there a strong preference for their class A versus their class AB amps? Also- the pass amps are quite monstrous in size. Do they kick off a lot of heat? I recall hearing that class A amp... | |
| Biggest "bang for the buck" audio gear you have owned(in your history)? Surprised no one mentioned the Advent 300 with the Tom Holman designed preamp section. $279 back in the 70s. Great foot in the door to high end: you could add a power amp (I did with a Marantz8) and used it as a preamp. I kept mine for decades, ... | |
| Tubes for Magnepan’s. I love EL34 tube amps and always have. From my first Marantz 8 back in 1975. I had always enjoyed Maggies when I listened to them at dealers, but had never considered owning them because 2xEL34 amps are around 40 wpc. Around 5 years ago, I purch... | |
| Your favorite album cover... Led Zep III- with the spinner thing.and if you open the album to the middle (so not really a cover) - Led Zep IV. | |
| What are the sexiest components ever made? The triangle shaped Nakamichi was the 600, available in black or silver, the black being the sexy version. Much cooler than the dragon, in my humble opinion. Had a matching triangle shaped amp and preamp/tuner, which I believed were also called ... | |
| Filling speaker stands: sand, lead, steel, rice. Full, half, etc? As a metallurgical engineer who has spent much of the past 40 years looking at corroded metal, yes, wet sand will cause steel to rust. (I assume the stand/tubes are steel.) ideally, you want to dry the sand out. Practically, this can’t happen u... | |
| If your were to assemble a vintage system ? What I owned in about 1976 I would clearly buy again:advent 300 receiver $270rogers LS3/5a- $595B&O turntable (not the linear tracking) $375then since you can split the advent as a preamp, add a used EL34 tube amp. I had a marantz 8 that I pa... | |
| Nils Lofgren Acoustic Live Cd - which Version / Label ? Lalitk- do you mean the SACD is better sounding, or the CD layer on the hybrid disk? | |
| Rediscovering the music of my early youth..... and having LOTS of FUN! Tablejockey- no plans to let upfjblair- when I started hanging out at audio salons at age 16, I discovered “better” music that I still listen to now Supertramp is a good example, and Steely Dan, and MFSL label remasters. Same era, just better r... | |
| Overrated/Underrated my only opinion applies to RCA interconnectsUnderrated- MG Audio Planus (silver). I never heard any buzz, nor have read any reviews on these, but I was home demoing a preamp, and needed an extra set of interconnects to make the demo easier for my... | |
| I was told to put Kitty Litter in my new speaker stands. Was he joking? The moisture absorption might be an issue. I used lead weights (free from my local tire store) and added sand.JUST AS IMPORTANT as the material is the level of fill. I experimented with quarter, half and all the way filled. Surprised at differe... | |
| Why is there no love for Prima Luna? I have had a PL HP power amp for about 4 years now, purchased used for 3-4K. I enjoyed tube rolling and auto bias, settling in on various combinations with three different speakers over that time. Had lots of fun doing so. Driving Maggies now ... | |
| Audiophile demographics? My middle daughter (age 38) loves music and always has. We share “have you heard ....” all the time, since her teenage years. And while at her home it’s mostly Apple Music through a Mac with speakers, whenever she gets back to my house, she alway... | |
| Best mp3 song set as ringtone? Bowie - rebel rebel - just the guitar intro | |
| A true audiophile can put together a resolving and enjoyable system for under $15k. And as most of us have built up our system upgrading piece by piece over time, as our budget allowed, I think back to when my system crossed the $15k point, and, yep it was pretty damn good at that point. |