mervo
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| Your favorite album cover... SOME FAVORITES: Grateful Dead---Terrapin Station Pink Floyd---Dark Side of the Moon Jethro Tull---Aqualung King Crimson--Court of the Crimson King | |
| Which pair of speakers changed your Hifi life? This is definitely a fun thread. I've owned many pairs off speakers, but the game changer for me was when I spent the ungodly sum of $1,200 per pair for DCM Time Windows in 1980 (the equivalent of $4,500.00 today!) and they opened my ears to spati... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Grateful Dead "Steal your Face" vinyl followed by the Allman Brothers "1969--1979 Anthology". Listening to the Allman Brothers was nice and nostalgic: "In memory of Elizabeth Reed" and "Tied to the Whipping Post" sounded luscious on my newly assem... | |
| Class D Amplification Announcement I have to say I love technology debates because they have been ranging forever. I have a Technics SU-R1000 that replaced a McIntosh Integrated (MA-6300). TAS also loved this integrated, but it was Stereophile's review wherein they compared it to ... | |
| Help! Buy McIntosh MA252? Dridel: I am currently using a REL sub (T/9x) with a MA352 in my main kit pushing 703 S2s and they are singing in my mid-size media room. Since I posted, I liked the B&W sound so much I upgraded the KEF LS50 metas for the B&W 705 Signatur... | |
| Yamaha A-S2100 vs Technics SU-G700 Just heard the Technics SU-G700MK2 with B & W 703 S2s and I have to say I don't hear a discernible difference between it and the SU-G700. I think the improved power supply and the MC phono stage are nice accoutremonts, but I see no reason to u... | |
| Best Home Office HiFi Systems Under $10,000 and $20,000.00 I was using "The Absolute Sound's" editors choice wherein they started at about $15,000.You will note that I also recommended a below $10,000 system also. I used new prices because used/pre-owned equipment varies in price, from Audiogon to US Audi... | |
| Help! Buy McIntosh MA252? I recently replaced my aging yet venerable MA6500 with this new Mcintosh MA252 Hybrid. I also spent an additional $240 for the Golden Lion Russian Tubes (platinum /gold pins) and the sound really stepped up. The solid state amp is simply a newer c... | |
| Integrated Amp or Receiver suggestion for Prestige 95Fs The McIntosh ma252 has a dedicated Class AB amplifier coupled to a Tube based Pre-Amplifier section. It is a hybrid, but it is all classic McIntosh. In fact, in bench testing it hits 200+ watts at 8ohms and is almost 320 watts per channel 4 ohms. ... | |
| Yamaha A-S2100 vs Technics SU-G700 I was debating between the Yamaha AS-1200 and the Technics SU-G-700 and I have read through this thread and can not believe how much audiophile "ignorance" goes on here. Yamaha presented a classic A/B amplifier with a torroidal transformer and sev... | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier I was debating between the Carver 275 with a Mcintosh C47 preamp or a McIntosh MA-252 Integrated hybrid. After reading this post, if the transformers are only 17 WPC each (I believe there are 3), that still only gets to 51 aggregate assuming they ... | |
| The Curious Case of the Technics Integrated Digital Amplifier I bought the SU-G700 in 12/2021 and it has been a surprise. ANdrew Robinson, who I respect greatly reviewed this integrated amp and was as surprised as I was on its attributes. I have several kits in my home and office and through 45 years of audi... | |
| Paypal Changes for 2022 To those of you who understand basis in property, I say (with an ode to AC/DC) I SALUTE YOU !!! Example: I buy an amplifier for $5,000.00 and I pay 6% sales tax, My basis in the amp is $5,300.00. I sell it 2 years later for $3,300.00--I am sellin... | |
| Rega Planar 3 : Heavily upgraded yet produces a sound that I don't like I upgraded my Rega Planar 3 (2016 model) with the following: --Groovetracer Reference Sub-Platter (w/cubic zirconia ball) ($275.00) --Upgraded White Silicone Belt ($40.00) --Groovetracer Delrin Platter ($350.00) --MCM Sorbothane Aluminum Feet ... | |
| Analyzing Balanced versus Unbalanced Amplifiers--Difference in sonic quality? Ghdprentice: Well stated. I reference the recent Stereophile (December, 2021) issue reviewing the Technics RU-1000 all digital amplifier and it truly is unique. Obviously, every electronic component will have a "sonic signature" regardless of its... |