mesch
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| Looking for a Cd player/ transport. You might consider the Onkyo 7030. Sells for under $180 new. Built like a tank. Has SPDIF output for use as a transport. | |
| Bookshelf Recommendations Seems it would be best for you to stick to a stand mount speaker.Stands need not need to cost that much. Audioadvisor sells a steel 3-column pair for $110. Available are 20 and 24 inch heights. Columns can be filled (one has holes for speaker wire... | |
| Looking for a Cd player/ transport. I believe a CD player or transport would be an improvement over the blueray players. Should equal the file playback. | |
| Advice Needed On Vintage Yamaha SpeakersH Thanks, and good luck in your search. | |
| Lightning quick DYNAMIC amp in the under $1000 range Mrdecibel, I bought the SYS a few years ago to have a passive to play with. Have looked into others including the Luminous Axiom. I also have seen the DouK passives and considered trying one as I only would need a single input. At the moment I am ... | |
| Roxul Rockwool or Owens Corning Thermafiber Check out ATS Acoustics online. They sell both products for DIY. Give them a call. Good people to deal with. No affiliation, just happy customer. Have visited there store. | |
| Advice Needed On Vintage Yamaha SpeakersH It seems to me if sound is important, and both are affordable to you, and you know which is the better pair, choice seems easy. Then again, the differential in cost could be included into funds for your primary system upgrade. Hummmm... Guess I... | |
| high pass filter options Yogi, how do you use the HSU filter in your system? | |
| Bookshelf Recommendations What speakers are you replacing? I also use a tube pre with a SS amp. A solid approach for many reasons. Not to say the only one.A couple stand mount speakers I have heard you might consider: Dynaudio X14, X18 B&W CM5Either could be b... | |
| Got My First Tubes ! What the heck do I do now!?!?! (Nube status) Find someone to refurb the amp, test the tubes, prior to plugging it in! | |
| new equipment power conditioner or more powerful amp? I 2nd-3rd-4th the ideas of room treatment and a dedicated line.Check out ATS Acoustics online if your wish to DIY room treatments. Not difficult to make room absorption panels and relatively inexpensive.Lots of info on both topics herein on this f... | |
| Lightning quick DYNAMIC amp in the under $1000 range Mrdecibel, I went back to check the NuForce specs on the STA200, and realized my mistake. Sensitivity is even lower than I reported. I stand corrected. One could drive many phonostages via a passive to this amp. Provided other electrical parameter... | |
| Lightning quick DYNAMIC amp in the under $1000 range I own the Newforce STA 200 mentioned by smrex13. It provides 80wpc into 8ohms, however no more than that into 4 ohms. It is highly sensitive, reaching full power with 0.65V input and has 51Kohm input impedance, making it a good choice for use with... | |
| Home made treatment to reduce Bass bloom or resonance in a room? Check out ATS acoustics, Piper City illinois. Have a web site. Sell material for making your own panels. Good people to work with. I am not affiliated, just a happy customer. | |
| Amplifier design parameters required for a good match for high (16+) ohm speakers? Thanks Ralph! As it turns out, I may become an owner of another ST-70. Same vintage as the one I had you refurbish in spring of 2016. I will be giving you a call regarding doing same work on it should ownership happen. |