mitch4t
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| Recommend a Used Solid State Preamp for About $5k Nsgarch.....as you can see, I'm stedily creeping up the high end ladder....so yes I am going to get a pair of Pass X-600's to see how much they eclipse the four bi-amped Carver monoblocks in power, control and sonic purity.If they don't eclipse th... | |
| Bob Crump passes away over holiday. ...what was Bob's user name on Audiogon?I'd like to check to see if I ever had any transactions with him.mitch | |
| Pass Labs X-1000 vs X-600 Bill and Teajay,I really appreciate your input on this.I've decided I'm going to buy a used pair of the X-600's....I just don't have the scratch to buy new at this time. I hope to have enough cash to buy a second pair in another 6 mos or a year...... | |
| Anyone with a high-end home theater sans sub? I ran a pair of Infinity Kappa 9 speakers in a home theater setup. The room was 22 ft by 70 ft. No sub was needed. The Kappas have two 12" woofers per tower. A subwoofer would have been overkill. | |
| Infinity Kappa 9's Tweaks? I ran mine in a horizontal biamp config with a pair of sunfire signature stereo amps ( 1200 wpc @ 4 ohms).....very good results.I changed to two pairs of Carver Silver 9t monobocs ( 900 wpc @ 4 ohms )in a biamp setup and it has been head and shoul... | |
| How often should you re-calibrate your ears? I used to listen to live jazz about twice a month, then life intervened. I woke up 15 years later to find out how much I have missed of what I used to really love to do. I got addicted to audio equipment and actually forgot about the real thing (l... | |
| Wife Acceptance Factor I suggest that all unmarried guys print this entire thread and give it to their girlfriends, fiances and any other woman that they might live with in the future. After reading this, they will see how serious you are and that there are many other m... | |
| Carver Vacumn tube preamp questions I have one of these preamps and I use it as a backup. Sometimes I connect it to my main preamp just to use the phono section when I'm between purchases for a phono preamp. I have neve changed the tubes in it and I'm not the original owner. The pho... | |
| Speaker upgrade help needed: 4500$ used Infinity Rennaisance 90's. They are beautiful and have all of the attributes you seek. | |
| Preamps ... no bass or treble control? Hpims....When tone controls are at 12 o'clock ....can one generally expext the tone controls to be out of the circuit....or is that an extra feature on your Mac | |
| Is solid state obsolete? Muralman.......were you running Pass Labs x-600 monos?Are you using an IC based amp now? If so, which one and how does it compare to the Pass? | |
| Anyone familiar with new Sim Audio Moon Rock amps? What is the list price for these monoblocs? | |
| Genesis 1.1, Infinity IRS V, 4 chasiss speakers Ekovalsky,Do those Tact Audio S-2150 amps give you enough serious muscle to drive those woofer columns to serious chest thumping bass?Man, those are some awesome looking speakers! | |
| amp for infiinity kappa 9 Coman61,Borrow a pair of monoblocks from a friend and bi-amp the Kappa 9's. As good as they sound now,.... bi-amping them will open a whole new world to you and it will blow your mind.I dare you.....you'll never go back. | |
| Amplifier Hum Might be your preamp. I had amp hum once. I changed preamps and it went away. The hum was only noticable when the preamp was turned off. |