mrdecibel
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| Charging A Fee To Demo An Amplifier In A Brick & Mortar Store Back when I was in the industry, and even more recently since then, I have experienced and heard stories of people going into shops ( by both the shop staff and the listener ), listening for hours, and then, the listener leaving, only to buy the a... | |
| Member Almarg passed away last night My deepest and most sincere condolences, to Margaret, family, friends, and the entire audio community, for this loss. Al, enlighten those, in the heavens, as you have enlightened us, here, with your knowledge, kindness, camaraderie, humanity, time... | |
| Main Audiogon site barely works? Well, I am glad it was not at my end, as I experienced the same as all of you, and, that they are working on it. Enjoy !, be well and stay safe ! | |
| seeking ‘HORN’ ideas apart from Klipshc Lascalla Oh, btw, take what richopp has to say, with a grain of salt. Well designed horns have the least amount of distortion of most speakers, have dynamics that cannot be duplicated by panels or others, and, he is biased towards Maggies ( which is fine f... | |
| seeking ‘HORN’ ideas apart from Klipshc Lascalla I take nothing away from what many are suggesting here, including the new Cornwall IVs, but, the Lascalas, are a very fine speaker.... a design that has proven itself, for many years, from a great engineer ( P W Klipsch ), and now, the latest, wit... | |
| Update on Audiogon Member Almarg Very sad. I am grateful to have exchanged posts with Al, and always enjoyed his commentary. A very giving individual, with his time, and knowledge. And what a plethora of knowledge. Such a fine gentleman and human being. My heart and prayers go ou... | |
| What is missing here? Does it really need to have the words to be spoken, that " a 9 wpc tube amp, should be used with high efficiency speakers " ? Maybe to the layman. You, davey, are not a layman. Anyone reading the Absolute Sound, and having 1800 posts here, should ... | |
| What is missing here? The buyer of expensive gear should be somewhat educated on the product, not relying on a review, and use due diligence. I cannot find the Absolute Sound review on line, so if anyone can paste it here, I would like to read it. Maybe I might feel so... | |
| What is missing here? I am just wondering, what folks think of Art Dudley's ( RIP ) review of this amp in the January 2019 Stereophile Magazine. Although reviews are always " good " these days, for reasons discussed above, I miss the writing of A.D. Enjoy..... | |
| Problem with CD playing through... I do not believe it is the laser itself going bad ( optical ), as it has been my experience, since the early 80's and the intro to cd playback, the laser reads, or not. Likely, a transport situation ( mechanical ), as mentioned above. Maybe a good... | |
| Wanting to test my system's (and room) ability to recreate bells - any suggestions? Tony Minasian's " Drums and Bells ", is a CD recording you need to have in your collection. It can be sampled on the net. Tony is a genius, as I wish, more would ( or could ) record, as he does. He knows microphone qualities, and the techniques in... | |
| ... Should I be concerned? @insearchofprat.......Every pro amp I am familiar with ( which is many ), have input level controls, so they can be set, as mentioned above by jnorris, and also, to create level matching, in multi amp / speaker setups. Although a good volume pot m... | |
| ... Should I be concerned? @insearchofprat.....I am going to answer this from a different angle, and it is my experience, I say this. With the input level controls on the Parasound, set low, initially..............bypass ( do not use ) the tube line stage, and go direct fro... | |
| AR SP8 mk2 high output volume @atmasphere , that is what I said, or....what I meant. A volume control / switcher, straight, without a gain stage ( passive ) to the power amp section. If I was not clear, I apologize. | |
| AR SP8 mk2 high output volume It seems the integrated amp is similar in design, to a power amplifier, connected to a passive unit ( this A30 amp design, is becoming very popular ). What the OP is saying, imo, he does not like passive, as much as the AR's tube line stage, and p... |