mwilson
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| looking for a warm ss amp.... I tried the Monarchy 100SE Deluxes after the CJ, and found the transformers noisy - not just one, but both. CC didn't much care to discuss it when I emailed him. Some reviewers found the same about the amp. Soundwise, they were an absolute dream. ... | |
| looking for a warm ss amp.... I have also owned a CJ Sonographe SA400 and second the CJ amplifier recommendation... you can get an SA250 for less than the SA400, and more likely to find this model as well. B&K ST140 is famously warm, and you might also look into B&K M2... | |
| Recapping amps Here is a good article on capacitors, measuring them, discharging them etc. - with a good suggestion for a more graceful method of discharging them than the possibly quite startling "screwdriver arcwelding method."http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/F... | |
| High efficency monitors for ASL Waves? Acoustic Energy Aegis Ones (or the newer EVO 1s). I've used this combo and it's very nice. The Aegis Ones claim 90db, the EVO ones claim 89db... since they're almost exactly the same, I'd guess they're both really more like 89db. They're mega-inex... | |
| Audioquest Dialectric-Bias System At the same time, has anyone explored the DIY possibilities of the same design? Looks like a no-brainer to me. | |
| Audiophile "PA" System?? Klipsch isn't going to give alot of bass, and in wrong systems can be fatiguing. Same with many JBL, so I guess I don't think that's going to be the best bet.How about this? Wharfedale Valdus or similar low-end hi-fi speakers (poly cones - fast an... | |
| Audiophile "PA" System?? By PA, do you mean "personal audio", or "public address" system? If you say "home gym", you probably mean the latter... if so, you can easily outgun a half-dozen exercise machines with some classic Klipsch - going from smallest to largest in size,... | |
| Newb - damaged cartridge? The analog experience is just not important enough to me to use an MC that has to be re-tipped at the factory when this happens - I stick to the best MM my budget allows, and keep a spare stylus assembly handy. To each his own. | |
| Lost in Speaker Cable Land - $350 Budget Analysis Plus Oval 9 is a great contender well within your pricerange. | |
| I'll have a Britney with that Taco. Great. More trash in the landfill. Any company that introduces another limited-duration product (such as the expiring DVD you mentioned) in our modern day and age should be required to have some sort of environmental plan in place, including use o... | |
| Jump Factor Magma. My heart skipped a beat on a percussive vocal crescendo with a steel-trap of a transient (reminded me of the weaponized utterance: "Mua'dib!" in David Lynch's Dune) that startled the living sh*t out of me. 120w tube monos + La Scalas can ma... | |
| DYI Speakers. How good can they be? They can't be anywhere near as good as DIY speakers. | |
| Who has experience shipping large speakers? Shipped two sets of goliath Klipsch speakers with ABS, not a nick to the boxes or speakers. Styrofoam inside the boxes was un-cracked, too. Both pairs of speakers were shipped on wooden pallets - I suggest you send palleted as well at this weight. | |
| Budget Phono Preamp? Channel Islands VPP1 - awesome and under $300 new. There are a couple dealers here (underwoodwally - super guy), and can even buy here from the manufacturer itself (ciaudio). Webpage is www.ciaudio.comYou can get an upgrade power supply for it als... | |
| Best Isolation Devices? Mitchb - caps lock is on the left, near the shift key. |