newf27
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| Best vintage amps (late 70s / early 80s) under $3k? I concur with the recommendation to take a good look at the NUForce STA200 SS amps. Check out the reviews on Absolute Sound, Hi Fi News, Stereophile, and the Audio Advisor website. They have reduced the price to a rediculous cost as low as 449 e... | |
| Using Maple Butcher Block Under a Turntable Recently purchased an RPM 9.2 turntable. Pictured on Icon. It comes with steel shot inside the plinth. Best of all, it has three large feet nearly the diameter of a Campbell’s soup can that have big opposing magnets inside such that it actual... | |
| How much should a person spend to get a decent power conditioner? I recently purchased a Furhman M-8Dx merit series power conditioner, 15 amps with 8 rear plugs and one front plug. It has two lights in front that telescope out to illuminate components under it. I had a low level hum in my system that I was hop... | |
| In search of respectable/reasonable tube amps with 16 ohm taps The vintage Harman Kardon Citation II Tube Power amps have a 16 ohm tap. When restored, they are up there with the best MacIntosh tube amps. I have two and they are sweet. Excellent separation and highly defined soundstage. Expect to pay $1,50... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Peter Gabriel original radio station master 12” 45 RPM “Sledgehammer”: the most dynamic album I own.Genesis 3 sides live: Abacadab last cut side 1, best live performance recording ever, Phil Collins on the drums.Dire Straights: Brothers in arms | |
| Yanni or Laurel? Haha, your right gavinja70. Bruce Springsteen Blinded by the Light: for years I thought it was “revved up like a dousch”, (sorry) when its “revved up like a deuce” | |
| Yanni or Laurel? I heard Yanni and I prefer bright, trebly systems. | |
| Yanni or Laurel? I just saw a news clip on TV that showed an audio analysis on a scope of the sound waves. They suggested there is a high pitch Yanni and a lower pitch Laurel being pronounced at exactly the same time. The audio analysis suggested that some peopl... | |
| Yanni or Laurel? My 10 year old grandaughter can hear both at the same time. I’m going to start asking her to evaluation my A-B tweaks and upgrades to my system. | |
| What are you streaming tonight? Spotify out of my I-pad air using an Apple photo USB interface out of the I-pads lightening connector to a Dragonfly Red DAC plugged into the USB then into a Dynaco PAS-4 Tube preamp (Panor Corp version 1995) using Telefunken E88C tubes feeding tw... | |
| Best sounding compact integrated amp < $2k? Agree with the recommendations (2) for Creek Integrated amps. They have shown up on Stereophile’s recommended lists for years. I drive a pair of large Martin Logan SL3 electrostatics with my 5350SE rated at 90 RMS/channel. It hits way above its... | |
| Is a GREAT turntable under $2000 possible??? I just upgraded my table to an RPM 9.2 with a Sumico Blue point special EVO III for just over $1800 on sale from Audio Advisor. That unit retails for close to $4K so its a great deal. Very heavy acrylic platter, carbon fiber arm, and what I like... | |
| Yesteryears' expensive speakers compared to modern moderately expensive speakers I have a pair of Martin Logan SL3’s with their huge electrostatic panels. They still sound marvelous and I have yet to find many speakers that compete with their ability to image. I drive them with a pair of fully restored Harman Kardon Citation... |