nordicnorm
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| Best Cheap Amps for Magneplanar Speakers Pro audio amps will give you the best bang for your buck.Look for Yamaha, Crown, Soundcraftsmen, QSC, etc.I run a pair of Soundcraftsmen PM860 monoblocks - 900W @ 4 Ohms which have no difficulty in powering my Martin Logan Spires.A decent preamp i... | |
| Help w/ Martin Logan setup! I'm powering my Martin Logan Spires through a pair of Soundcraftsmen pro monoblocks (600 W). I've found a few candidates that meet your budget:Blue Circle BC-8 (current bid at $1,700): https://www.audiogon.com/listings/solid-state-blue-circle-audi... | |
| I NEED AN AMP!! BUT WHAT?? HELP PLEASE!! Grab a pair of Sony TA-N80ES and run them in monoblock configuration. They'll output 370W @ 6 Ohms 0.003% THD each channel.Here's someone selling them for $625 each or best offer:https://www.audiogon.com/listings/solid-state-sony-ta-n80es-stereo-p... | |
| best phono stage to mate with a London Decca Super Gold cart? Here's an update for anyone still following this thread.I've had the Croft RIAA for just under 3 weeks now, so about 500 hours of burn in time.When I initially fired it up, my immediate impression was "Hmmm. Sounds very polite."I had read that the... | |
| Telefunken in Disguise? There are a LOT of re-branded Telefunken tubes out there (as well as loads of counterfeit ones).Here are a couple of links that might help: http://store.t-funk.com/p/telefunken-ecc801s-non-diamond-base http://www.audiotubes.com/teledate.htm | |
| DACs that upsample to DSD internally? Teac UD-501 or UD-503 | |
| DV-50s vs Krell SACD Standard vs Denon 3910 mod Yes. Love it! | |
| Last CD player? Buying an external DAC gives you more options. You can pair it with a (relatively) cheap transport. Since the CD mechanisms are the part that fails most often, you can just replace the transport as required.You can also stream hi-res files through... | |
| Phono pre - need advise Here are a couple that should meet your budget (used only): Musical Fidelity V-LPS II Musical Fidelity kW KAB Souvenir EQS MK12 Black Cube Twin phono stageOnes that exceed your budget:Herron VTPH-2 Nagra VPS Tron Seven Rega Aria ... | |
| Why do I keep torturing myself with remasters? While the quality of some (most?) of the early digital recordings were limited by the equipment available at the time, it is very easy now for a modern digital (DSD) recording to match (or, in some cases, exceed) vinyl in terms of frequency resp... | |
| Why do I keep torturing myself with remasters? I had left about 15 boxes of my LPs in my parents basement when I moved out. After 10 years of a lot of moving around the country, I finally settled down. I went to my parents to pickup my LPs only to find my kid brother had sold them at one of my... | |
| Do they make a quiet great sounding phono pre amp?? You might be able to find a used Blue Circle 703 reference phono stage for ~$3,000? But, they rarely come up for re-sale.Another worthy Canadian-built contender would be a used Coincident Statement MM/MC phono preamp. Again, these don't come up o... | |
| best phono stage to mate with a London Decca Super Gold cart? Thanks for all the replies everyone! There was a wealth of information shared. For those who are still following along, I opted for a (new) Croft RIAA phono stage. This stage seems to be well suited to the Super Gold.I'll post an update once I hav... | |
| best phono stage to mate with a London Decca Super Gold cart? Thanks for the replies! This is very good information. I am looking at Croft. Their RIAA Phono sells for $1200 here in Canada, so looks promising.I take your point with respect to the RB300 arm. I do plan on upgrading it in the future.cheers,Norm | |
| Best Live Recording on LP So anybody have an opinion on the 180 gram reissue of Sinatra/Basie at the Sands compared to the Reprise original?Considering the master was recorded at 3 3/4 ips (which hardly qualifies as hi-fidelity), I'd venture a guess that the original LP is... |