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| How often do you upgrade your other passions? Wine is my other hobby/passion. This hobby consumes a serious chunk of my disposable income - likely more than my audio hobby and my system retail is about $20k or so. I guess the term 'upgrade' is not as redily transferable to wine as it is to ot... | |
| Opinion on Audio Physics Virgos In small room I own the Virgo IIs. I agree they're a great speaker, but need to be set up effectively, so the question would be whether you have a lot of other furniture in the room that makes set up difficult. You need to have them at least 1/4 way into the ro... | |
| Addicted to Audiogon? Yes, I count myself among the adicted. I find myself browsing every day, even though I'm in no position to buy anything right now.Other sites I'm adicted to include:Winespectator.com (more browsing of the unaffordable ;-)Fuc*$#company.com (remindi... | |
| Audio Physic Virgos...... I've been enjoying my Virgo IIs with Blue Circle BC2 monos. Upstream components are Sonic Frontiers Line 3 and YBA CD1a. The sound is amazing, but I haven't tried the Virgos with another amp, so I can't really advise. I have heard that the Virgos ... | |
| Amp Upgrade - 3k to 4k used? Thanks for all the advice guys - some very good amp options mentioned - good food for thought. Cheers,John. | |
| Amp Upgrade - 3k to 4k used? Thanks for the advice. Yes, I used to think about getting a VK60 - would be a bit cheaper than the Blue Circle BC2s, so not sure if it would be better, but it might be worth trying. The BAT tube amps definitely look like they mean business. I trie... | |
| Has anybody heard the Shanling CD player? I've been keen to learn more about this player as well. I've checked through all the threads on Audio Asylum, and they didnt' prove that instructive - I'm still keen to learn more. The aesthetics do look awesome, but I suspect after a few months I... | |
| Looking for a cd player to match my system Also check Audiomeca Mephisto II (used about $3.5k). Good luck. | |
| Audio and Wine? Glad to hear I'm not alone. Wow, some awesome wines mentioned - I envy those who own the likes of Petrus or are drinking '27 wine. I can't talk at that level. The best I own is a '98 Margaux - (I've no idea what it tastes like :-) and likely won't... | |
| Integrated Amp for Girlfriend? I've a correction on the CS price - Blue Circle told me the retail is $1195, and with discount would be $920 plus $25 for shipping, if there's no dealer in the area. So, looks a bit pricey. I've pulled out an old Harmon Kardon receiver (AV10) from... | |
| Techno Anyone? Paul Oakenfold, Run Lola Run (track #14), A lot of 'Euphoria' albums, Leftism (Leftfield). | |
| Another UPS oops thread About one if five of my UPS shipping experiences have gone awry. Yet, I must confess, even though I've sworn not to use them again, I do end up using them because the pricing typically comes out a bit cheaper. I'm thinking of really giving them up... | |
| Integrated Amp for Girlfriend? Hi, thanks again for all the responses. I don't want to spend too much (rather upgrade my own system :-), so would rather spend in the $600 area. I'm still leaning toward the Blue Circle CS as I think she'll like that most and I'm already a happy ... | |
| Integrated Amp for Girlfriend? Guys, thanks for the suggestions - all good. I think the McIntosh may be a bit clunky for her taste (great product though). Yes, the Blue Circle won't have the remote - should be fine though. Yea, I have the Blue Circle BC2s and love them - that's... | |
| Tube substitute Saxman, just to follow up - yes I agree with Ed - definitely check whehter the EC32 or 34 would indeed work with your system as they are not 6SN7 tubes but in many cases would work fine in that position (I checked with Supratec to see would they w... |