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| Need help. I need recomendations for amp, or amp/preamp For value and sound quality, the Marantz PM7000N is tough to beat. The NAD C388 maybe Class D Hypex, but with well implemented power supplies and 150/250 w/Ch 8/4 Ohms, a modular upgradeable architecture, it also is hard to beat. | |
| tube pre & ss amp integrated Mac MA252. It is a more complete offering than most of the others mentioned except the Marantz Model 40. If an 'integrated' amp lacks a phono stage, lacks digital inputs, what exactly has it integrated? Analog input switching and a volume control ... | |
| Looking for good recordings of female vocals I have not yet tried... Eva Cassidy 'Live at Blues Alley' Proof positive She could sing any song, any genre, better than almost anyone. Emmy Lou Harris 'Spyboy' Maybe the best album she ever made. Jewel 'Have A little Faith In Me' from the 'Phenomenon' soundtrack. She... | |
| What stand mount monitors works w/ Pass XA 30.5? I recently swapped out my LS-50s for Monitor Audio Silver 300 7G. They actually have a smaller footprint than my KEFs on their stands. They also cast a much larger soundstage (my ONLY issue with LS-50s) and do not require a subwoofer. Their big br... | |
| B&W 802 D2 Capacitors Worth Upgrading? Speaker capacitors are non-polarized, and using a polarized cap in a crossover is a Very Bad Thing. The best speaker caps are Metallized Polypropylene (MPP) because of their lower losses and self-healing capabilities. All Polypropylene (APP) caps ... | |
| Tube buffer for an Oppo BDP-83 "Would a Jaqin tube buffer benefit me coming from a cd player even though I have a McIntosh tube preamplifier" Only if you believe that more active components, two more sets of jacks, and an additional patch cable will somehow improve the sound. | |
| DSP vs. active analog crossover vs. passive analog crossover. What is your take? Active crossovers remove coils, capacitors and resistors from the amp-speaker interface with huge benefits in overall system performance: dynamic range, 'speed' and control of drivers. The benefit is due to lacking those energy storing or energy d... | |
| Veneer delamination I just completed 3 drawer fronts in my bathroom using a maple veneer tape and a hot iron. Piece of cake. Rodman, deadhead1000 and mijostyn are all essentially correct. The key is keeping the temps regulated by using a towel or butcher paper to avo... | |
| Room tuning or listen to as is condition? I am fortunate enough to have had formal training in architectural acoustics and learned a few fundamental truths. 1) What you hear in the nearfield is dominated by the speakers input input into the room. 2) What you hear in the farfield is domina... | |
| What Is Most Important? Engagement. If the system, modest or mammoth, engages you then it's all good. If for whatever reason it doesn't engage you, you'll never be happy. The Large Advent was far from perfect, but with a good 30-60 w/ch amp, and a decent turntable, they... | |
| Modern amp solution for Magnepan 2.7QRs with bluetooth and phono stage interfaces? Based on personal experience the Marantz phono s/n ratio is more than adequately quiet, and it's power more than capable of driving Magnepans. | |
| Magnepan 1.7 owners and subwoofers Most Magnepan-subwoofer setups suffer from what I call 'timbre mismatch', regardless of the crossover and level settings. And that is made worse by subwoofers that are home theater oriented, tuned for output not musicality. Certainly crossovers wi... | |
| Is this an alternative to Stromtank and PS Audio ? Any inverter that advertises a true sine wave output is a good starting point. The others have enormous amounts of harmonics because that's less expensive to build and not a problem for electrical (NOT electronic) tools and appliances. Additional ... | |
| Krell anticipator circuits of the 1990s "it sounds like you have already decided that Krell's plateau bias technology is just marketing BS. I read through the patent in detail and, as an EE, I do think it's a clever approach and not just hype." Then as an EE you also recognize each ef... | |
| Best "Budget" / "bang for my buck" 2-channel amp and speakers can I get new? Monitor Audio Silver 500 7G. Read any review and just about the first thing they'll say is they sound like they cost 2X as much as they do - $3400. You get real technology here, not off-the-shelf components. Add a Rogue Sphinx, Schiit Ragnarok are... |