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| Favorite song to demo or test drive speakers? Aaron Neville "Everybody Plays the Fool" (if the system has issues with male vocals you'll know it here)Stevie Wonder "I Believe (When I Fall In Love)" (For the sub-bass synth line) A real LF workout especially for vinyl Jewel "Have a Little Faith... | |
| Seeking advice on Speakers that create an intimate 2 channel listening experience You sir are the most deserving of a set of Magneplanars. That which you seek, but cannot quite put to words, exists in but a few loudspeaker technologies - large dipole panels to be specific. A conventional loudspeaker looks more than a little Rub... | |
| Budget streaming amp That is the original Sonos Amp - the one that Sonos was going to brick, then changed their minds under consumer pressure. So now it's on a dead-end app (no patches/ugrades) while newer amps will be on a different software platform entirely. That ... | |
| Buying a new TT today VPI Scout Prime - You can score a 'demo' or 'blem' for $2,000. From there you are into a system like a camera with interchangeable lenses: you can keep it basic or upgrade over time. Motor, platter, arm mount, arm tube,cabling, even the plinth. Th... | |
| Phono Stage for a VPI Prime Scout What cartridge you are going to run seems to be more to the point, MM, MI, MC? Output voltage and preferred input impedance matter a lot. As well, what speakers. I SAF wouldn't buy any phono preamp that didn't have an infrasonic filter if I ha... | |
| Wow an old album that rocked your world Jackson Browne - Running on Empty (I was a roadie when it came out, so it was the soundtrack to my life at the time)Humble Pie - Rockin the Fillmore (Just the side with Hallelujah I Love Her So)Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon (Can somebody plea... | |
| New TT for ~$1500 For around $1,000 right now, The Pro-Ject Classic SB with Wooden Chassis and Ortofon Quintet Red MC Cartridge package from Audio Advisor that includes Pro-Ject’s Push-Button Electronic Speed Control, the Clamp-It $99 Record Clamp, and the Leather... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Mary Chapin Carpenter "Party Doll & Other Favorites" Not just a ' best of' album, it has a combination of live performances from David Letterman to the Superbowl, some studio cuts all across nearly a decade. But it holds up like a single bod... | |
| Child Damage Mitigation Invert your thinking. Literally. Consider ceiling mounting your maggies. Same location as now, just hang them from the ceiling. I my last house, the perfect location for the speakers would have also destroyed a beautiful view and much of the utili... | |
| Do any still use an older high end tuner from the past?.... Yet another Luxman T-110 owner. It's such a cool piece of gear, rivaled only by a Marantz tuner with a scope. I never had a 10B, but Marantz made an awesome SS tuner with scope in the late 70s, the 2130 maybe? Along with an equally great 3250 pre... | |
| High Sensitivity Speakers You are lucky to have a room large enough to accommodate large horn speakers, so why not go all the way with a classic like a Klipschhorn? | |
| What is the most FUN pair of speakers you've ever had and why? Back in the mid-70s I had a set of double Advents, stacked vertically, on custom stands, tweeters together. Powered by an HK Citation 16 and Soundcraftsman preamp with octave EQ, Thorens TD-160 and an Ortofon MC cart. It combined the Advents neutr... | |
| Hana SL or ML? Has anyone compared the low-output vs. the high output versions? I was considering the SH vs a Dynavector 10X5 Mk2 or the MH vs. a Dynavector DV20X2 | |
| BEST SPEAKERS AT A REASONABLE PRICE There are a plethora of choices in your price range, to be sure. If you like Klipsch - real Klipsch - then the Heresy IV https://www.klipsch.com/products/heresy-iv-floorstanding-speaker#product-specs would be your choice, but do yourself a fav... | |
| I want a streamer Cocktail Audio X35. It streams, it rips CDs, it handles vinyl, it has every input and output imaginable, including a decent 100 W/Ch amp. Did I mention it has a HDD sled so you can choose whatever size of disk you want up to 4+ TByte? And a nice b... |