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| Speaker static/hiss? Suboptimal gain structure FTW. Somebody has some pro audio experience and a good mentor. I had both and the two key lessons I learned about signal chain were grounding (hum) and gain structure (noise and headroom). And both are seriously ignored i... | |
| Chinese Cables that sound good GearIT 12Gauge OFC, Gold plated Banana plugs, Nice cable boots, braided fabric cover, and a lifetime warranty. The company has been around since 2006, founded in California. $19.99 per cable for the 10 ft at Amazon. Delivered if you're a Prime me... | |
| What does the word audiogon even mean? Literally - word-forming element meaning "angle, corner," from Greek gōnia "corner, angle," from PIE root *genu- (1) "knee; angle." So, 'Audio Corner' | |
| Tiny Room (6' x 9') speaker advice Wow. My office is 6' 4" by 9'3" so I get your situation completely. For a vintage look, the LS3/5A is your winner. It is designed as a nearfield monitor, where none of the other speakers mentioned had that as a consideration. The Infinity's are ... | |
| Eva Cassiday Blew Me Away with her cover of Wayfaring Stranger.... 'Live at Blues Alley' is the ONLY album in 20 yearsmy wife has ever asked me to turn up the volume 90on. | |
| China built tube amps Any manufacturer capable of bringing a product to market is also capable of speccing whatever gradeparts they want. You want a cheap tube amp? OK, I'll spec cheap parts. You want a premium product, OK, ill spec premium parts, extra QC, fancy packa... | |
| Budget integrated amp needed Th VR-2020s are a 10" 3-way with a 91dB sensitivity, and are a relatively easy load to drive. And while you could go off into any number of esoteric rabbit holes, your budget is best served by a high-value integrated amp. And right now the King of... | |
| China built tube amps I only buy Terrestrially sourced products assembled by or have their assembly overseen by legitimate humans. | |
| China built tube amps I only buy products made using 100% terrestrial raw materials, and assembled by humans, or with human oversight. Any more granular and the conversation turns stupid. Where was the copper mined? Where was it smelted? Where was it pulled into wire. ... | |
| Kef LS50s - great like me but need to come up for air I have LS-50s as my primary speakers. the 'body-hugging Ferrari sports seat' analogy is not far off. If your room placement can accommodate them, the Magnepan .7 is everything you are asking for. and will not leave you feel like you have compromis... | |
| Suggestions for an integrated upgrade please You might consider these 5 - Marantz PM10S1 (Refurb) $4,999 200/400 w/Ch, all analog, 2-Balanced in Luxman 505 UXII $4995 100W/Ch all analog, 1 set Bal inputs Cary Audio SLI-80HS $4995 80 W/Ch, no Phono McIntosh MA-252 Hybrid $3495 100/160W... | |
| Upgrading from soundbar Soundbars have come a long ways. The Sonos Arc is very impressive on its own, and is easily expanded with their subwoofer and rear channel surrounds. The Sennheiser Ambeo was described in a review "Calling the Sennheiser Ambeo a soundbar is a bit ... | |
| To extend Ethernet to remote location, are Powerline extenders or Mesh systems better? Almost 30 years experience as a network architect for Very Large Network company. Avoid network extenders - they do extend range but at a cost of 50% of your throughput. As you add devices, this catches up with you and performance and reliability... | |
| Integrated vs. Separates on a Budget I'm a big fan of the Marantz PM7000N. It's the most flexible, best sounding, reliable integrated amp available for $1200. Factory rated at 80w/ch into 4 ohms, it drive most demanding speakers like my KEF LS-50s and Magnepan 1.7s easily. It also a ... | |
| Biamp question The Legacy SE crosses from the woofers to the 7" mid at 180 Hz. Bi-amping without a crossover loses all the benefits of bi-amping. I.e. the additional 6dB additional headroom . Baffle step compensation, impedance leveling, and frequency equaliz... |