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| Speakers for 2nd System! Compact and efficient are pretty much mutually exclusive. The closest thing that comes to mind would be an offering from Omega: https://omegaloudspeakers.com/collections Your amp has more than enough power for a more typical 90-91dB speaker in ... | |
| What say you: Is this fair, or AITA? I can see both sides of the story. AGon did, as mentioned earlier, procure cause and are trying to get paid for doing so. This happened to me years ago when I was in Agon's position and it cost me $25k. That was (and still is) an excruciating e... | |
| Tube Pre-amp Suggestions. Is a remote needed? Also, are you using balanced interconnects? | |
| Subjective vs. objective? Or subjective and objective? Each time a subject comes up that is framed as "this OR that," I usually ask, "why can't it be both?" | |
| McIntosh MA352 replacement As stated above, I’d look at the room and speaker setup first. After that, I’d explore the tubes. I thought I read somewhere that McIntosh uses re-branded JJ’s that are OEM’d for them. If so, JJ’s are usually fine, in my experience. But there ... | |
| CARY CAD 805 SIGNATURE Hopefully after 19 years, the OP made a decision. | |
| Looking for recommendations for outdoor speakers Having installed zillions of outdoor speakers in my lifetime, the best sounding weatherproof traditionally styled speakers I have ever come across are the Near LB6 and LB8's. They are not cheap, though. Subs not needed, especially with the 8's. ... | |
| Need Recommendation for Coffee Shop I'd go with 2-6 Sonos Era 300's. Those things sound unbelievably good. You just need a 110v outlet where ever you want to place one. They can be wall mounted with their optional wall mount kits ($100/pair) so they will be up and out of the way,... | |
| 3 channel amps Or it could be used for a L+R and a passive subwoofer. | |
| How hot is too hot? 50* (122*F) isn't that hot for electronics. It might seem hot to us, but from everything I've seen, that's pretty normal. Think of the Class-A offerings from something like Krell. Those units can get to 180*+ and still keep chugging along jus... | |
| Picking speakers 3000-5000 budget How about some Klipsch Cornwalls and a good tube integrated amp like a Rogue Cronus Magnum or a Cary SLI-80? | |
| To monoblock or not to monoblock McIntosh MC275's The only thing cooler than one MC275, is two of them. | |
| gain staging and attenuation Like was mentioned before, the Parasound phono stages have a lot of gain, comparatively. Are you sure it is set to MM on both channels and not MC, by accident, giving you an insane amount of gain? | |
| Anyone else constantly curious about amps? That's one of the nice things about tube amps. You can change the tubes out relatively inexpensively and change the amps sound, giving you a new experience each time. | |
| Which amplifier The McIntosh. The Accuphase is nice, of course. But dang....that MA8000 is a gorgeous beast. |