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| Adventures in Table Shopping If you want more professionalism Wolf, just visit a Best Buy/Magnolia and talked to their sales people. You'll be running back to Goodwins to see that guy. | |
| Best budget integrated choices "budget (defined as as cheap as possible)” The cheaper I can get one the sooner I can get one :) If I were to wait and splurge it would be about $1500. If I buy now it would be that onkyo price around $300.If your coming from a Sugden, then $30... | |
| Which Floor standing speakers with the NAD C356 Int. Amplifier The budget is $3000.00.So in your opinion, which speakers would have good synergy with the NAD given the size of the room.You have a nice amp and will drive literally dozens of floorstanders in your price range of 3K, either 8 or 4 ohms. It would... | |
| Used turntable for Are VPI's still good?Have they ever been bad?Number one high end TT still made in the USA. | |
| Used turntable for I agree with yogi.Of all the components one can buy used, a TT is the most risky. And I would never buy a used cartridge.2K is the sweet spot for modern TT's and can choose from a lot of new turntables at this price that would be a big upgrade fr... | |
| Luxman 505ux vs. Rogue Pharaoh I haven't but if I may make the following comments...The Pharaoh is a solid state power amp combined with a tubed preamp section. Its power amp is also Class D vs. the Class A/B in your Luxman so this alone would mean a big change.So if you want ... | |
| 2 channel amp sound VS. HT amp sound @bob_reynolds The goal of the HT Bypass is to provide unity gain; so for all practical purposes the signal is still passing through two amp stages.Sorry but it doesn't and erikT is absolutely right.The goal of HT Bypass is to effectively turn an ... | |
| 2 channel amp sound VS. HT amp sound Glad you found some of this helpful. Two things to comment about regarding what your leaning towards.The main gist of my post was to avoid the 2 channel preamp section of an AVR altogether. IMO, this is the biggest reason why they are a poor choic... | |
| 2 channel amp sound VS. HT amp sound For 2-channel systems I was thinking of a Marantz PM 6006 or Cambridge Audio CXA60 (I like this because of the bluetooth option for streaming). In this case I could take advantage of FLAC files (I dont have many but could grow this collection) wit... | |
| Is a low output MC superior in sound quality to a high output MC?? The Moon tech said that the MM gain is high enough for even the Denon DL110 HOMC with an published spec output of 1.6 mV. The DL-103 LOMC is .0.3 and the infamous DL 103R LOMC is approximately the sameI am still mulling over keeping the U-Turn Or... | |
| Is a low output MC superior in sound quality to a high output MC?? Less windings mean less mass so low output MC's can give you a faster transient response allowing for more detail to be extracted. I have had both HOMC's and now an LOMC. I won't go back to a HOMC again. But as others have pointed out, the phon... | |
| Time to upgrade the old Dual turntable, looking for opinions. So, I’m curious to get some opinions about what modern (or for that matter, vintage) TT’s might be a significant upgrade. Hoping not to exceed $1500 for this, but can stretch a little in the right circumstancesVintage is fine if your technically i... | |
| When and how did you, if at all, realize vinyl is better? I never though vinyl was better. I always thought it sounded different. And since 90% of my music listening if off vinyl, I guess this is a difference that I prefer. I can make more of an emotional connection to the music faster than with digi... | |
| Sonus Faber Olympica 1 Best Buy/Magnolia has stopped carrying the Sonus Faber line and their inventories are being closed out. So these are being gobbled up with discounts as much as 50% or more off retail. No doubt they are then being flipped.For fun I went to a Magn... | |
| Affordable Turntable Options Nice choice. U-Turns strike me as great way to get back into vinyl without spending a lot. And the solid wood plinth makes them much more attractive.Don't know what your budget is, but I would recommend the Audio Technica AT-120E/B. Its the onl... |