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| McCormack ALD-1 repair Dear @edwin4 No it is not. See my post above. Mine is a very comparable if not better unit called a Reference Line Preeminence One. Sorry they cannot fix your unit, but Patrick is a good guy and very helpful and they'll do what they can. | |
| McCormack ALD-1 repair I was a longtime owner of Steve McCormack’s great DNA-1 Deluxe amp, which I used for 15 years. I considered getting his ALD line stage, and ended up with the Reference Line Preeminence One, which was said to be as good as the McCormack passive. I ... | |
| MBL 101 X-Treme MKII Okay, this is reason enough to visit N'awlins! | |
| Anthony (Tony) Cordesman has passed away I have read him in TAS for years, and had NO idea he was the same guy, the policy analyst! RIP. << Dr. Cordesman graduated from the University of Chicago in 1960 and received a master’s degree the next year from Tufts University’s Fletcher ... | |
| Best Audiophile desktop for under $2500? Mac mini | |
| Townshend Audio Podiums Very interesting. I have debated about investing in these, but they are expensive (for me). This reignites my interest. | |
| Speakers - Your "Safest" Choice gnoworyta - How do you like your Van Alstine 225 monoblocks? I have been interested in them (and the Schiit monos). Thanks | |
| Building a dedicated listening room Thanks for not minding me tagging you, @mikelavigne ! I know your room has been an evolution. It would be great if a magazine updated a story on it, bringing it to the present...an article that chronicles the evolution. I was hoping you would do w... | |
| Building a dedicated listening room This is an older article on @mikelavigne ’s amazing listening room, which has continued to evolve (as has his system). I don’t know it there are any more recent articles. I haven’t been to it, but it and Robert Harley’s rooms certainly must be two... | |
| Streamer Comparison and Suggestions I use the Sonore microRendu with my Small Green Computer (SGC) Roon core/server, and am quite happy, but have considered moving up to the OpticalRendu. The SE is above my budget but has gotten excellent reviews. You obviously have a handle on net... | |
| "Squaring The Circle"...Hipgnosis Documentary on Netflix I have a softcover oversized book called "The Album Cover Album" showcasing the great album cover art from back in the day. Hipgnosis has many images in it...they were great. Very creative! | |
| Help me spend $100,000 on a new system Mike skyscraper You are welcome. I wish I would take my own advice or be able to overcome indecision! I would like to do what you are doing. @tomic601 referred to speakers with equalization, and since he (and I) are Vandersteen owners (and he’... | |
| Help me spend $100,000 on a new system How can you really do this now, you don’t even have a room and much of what determines what you use will depend on the room and it’s characteristics? GREAT point. Don't forget the use some (more than a little) of the money on building or treati... | |
| Help me spend $100,000 on a new system Yours is an enviable situation! 👍 Do you like your Magicos? The speakers are such a key component, and if you like the Magico sound—I heard the A5 at a show, paired with a fine Constellation integrated amp (and Aurender streamer), and the sound w... | |
| Streamer software, what do you use? ROON, via Small Green Computer sonictransporter server and a Sonore microRendu (which will get upgraded to an optical Rendu maybe). Are there streamers with their own OS that sound better than Roon, like the $20k Aurenders and others? Maybe. I am... |