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| Efficient Floorstander Tekton | |
| 80s Metalheads...sleeper picks Judiest Priest, Iron Maiden, Quiet Riot | |
| What dealer/distributor has influenced you most? I had some bad experiences at several dealers in my younger years - 25 plus years ago. My former neighbor owned a stereo shop for 40 plus years. One day while chatting on his patio he explained his entire business model. His product offerings were... | |
| Stereo equalizer connection to integrated amplifie Hello,I have a vintage Luxman G-11 equalizer. I believe this retailed for over $500 back in the late 70's. I sent it to a tech about 7 years ago and had it completely recapped, brought back to spec at a cost of $325. It's a quality piece. I used i... | |
| LOUSY SOUND AT LIVE CONCERTS I've probably been to about 30 > 40 concerts in my life. Some shows were a complete disappointment sound quality wise, others were pretty good given it was a large venue with lots of people. I saw Robert Cray in a small venue in CT about 3 year... | |
| Golden Tube SE 40 repair and check up Not only does Jeff perform repairs he also has a mod package he offers, or at least use to offer for the SE 40.He's a GREAT tech!!!!! | |
| Need help with a Tube PREAMP. Doge 8 Clarity - with NOS tubes | |
| TAD-60 mods I don't have mods to share but if you do go down this road I'd suggest sending it to Jeff Grawicki (not exactly sure on last name spelling) at Soniccraft. He's experienced and very knowledgeable at modding tube gear. | |
| Music Sung with Passion I see passion within music from two perspectives1) the performance2) the music itself, instruments and/or vocalsBruce Springsteen to me is very passionate in his performances. He seems to pour all his emotions and energy into his concertsI recorde... | |
| Volume control for power amp I have some home brew Usher full range speakers driven by Monarchy Audio amps. I recently added an additional pair of 8" Usher woofers in separate cabinets powered by an Emotiva XPA-200 amp. I use an attenuator (noble volume pot) to adjust the sig... | |
| When is it to hot to cut the grass? To mow or not to mow is the question!!!!!I say let it grow until it cools downOr, you can set the mower to the lowest height setting and let the grass fry. Then you don't have to worry about mowing it | |
| What is a very nice sounding tube preamp? Comments to what I've owned or heard -* Counterpoint - SA-1000 modded by Alta Vista - warm, musical, great for $600 used. Very average unmodded but modded it's transformed to another level* TAD 150 Signature - just sounds nice all the way around. ... | |
| Emotiva XPR-5 power amp? My friend is retired and listens to his stereo 8 > 10 hours a day. His XPA-2 has powered Maggies w/o any issues for a few years now. I have an XPA-200 and it also performs flawlessly. | |
| Connect Laptop to DAC or preamp Well, I tried the You Tube to DAC to Preamp set up.Sounds OK but sub par to my CD players as Swampwalker indicated.Any other audio music websites for me to check out beyond MOG, Pandora???/ | |
| Connect Laptop to DAC or preamp My friend has a Marantz 8003 cd/sacd player. A very nice sounding player I might add. He did an A/B compare using the internal DAC versus the AUNE feeding from the Marantz as a transport. They were just about identical. It amazes me that a China d... |