phillyb
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| Which DACs are known to be sweet/rich/relaxed? All systems depended, on who can tell anyone how something will sound in their system. Room (huge) and then what gear used and their mix and matched, power cords used (huge), Good quality well made DAC from companies that built from the ground up... | |
| Is $2,844 too much to pay for a fuse? $2,000 plus for a fuse, well I guess it has more parts than a preamp at $2,000 or an Amp at $2,000. Speakers perhaps at $2,000. Must be the cost of the design of the circuit board perhaps or the cost of the tubes used in the preamp that makes it $... | |
| I have seen some Interesting comments about Mcintosh lately McIntosh is in so many high-end systems and there is a reason it sounds great, ultra reliable, people bash it, and I was one until I heard a system 10 years ago, I then owned it, like others the old passing on of myths from the 70's onward. It als... | |
| Fraud Ads Have Been Posted Lately Man, what's wrong with people nowadays. I make a post to inform us all for the good of us all and like always at some point it turns into a negative argument and put-downs. Get a grip, life is too short. | |
| Fraud Ads Have Been Posted Lately Family and Friend payments are OK with great past feedback from sellers. The reason for family and friends' requests now is due to sales being taxed by Paypal even though as we know we never see that money we pay off for the gear that is being rep... | |
| First impressions of the Isoacoustic Gaia 1’s Anything you add under a component will change the sound. All over 25 years have said the same more open, more details, tighter bass. I’ve found the feet that came with the unit and were part of the design sound more natural. Same as spikes under ... | |
| Torus power vs the competition Dealers use this site to sell their products if they sell a brand it is great when they stop the next brand they sell is better. Then of course newest and the latest is better, then there is the newest trend or hot one, like say a Puritan, that lo... | |
| Mark Levinson Amps startup & shutdown operation. Specifically 532H but really any ML amp Own the 532H. It's never had a issue and the Sonics are superb for any amp and I have been in this hobby a long time. Truth is any piece of electronic gear can have issues, no matter how well it is made. Sometimes they fall, it a pain when it ha... | |
| MARK LEVINSON H SERIES AMPLIFIERS PERSONAL REVIEW Jay’s review on the Mark Levinson 532H is dead-on right. I owned one and then made a change and put the 532H in storage along with the 326S preamp which was the natural match for the 532H and before that the 430’s series. After several years I put... | |
| Mark levinson no.532h I owned the 532H and the 326S preamp and I just put them together back in my system. They are so fluid, balanced from top to bottom, music just flows not highlighting any range of reproduction. Each recording and each instrument sound so different... | |
| Mark levinson no.532h Amp to the preamp is important and matching brands and the era of each is the way to go. They were voiced together. The ML 432 with the 326S is also the way to go. | |
| Macintosh MC452 or Mark Levinson 532H I owned the McIntosh amps and the 532H along with the 326S, and the ML gear together is one of the finest sounding systems I've owned. The 532H is more modern plain looking but it is how it sounds that matters and no way is it clinical, it sounds ... | |
| NORDOST SORT FUT VS. ISOACOUSTICS GAIA Anything you put under gear or speakers change the sound and hopefully a sound you will like. When someone designs an amp, pre, etc, I know they never use special feet, or power conditioners, they are designed as is. But stamp audiophile product o... | |
| Power conditioner or not? I use a regenorator by PS for my front end gear. Having said that, I cannot think of any preamp, amp designers who use any type of power conditioners when designing their gear. Having spoken to them not one says they are needed to make a proper de... | |
| CD player recommendations Marantz SA-10 Player. My dealer showed me a great streaming system. It was nice, hip, I took my Marantz in to see on my CD compared, sorry my CD sounded much better, more tone, weight and color, and dynamic, the dealer said to me well it is but an... |