porchlight1
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| The Allure of Vintage Audio Gear perkri: Glad to hear you’re going to delve into a pair of Heathkit UA-1’s. I’ve restored a few of these along with Heathkit EL84 integrateds which use essentially the same circuit. Some things I learned: Use the schematic to the UA-2; minor but ... | |
| Integrated Amps I would be wary of purchasing any integrated amplifier with a built in DAC. As enticing as that may sound, in most cases the built in DAC is inferior to even an inexpensive stand alone one. More importantly, the resale value of the amp will plumm... | |
| Truly Stunning Vinyl Album larryi: Classic put out a 45 rpm 12” single with “Ain’t Got Nobody” and “St. James Infirmary” from “Satchmo Plays King Oliver”. As good as the full LP re-release is, nothing beats 45 rpm and really big grooves 👍 | |
| MC 275 tube amps with what speakers ? For over 20 years I ran a pair of Mac MC 275 Gordon Gow Commemorative Edition amps strapped in mono into a pair of Martin-Logan Quests, a hybrid electrostatic with a 48” x 18” ‘stat panel and a 12” woofer in a sealed enclosure. Room was 16’ x 22’... | |
| Truly Stunning Vinyl Album Absolutely stunning is what I understand is the first digital recording made available to the general public, the LP Fredrick Fennell conducting the Cleveland Symphonic Winds on Telarc Stereo 5038. Infectious music by Holst, Handel and Bach with t... | |
| Six DAC Comparison FWIW, assuming that the digital section of a DAC is competently designed, I feel that the topology and parts selection of the analog output stage is more influential on the final sound quality of the DAC. | |
| High end bookshelf speakers for Small room ronboco: I’m sure the fat cheeks woofer look is to minimize cabinet diffraction. The SF Maxima produce an engrossing 3 dimensional image while allowing for a broadly generous sweet spot in my experience. | |
| High end bookshelf speakers for Small room Definitely the Sonus Faber Maxima Amator. Though a floorstander, it is very slim, only a couple inches taller than a bookshelf on stands and takes up less floor space. You won’t need subs (which will clutter up and may overload the room) with the... | |
| McIntosh MC275 V jumper cables/ wires for parallel use oldhvymec: “Yuk” was not my experience at all when running a pair of MC275 Gordon Gow Commemorative edition amps as monos (paralleling the 4 ohm taps) into my Martin-Logan Quest electrostatic loudspeakers for over 20 years. The Quests dipped to ... | |
| New Cartridge advice All good cartridge advice, but what piqued my interest was your use of the great Linn Nexus speakers from the 1990’s. When I worked for a Linn dealer during that period, the Linn Nexus were the speakers (along with the Linn Intek integrated and an... | |
| Amp for Vintage Heresy Long experience with these. In college those Heresy’s really sang (and rocked!) with a Heathkit AA-151 EL84 tube integrated. In today’s market, a Luxman SQ-N150 integrated would be ideal. EL84 tubes are comparatively cheap by power tube standards... | |
| Do different speaker stands can really make a big sound improvement? Not sure if Mitch2 was being sarcastic, but he had a definite point when he mentioned that a real audiophile would suspend the speakers from the ceiling with springs. Well, I was a real audiophile when in college in the mid 1970’s and had a girlfr... | |
| Finding a Bookshelf for Luxman C900U/M900U Owning both the Bowers and Wilkins 805 D3 and 805 D4, I can attest to the excellent synergy they have to Luxman, a L-590 AxII in my case. In my medium-large room both models deliver excellent bass down to low E, which is 41.2 Hz. The front port on... | |
| Small footprint subwoofer I would heartily recommend the Martin-Logan Dynamo 800X subwoofer. $900 retail currently. Sub is 13.7”x12.4”x13.1”. Full app control plus a useful ARC DSP app that can use your phone as a microphone. I use a pair of these to extend the response o... | |
| Least expensive plug-in power conditioner that works My vote is for the Fuhrman AC-215A for your uses. It is a very simple little box with 2 outlets, a switch, and a 10 amp circuit breaker. It uses Fuhrman’s top line LiFT line noise filtering and also their best SMP spike and surge technology as we... |