rajugsw
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| Moving Up from a Jolida JD9 I’m a Schill also for Black Ice Audio. I purchased two F100 monoblocks and the F360 Preamp is on long term loan. If I already didn’t have the PS Audio Stellar Phono Preamp. I would have easily bought this with no hesitation and worked with Jarred ... | |
| What are the best GaN Amplifiers available today? Ralph is in in the room. Cool. Met him at Axpona. Great guy with great stories. Thanks to jeffseight for introducing me to Ralph. As an update. I'm still running Orchard Audio on my Center and Surrounds. I got a killer deal on a pair of Black Ice... | |
| Any Advice for those Listening to Youtube Reviewers? I’ve been watching audio related YouTube reviewers for the last 6 years. Honestly it was Paul McGowan that I started watching and over the years, I’ve subscribed to all on the above list and even personally (and virtually) got to know some of them... | |
| First Tube amp suggestions Black Ice Audio. | |
| As A Youngster, What Unit Puqued Your Interest In All This? My Uncles Dual 1219/ELAC Cartridge/Grundig Receiver/UHER Reel to Reel/Canadian Knockoff JBL L100's (ADS ?). My Dad's German Koronette Cherry Wood Stereo Console with built-in Bar. BSR Ceramic Cart/Some Transistor big huge receiver. Dual knobs for... | |
| Speaker that are 'KEEPERS" for the long haul!!! My modified/upgraded Cornwall IV's/single Heresy IV and my 4 working sealed box Bose 901's (two are from 1968 and the other two are Series 2 Continentals). | |
| Recommendation Request for Tube Power Amplifier Anything by Black Ice Audio ! | |
| What are the best GaN Amplifiers available today? I'm a Schill for Orchard Audio. 'Nuff said ! | |
| Atma-Sphere MA 2s for Dummies (by a dummy) Ralph is an awesome person who I met for the first time thx to my Buddy Jeff (who frequents these forums as well) at AXPONA. He is a fan of Orchard Audio and has listened to Leo's Amps and like them. A friend here in Phoenix has a pair of his Clas... | |
| What was the craziest location that you made an audio purchase from? Bose 901 Series 2 EQ. Craigslist purchase. Met the Guy at the Starbucks on Thunderbird & 43rd Ave. in Phoenix, AZ. EQ was in excellent condition but I rebuilt it with better components anyways, A pair of Series 1 Bose 901's in a seriously ske... | |
| Mobile Fidelity Settlement Update The Judge in the case wasn’t an Audiophile I’ll bet. "I hear Digital"........no what those A-Holes heard was Ka-F’in Chinga Le ! I’ll continue to buy MoFi SACD & LP’s new and used whenever possible. They just plain sound good to me SACD/Gold ... | |
| Does streaming music equate to high concert ticket prices I just paid an exorbitant amount of money for one Luis Miguel ticket from TicketBastard and not from a reseller for my Wife because Thank God I have a job and can afford it. 4 years ago the same show at a smaller venue here in Phoenix with a bette... | |
| Who turns center off when listening to music I fooled a gentleman today who visited my home. I played some music and he thought the center channel speaker was on ! Nuff Said !! 😂 | |
| Prospectives on Chi-Fi I’m not a fan of Made in China even though : I’m typing this on a Dell Laptop owned iPhones since 2011 drinking my coffee brewed on a MIC Coffee Maker My Audio/Video system is 60% U.S.made while the other 40% is MIC by both choice and econom... | |
| Sold a component and bought it back, am I nuts? Nope. You are not nuts. I did the same thing so I could use the funds towards buy a pair of minty used Cornwall IV’s. I then bought the PS Audio DirectStream Sr. DAC back with the matching transport ! 🤘🏾✌🏾 |