rbertalotto

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Amplifier recommendation
Classic with a bit more power and a few nods to modern technology....Tubes4HiFi VTA ST120......Simply can not be beat for anywhere near the price....Buy it as a kit or completely assembled. Love mine! http://rvbprecision.com/stereo/vta-st120-dyna... 
Using battery power to go off the City's power grid
Sbayne… thank you for the video. Very interesting!  
Using battery power to go off the City's power grid
I love this topic...But to me, it makes no sense to convert DC to AC in an inverter, to power a piece of HiFi thsat then takes AC and converts back to DC to run the darn thing. If we simply run the component on pure, clean DC and simply do away w... 
Storage of other speakers in the room, shorting them while not in use? Myth or true?
There is absolutly no question that all other speakers in the room should be "shorted" to limit bass absorbing cone movement. I built over 200 HiFi stores with high end soundrooms  during my 40 year carrer in HiFi. When we designed and implimented... 
Preamp Deal of the Century
Highstream. Everything I posted has been brought up in this thread. Go back and read and you,ll find it... verbatim. I understand some of the issues were many years ago. Let's hope he has resolved them. Good day mate!  
Preamp Deal of the Century
Okay what am I missing here. Deal of the century. Best preamp on planet Earth. Yet we are talking hums hissing noisy remote control bad solder joints, bad paint,and a designer that doesn't know how to use XLR connectors. And you need to find a tec... 
Power Cable Break In - Such a Change!
may sound ridiculous....??????  
After years of separates, I'm going integrated. Anyone else do the same?
YES!...One word....Lyngdorf!  
Power Cables and Wall Sockets
There are VERY, VERY few, if any, HIFI systems that one could hear the difference a 3' piece of high voltage AC cable could make. And even less "ears" to hear the difference. I truly believe this is a "visual" improvement .  "I can't see the 100'... 
Let me end the Premp/Amplifier sound debate ...
All these amps sound EXACTLY the same........When turned off!    
Paul Klipsch was right - What the world needs is a good 5 watt amplifier
The Topping PA5 ($349) is more powerful than the Pass amp and has lower distortion. Why pay 10X the money for the Pass?   Measures Good,,,,Sound?...Not so much....I can t tell you how many components I bought in the last two "Covid Years" that... 
Paul Klipsch was right - What the world needs is a good 5 watt amplifier
This is so appropriate for me right now. A couple weeks ago I built a $150 K-12G tube amplifier of 8w/ch......I built it just for fun as I like building stuff and the price was right. I had zero intention of ever using it seriously. But then I con... 
Dumping it all for Lyngdorf???
Recently I'm driving them with an 8 w/ch tube amplifier and loving it! Usually I'm running them with 50 w/vh Pass Labs First Watt....    
Dumping it all for Lyngdorf???
Yup...Saving for the sub...  
Dumping it all for Lyngdorf???
Have you considered KEF LS50 Wireless II’s? If you’re going for simplicity, they are definitely fits the bill. Not a big fan of power speakers for a main system.....I have KEF LS50 Metas. I had other speakers (Magnapan, Klipsch, B&W, ) and ...