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| Mcintosh MC-1502 tube amp As above, ask McIntosh to recommend nearby dealers and listen for yourself. Best Buy owns Magnolia, so you should be able to find any McIntosh products there. Opinions are a good place to start; however, your own listening experience is best. Mc... | |
| What's your experience with snooty HiFi salesmen? We are not stupid and so ignore their condescension. Remember that salespeople are trained to separate you from your money; don’t take it personally. 😉 Act accordingly by protecting your own interests and money as family members. In my experience,... | |
| Ditching Class A Amps due to Heat - Sort of a Poll The heat generated from a class A tube amp is significant and can be annoying. I have a Black Ice Audio Fusion and a Cary tube amp. I can only run them in the cooler late autumn through the winter seasons. The rest of the year I run bridged Sch... | |
| Question about Class A Hi Jay78, In my opinion, I don't think there is a difference in sound. I have Klipsch La Scalas with efficiency of 101 to 104 dB. I experimented with Schiit Aegirs (essentially Class A), Black Ice 3502s and Cary 120S Mark II. I actually had a... | |
| Inexpensive speaker cables: any experience? I am waiting for audiophile voodoo atmosphere for Bluetooth. "Evacuate the area between the device and the speaker, recharge with our special gas mixture. We use only pure six-nines nitrogen and oxygen. No carbon dioxide, no water or anything e... | |
| Would you pay more than 25% of MSRP for a used cartridge? Take it to a specialist with a good microscope. The specialist can tell you the condition of the stylus, the suspension and the magnet coil assembly if it is a "naked" body cartridge. Retipping and rebuilding cartridges are expensive services. ... | |
| Question about Class A This may not help, but it depends. If you have efficient horn loaded speakers > 95 dB/watt-meter, you may hear a difference. Most amps are Class A for the first five to 10 watts and switch to Class AB for higher power. Class A is terribly in... | |
| McIntosh -- good for show, not for sound, says dealer Remember the old saw about working with a dealer who bashes another company's products. As I read this I think of the usual "cranky old men talking about their stereos" crowd that could be doing other things like going to live shows, spending tim... | |
| Have you ever been turned off by an Arrogant Dealer? Thoughts I've never had any problems with e-commerce. I have purchased McIntosh and Klipsch from Crutchfield and Music Direct and amps from Carydirect. Each kindly answered all my questions and offered suggestions. I also received thank you notes for my... |