rrog
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| Entertainer Stereo Amp? The OP never said how much his friend is asking for the amp. He only states "He wants a good amount of money for it". However, we do not know what a good amount of money is to this individual. For some people $100 is a good amount of money. | |
| Entertainer Stereo Amp? "it's likely not a good deal if it is over 5-7 years old, has a captured power cord or spring clip speaker wire connectors, uses a fan for cooling, or has a flimsy chassis and very lightweight."Please explain why the things you mentioned are consi... | |
| Thoughts on interconnect vs. speaker cable length. To use a long (20ft-25ft) interconnect I recommend a preamp with low output impedance like Quicksilver Audio's full function preamp with only 2.5 ohms or Quicksilver Audio's previous full function preamp with only 12.5 ohms. | |
| Is it all in my head? Something is amiss. Even the smallest changes should be audible. System resolution would have to be very low not to hear changes. | |
| market value of my gears If you are in Hong Kong that is where you should be checking prices because that is where your equipment will end up anyway. Besides, the prices will be higher there. | |
| How important is the transport when using a DAC? Audioengr, What is an Empirical Audio DAC/Pre? | |
| Affordable "Thiel type" speakers are? "I think the Vandersteens share a lot in common with the Thiels"I always considered Vandersteens and Thiels opposites. | |
| Is audio a kind of spiritual journey? "I read a post in another audio forum that tried to explain that somehow the search for good sound is a spiritual journey."Manufacturers and magazines would like you to believe that. | |
| Need a recommendation on an interim power amp Kenwood Integrated amplifiers from the late 1970s KA7100, KA8100 and KA9100. Direct coupled dual mono designs with a very powerful, coherent and open sound. | |
| How important is the transport when using a DAC? Audioengr, In 1990 there was no such thing as a 15K preamp. For what it's worth, the same chip set used in that Tandberg CD player back then is highly desirable today for it's musicality. I think Philips was on to something when they were developi... | |
| How important is the transport when using a DAC? In my opinion the analogue stage is more important. I owned two Tandberg CD players. These were top of the line CD players selling in the neighborhood of $2,000 in the late 1980s. These CD players were identical in every way except one player was ... | |
| Affordable "Thiel type" speakers are? "but I'm afraid of shipping damage even if in original boxes."The condition is rate only 5/10. What could possibly happen that would disappoint you in shipping. Vandersteens don't sound like Thiels, but that's Johnny's response to every speaker th... | |
| KUHL tube treatment - is this black smoke???? Many complaints about premature failures on cryoed tubes. Extremely low temperatures may be stressing internal parts. | |
| Accustic Arts Silver Line RCA,Inrerconnect burn in 200-300 hours will adapt your hearing to the new cables. Give the new cables a few days then go back to your old cables. Sometimes there is a more noticable difference when going back. | |
| How important is the transport when using a DAC? Is anyone familiar with the Arcam rdac? It looks pretty basic with coax, toslink and usb inputs. Outputs are by way of a single pair of RCAs. It is advertised by Crutchfield as being an improvement over your sound card and it sells for $479 delive... |