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| Hand me down audio equip- upgrade advice Build the SEAS Thor kit. The whole project would probably run you about $2300 when you were done with it. https://www.madisoundspeakerstore.com/mtm-speaker-kits/new-thor-kit-pair/That may seem like a lot, but you'd get a speaker very similar to... | |
| Affordable US Made Tube Pre/Power or Integrated Options The tubes4hifi pieces are all available as kits. They really aren't that hard to build. Tubes4hifi also provides excellent support for builders. For about $2200, you could easily afford their best preamp, the SP14 and the ST120 (60 wpc) power a... | |
| Which one to choose between two 80K$ tube amps? If you're dumb enough to spend $80,000 on a amp, then it doesn't matter which one you buy. | |
| Tempted to buy a Macintosh Mac made their rep with their tube gear. The Mac C22 preamp is terrific. The Mac 275 amp was the Gold Standard. *Was* is the operative watch word. It’s still a great amp. There are those who see the VTA ST-120 as a Mac 275 killer.https://www.audio... | |
| Best bookshelf loudspeakers under 10,000 for the pair The Joseph Audio speakers being touted here use stock off-the-shelf SEAS Excel drivers, which are exceptional. But you can buy the very same drivers from Madisound and build a speaker every bit as good for a fraction of the money. And Madisound ... | |
| Time for the Dynaco to go, Affordable Integrated or Separates for Wilson's Under $2.5K? The Dynaco mod you want is the driver board replacement from VTA. Do the mod they offer and you'll be more than happy. Much more. And you'll be able to do it for a small amount of money. Unless of course you WANT to drop thousand$ on something... | |
| Are 500 hours too many for a used hi-end cartridge? If cartridge aging is an issue, then y'all need to know of this guy, who does phono cartridge repair and retipping.http://www.phonocartridgeretipping.com/index.html | |
| My list of seller red flags As one friend used to say, "This is a free country. You're free to ask a price, I'm free not to pay it."If a seller says his price is firm, then it is. If it's too much for you, then... don't buy it. Should I list something higher so I can th... | |
| Choosing between floorstanding speakers. Consider building a well engineered kit. The SEAS Thor kit, which sells at about $1800 for the drivers, is very similar to the Joseph Audio PERSPECTIVE2 Graphene, which sells for $13,000. http://www.josephaudio.com/perspectiveThat $1800 only ge... | |
| seeking recommendations for a preamp The Don Sachs preamps are just gussied up VTA SP14 preamps. The straight VTA preamp is pretty plain Jane in appearance, but is very affordable. You can save a fair amount and get enormous satisfaction if you build it as a kit. They provide exce... | |
| Efficient, affordable speakers for SETs? The most efficient loudspeaker I know of is the Klipschorn corner horn. It's the only loudspeaker that will truly play at level for an SET amp. You can find them used for $6000 and less. New they retail for about $15,000. Cosmetics have a big... | |
| These seem a bit pricey $$$ More than half the cost of a commercial loudspeaker is marketing costs. You’re generally not paying wholesale price from the manufacturer. If you’re buying from a local audio shop, list price is a 40% markup from what they pay for it, and they’re ... | |
| Vivaldi, played badly, is the worst classical music on earth If y'all want to hear Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" for the First Time, take in an informed early music performance by Brecon Baroque lead by Rachael Podger. Buy the CD. Extraordinary performance, recording quality and dynamics. What's interesting ... | |
| Do any still use an older high end tuner from the past?.... No matter the tuner you have, it's only as good as the signal you feed it. When I bought my house 21 years ago, I was thrilled to FINALLY have a house of my own where I could put up a proper FM yagi antenna with a rotor! I was running an Onkyo... | |
| Beware of NAD M3 Fire Hazard I've owned three NAD pieces in the past. All died premature deaths. For me, NAD now means:Never Again Daddio |