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| Tubed preamps and Power amps- How old is too old??? If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Some of the best sound you'll ever hear in a preamp is a classic Mac C22. I once heard a Fisher 400 CX-2 (The President) and was amazed at how good it sounded. If you're worried about your C-J, take it to a good... | |
| Your greatest high end audio purchase!!! In 2006 I got a chance to visit Siegfried Linkwitz at his home to hear his Orion loudspeakers and fell in love. Because I lived in a Craftsman bungalow at the time, I had a local cabinet maker do a custom build of the Orions in a Mission style, in... | |
| Floor to Bookshelf At that price point, I'd look for used, powered KEF LS50 wireless loudspeakers. Get the 2nd revision. | |
| What to do with a large collection Buddhism Universal Truth #1: Impermanence - Nothing lasts forever. Rip all of your CDs to hard drive and listen to them from there. Make sure you have at least 2 full backup copies of your music data on different devices. Take your CDs down to... | |
| Speakers - Your "Safest" Choice With that kind of budget, go audition the Dutch & Dutch 8c system. At $15k, it is a complete audio system - powered loudspeakers with active crossover, DSP room tuning, DAC, and if you have enough common sense to be strictly digital (more on t... | |
| A little gift for my fellow audiophiles Feel free to download this track. Impressive imaging. | |
| another rookie question - preamp or or power amp The size of the power amp you need has to do with the efficiency of your loudspeakers, how large the room is, how loudly you want to play your music, and how much power your loudspeakers can safely take. If you can use your existing integrated am... | |
| Have you seen the new McIntosh poster for $195? P.T. Barnum was right. | |
| Martin Logan vs. Everything ML is a very good loudspeaker. To think that you should go looking for something better is childish if you enjoy what you're hearing now. I first heard 'stats about 40 years ago. I ran a pair of X-Static EC-X loudspeakers (very similar to your ... | |
| Have you found your "End-Game" speakers yet? I have. And it feels so good!!! I think I have my "forever" loudspeakers in my custom built Linkwitz Orions. I've never heard anything I like better for voices or acoustic piano. They have exceptional dynamics as well. My listening space is quite large - 30'x42'x12'. That's... | |
| "The Ultra High-End Speaker." When it comes to the ultra high-end, some of the very best sound I've ever heard was a set of the Dutch & Dutch 8c, carefully set up and EQ'd. I have NEVER heard better imaging and the tonal balance couldn't have been better. They retail at ... | |
| Dream Amps I Could Not Afford 20 Years Ago Now Undesirable I run a custom built set of Linkwitz Orions from 2008. I have yet to hear anything better on voices or acoustic piano. There is a short list of other loudspeakers I feel some audio lust for - Linkwitz LX521, Avalon Acoustics Eidolon and the Dutc... | |
| Upgrading preamp. Best for under $1K Your very best value is a VTA SP-13. It has the same circuit as the SP-14, but is about half the price of the SP-14. The SP-14 is the same thing as a Don Sachs preamp (list price at $2500), but in a plain utilitarian enclosure. The SP-13 is $59... | |
| dac and streamer or seperates @mgrif104 The Dutch & Dutch 8c was originally conceived as a studio monitor. As far as I can tell, EVERYTHING about it, and every component, have been optimized. They have some of the most startling imaging I've ever heard, as well as a sup... | |
| dac and streamer or seperates @mgrif104 @vonhelmholtz Of course all of this discussion is rendered irrelevant with a system like the Dutch & Dutch 8c when you connect to it over a local IP network as a Roon target. Everything is fully contained in the D&D 8c - DSP, ... |