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| Why Is Hi Fi Gear So Darn Expensive? P.T. Barnum was right. "There's a sucker born every minute." You can build the Linkwitz LX521 system for as little as $6000, and it will stand up against the $50,000+ systems all day. You could easily drop $100,000 and more and get sound not as... | |
| Avalon Acoustics reputation No experience with their service department. I just think they're the Gold Standard for home audio. I absolutely love how they sound. I wish I could have afforded them. I run a set of Linkwitz Orions, which to my ear, sound very much like t... | |
| Looking for wider soundstage Build the Linkwitz LX521 system and you'll have your "forever loudspeaker." If you can't do the woodworking, then go to a local cabinet maker to have them make it up for you. It's a simple kit. The driver kit, pla ns, and necessary active cros... | |
| Best streamer for a returning audio guy The most expeditious and lowest cost way to get into streaming is to use a laptop PC and a USB DAC or USB audio interface. The very most low cost unit is only $25 from Sweetwater. The sound quality is equal to your typical consumer grade CD pl... | |
| Advice from Audiogon family - best speaker $3k-$4k The very best value in a loudspeaker system at your price point is a used set of Linkwitz Orions. They typically sell for about $3000, as a full system of loudspeakers, active crossover, multi-channel amplifier and cabling. Most of the Orion sets ... | |
| Inexpensive Good Vintage Turntables? Get this classic AR turntable off of EBay for $600. | |
| Tubes becoming hard to get? Preamp tubes pretty much last forever. Power amp tubes not at all. If your power amp tubes are dying and you don't want to spend excessive prices for new tubes, consider putting the tube amp aside and getting a good solid state power amp until t... | |
| Your thoughts on my quest for new speakers If you get into a set of the Linkwitz LX521, you'll have your "forever" loudspeaker. The LX521 isn't just a loudspeaker. It's a whole system that is multi-amplified with active crossover. Therefore it needs a lot of amp channels. It's a whole ... | |
| Do you spend more time analyzing the sound of your system, worrying it could be better? I got into some Linkwitz Orions about 16 years ago and fell in love. I'm still in love with them. They're my "forever" loudspeaker and now I don't have to worry about all the little nits and details. There are other loudspeakers I've heard that... | |
| Speaker Recommendation Help Please. M y first thought was to echo the earlier recommendation of Larsen loudspeakers which are deliberately engineered to be put up against the wall. I found them to have a good tonal balance and clarity, but they also had a rather 2 dimensional imag... | |
| Looking for warm tube preamp (should pair well with Pass power amp), budget $6000 @smodtactical You've made a significant investment with that ARC preamp. Stereophile called it a reference piece of gear and that's not something they do lightly. Since you have the 6550 tung sol tubes coming, you should definitely see what k... | |
| Looking for warm tube preamp (should pair well with Pass power amp), budget $6000 @decooney There are any number of truly excellent tube preamps at far lower cost. How low would you like to go? The OP has a 10 year old reference preamp from Audio Research, which you’d like to think was pretty good. Has he updated the tubes or... | |
| Electric cars will ruin late night listening? This is the very definition of a First World Problem. If you weren't a guy, I'd swear your name was Karen. | |
| Looking for warm tube preamp (should pair well with Pass power amp), budget $6000 What is it with people who think they have to drop $6000 on a tube preamp? That somehow anything less just isn't good enough? P.T. Barnum was right. | |
| Speakers: Anything really new under the sun? Do a Linkwitz LX521 DIY project and you'll have your "Forever Loudspeaker." And it won't cost you $30,000. |