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| Audio research and krell I run a BAT VK51SE into a Krell FPB-300 for years and have never had an issue. FWIW, the Krell outperforms my previously owned Lamm hybrid monoblocks, especially in the bass performance feeding low efficiency, hard-to-drive electrostatics. Cheer... | |
| Modding/tweaking my system Just a caution that mics in phones can't pick up low frequencies, so those sound meter apps are just measuring mids/highs with some very high notes also cutoff. Still handy, but just take it with a grain of salt. Cheers, Spencer | |
| Architectural Digest finally shows audio gear! Got Tidal? | |
| integrated amp on a budget @highendbroker is in Europe and is reputable selling top used gear. Look there! | |
| Schitt YGGDRASIL vs Bricasti M3 A friend replaced his Yggy(the original style) with the Bricasti and couldn't be happier. I've always been impressed with the Bricasti after hearing them in a number of systems. That's coming from a former Gungnir owner. Yggys now come in multip... | |
| Speaker upgrade recomendations With 32w amp you'll want something pretty easy to drive, which will narrow your choices, but still a number will work. Have you heard any systems that really impress you and lean in the direction you want to go? Naming those might be helpful. ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Thanks for the Cars education, guys! I also burned out on them from too much airplay back in the day, and will do some hunting and dig in. Fleetwood Mac - Tusk Small Faces – Big Music: A Compleat Collection (They needed a better singer! hey, I'm... | |
| Modern "Vintage" Sounding Preamps @greg7 A number of very good comments about parts and upgrade opportunities with the SP-11 and other AR & CJ preamps. If you decide to go that route, you may want to consider upgrades by Backert Labs. They evolved from a predecessor company R... | |
| SGC vs Roon Nucleus @spaniard He wants me to allow remote control into my computer system, which I won't do, for him to have access to the i5 and see if he can do anything about it. Andrew did this for me and fixed my issue in about a minute. I watched/chatted... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Saw The Cars/Derringer/Little River Band on what might have been the Cars first tour as headliner, ~’78-79 at The Spectrum in Philly, or as Billy Joel likes to call it, "The Rectum". It was promoted as a September "Back to School Special" concert ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Thanks @bslon Noted to Shake It Up! Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – Murder Ballads Sufjan Stevens – Greetings From Michigan The Great Lake State | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @big_greg Thanks, Greg. I’ll look for Heartbeat City. Yeah, I've used allmusic. Not bad, but the crew here is better ;-) Glad you’re Greg! | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Ray Brown & Laurindo Almeida – Moonlight Serenade (Jeton Audiophile Legends Germany 2003) The intertwined 'Round About Midnight + Moonlight Sonata is one of the most brilliant mashups/arrangements I've ever heard. 9.5/10 SQ too. If you find it... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @bslon Bill, so as the reigning Cars expert, which album should be my third, having just their first two? | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Alice Coltrane – Transfiguration Rimsky-Korsakov*, Reiner*, Chicago Symphony* – Scheherazade, Op. 35 Label: Classic Records – RCA LSC-2446 Series: Living Stereo, 45 Series 4 x 45 RPM, Single Sided, Album, Limited Edition, 1999 |