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| Whats on your turntable tonight? On my Linn: still working my way through some of the incredible jazz LPS Scott Campbell sold me last year when he was freeing up space on his shelves. Thanks again, Scott, it will take me the rest of the year to really listen to all the LPs I boug... | |
| First pre/pro and hopefully last If you really want it to be your last, get a used Aragon Soundstage for under $1500. Two channel pass through is excellent, and the thing is built like a tank. Comes with a great Home Theater Master universal remote too. You will upgrade everythin... | |
| Best headphone amp for new Senn 650's Thanks for the responses. I've been sucked into a vortex of insanity over at head-fi. I'm now learning about all these custom-made esoteric little gems like the SinglePower, the Larocca Audio PPA or something, the Gilmore V2, the Emmaline somethin... | |
| Your favorite recent discovery I also want to mention that the soundtrack to "Master and Commander" is really excellent! I loved the music while the movie was playing and the CD soundtrack does a great job of recapturing it. Eerie drums, celtic fiddles, baroque waltzes--there's... | |
| Avalon, Vandersteen... which to move to? I love the ProAc sound; if you like it too, why don't you audition one of the new D-20 or D38 (or whatever they are called) models? | |
| Your favorite recent discovery Yeah Marco, I meant the Be Good Tanyas and the Blue Horse album! Their "Chinatown" is also very good. Thanks for the Po Girls tip! I love these kinds of somewhat weird voices. But then, I've been a Dylan fan for 40 years or so. | |
| Your favorite recent discovery Over the Rhine; first I discovered the Blue Tanyas which led to the Rhine girls. Also, Lea De Laria--a friend sent me two of her CDs recently. | |
| Tube Amplifier Rec. for Proac 1.5 or D 15? I also meant to add that the ARC amps use 6550's not EL34's or EL84's. I believe you can find Conrad Johnson amps that use EL34's. | |
| Tube Amplifier Rec. for Proac 1.5 or D 15? Audio Research is always recommended as a good match with ProAc, they are often shown together. I have ProAc small monitors with ARC tube integrated amp--beautiful sound! For larger floorstanding ProAcs, I imagine you'd want to look for a VT-100 i... | |
| Stands for Dynaudio 1.3 MKII I believe a pair of Sound Anchors custom built to fit your speakers can be had for within your price range. They are the best stands for monitors I have ever had. Check www.soundanchors.com for pricing and ordering information. | |
| Back to Basics with Magical Mini Monitors Try the ATC line of monitors--I have the SCM-12's for home theater fronts and they are amazing. If the 12's are too big (they're standard size monitors), there is also a smaller version, I think the SCM-7's, which are quite small, like 6" x 9". Ne... | |
| Jolida JD-100 New unit with bad HUM.....hum Call Chris at Parts Connexion and describe your problem. He is enormously helpful and friendly. I had to send back the first JD-100 I had modded from him because there was a problem with the volume in one channel. He had me Express mail it to him ... | |
| ProAc or Merlin Tubegroover,Thanks for the detailed response to my inquiry about your system! Sounds incredible, you should post it in the virtual systems with pics. How much power does the Berning put out? I do plan on hearing the Merlins next time I travel to a... | |
| Best Power Conditioner For value, you can't beat the Balanced Power Technology conditioners. The BPT-2 can handle 2000 watts for under $1000. I use one on my second system. | |
| Best Integrated for 400 dollars I found a Myryad MI-120 on this site for $450. Incredible build, features and sound quality. |