scowler1
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| Teres Audio motor help! Thanks! Would you mind explaining why? I’m vaguely acquainted with the Galibier name but don’t know their products or the intersection with Teres... | |
| What do you have on order RIGHT NOW. Eagerly awaiting a Hana ML cartridge...my analog system has been idle since a fatal stylus decapitation accident last year. | |
| My ears are ready to retire! I recommend the Gold Note IS-1000. Integrated amp with DAC and Roon-ready Streamer and a pretty nice phono stage built-in. Choose your speakers and you are ready to go... | |
| Embarrassed....Audio furniture help I recommend BDI consoles. I have one for similar reasons...Google BDI and look around. I have the BDI Corridor 8177. 8179 is wider if you need extra width. I have a 75” flat panel mounted on the wall above and it looks great with the 8177. Height ... | |
| Recommendations for modern integrated with tone & balance controls other than Mcintosh A less well-known suggestion... Gold Note IS-1000 (I have the Deluxe model). Well-reviewed all-in-one. Includes an excellent DAC and streamer, phono stage, and integrated amp. I can’t speak for the other pieces suggested here, but the Gold Note is... | |
| When A Lightening Strike Blows Your Power Company’s Transformer Off Its Utility Pole ……… Hope the OP doesn’t mind if I pop in with a few questions...building a dedicated room, so I have saved the idea of dedicated lines (2 or 3). I get the recommendation for separate circuit breaker for the lines dedicated to the system from other sup... | |
| Need some advice. Trying to help a neighbor in need..... I have dealt with The Music Room recently with very satisfactory results. I believe that they would be very fair to your neighbor and their process is very upfront. You provide a description of the equipment and they make an offer. I considered it... | |
| Audio tax write-off A tiny two cents worth:If the home office is a shared space, ie. work time and music enjoyment time, apportion the deduction based on a percentage of work usage➗ Total usage. The time used for work in a shared space determines how much you can leg... | |
| What tube pre-amps pair well with Pass amps? For many very satisfied years, I had a Pass Labs X 250 paired with an Audio Research Ref 1...I never wanted anything else until I down-sized to a smaller house and listening room... | |
| Hearing loss and HiFi In my early 40’s (66 now), I suffered acute severe sensorineural hearing loss in one ear. As a music lover I was severely depressed by this in the short run, but over the years I have compensated nicely. Fortunately I maintain “normal” hearing in ... | |
| Great Intergated amp with great built in DAC Yes, I do! Gold Note IS 1000 Deluxe. Not only with an excellent built-in DAC but also with an excellent phono stage and awesome streaming capabilities including “Roon ready” status. I have owned this piece (which is really quite beautiful) for abo... | |
| Tube Preamp with Solid State Amp? I endorse the concept wholeheartedly. Have used a Passlabs X-250ss amp with an Audio Research Ref1 tube preamp for about 20 years of beautiful sound. | |
| If you had to start all over again in this day and age Just did this process after downsizing. I sold my Passlabs X-250 and am selling my AR Ref 1...couldn’t fit these components in a new BDR cabinet and couldn’t expose the new grand baby to the heat!. I chose the Gold Note IS-1000 Deluxe which is in ... | |
| Wow an old album that rocked your world Compared to What Les McCann and Eddie HarrisSwiss Movement “Live at Montreaux Festival”. I have the original issue LP and it is awesome... | |
| Most amusing album or song titles “Put your Biscuits in the Oven and Keep your Buns in the Bed” byKinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys...real song and real band! |