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| Thinking of buying a solid state amp Larry, you have a good point. The new location will be smaller but not significantly smaller to warrant a lower power amp. Heat is the major issue, ambient temperature there is in the 90+ degree 6 months out of a year with high humidity and the th... | |
| Thinking of buying a solid state amp Hovland is definitely worth considering though not sure if they are in my price range.As for Pass X350.5 or XA.5, I am aware of the heat they generate but they are still cooler than BAT 150SE. I did consider McCormack DNA500 initially, but read in... | |
| Usher Speaker Comparisons I have owned many, BE-718 is good and don't listen to bashers who discriminate for the sake of discriminating.I listened to RW-729 with BE tweeter last week. Compared to BE-718, I liked RW-729 better. RW-729 had slightly better transparency at the... | |
| Most Peaceful Music you've Heard or Own Loreena McKennitt, any of her album | |
| Lyra Helikon vs Skala Never compared Skala to Helicon in the same system, but Skala is a superb cartridge and worthy of world's best system. However, Skala does require more effort to optimized, extremely sensitive to any changes.I run my Skala to Einstein turntable's ... | |
| My computer setup... I do have volume set at maximum on iTune and PC when I have it hooked up to my main system. when playing background music, Benchmark sits too far away from me so I use computer to adjust volume instead.Thanks for the tips on Locus USB cable | |
| My computer setup... Can you share your iTune's "recommended setting"?I am not using Benchmark volume control, instead I control volume using computer. Don't notice any significant detail loss this way, but I use that setup for background music only.So Kimber USB is n... | |
| What preamps equal to or better than CJ ACT II Einstein is worth considering. Superb dynamic, bass weight, top extension, and silky mid/top. Best part is you can put different tubes in different input to tailor the source!ARC Ref 3 is very system dependent, bass can sound weak and cast a greyi... | |
| Audio advancement - why? Because size matters!Sony can't build a walkman with tubes inside, same goes for 99% of mass market audio gears out there. Imagine if Sony had to build a 5-channel HT receiver with tubes, it will take up quite a bit of floor space.Same goes for me... | |
| Which phonostage is a heavenly match for a XV-1S Another vote for Einstein.I have heard/compared many top phono stages and Einsteinis is as good or better than most. PM me if you want to know more.A shameless plug, I am selling one. But I have both RCA and XLR, selling one of it and still stayin... | |
| SS Preamp with Tube Amp? I agree with Nsgarch, tube amp has much more influence on the sound than tube pre amp.I also started with tube pre and solid state power 20 years ago, only when I changed to a tube amp I discovered "tube pre + SS power" is for the wannabe. Same go... | |
| What is a good bookshelf if your amp is up to it, Usher BE-718 will be a very big upgrade. | |
| Verus Vs Rim Drive Agree with Jbcello, VPI rim drive is quite fussy to setup.first, you need to make sure the belt sits in the "rim" evenly. this is easier said than done. if belt is not seated evenly, speed will vary.second, the spacing between motor and platter is... | |
| Phono PreAmp with less than a 12" x 15" footprint Blackbird is a HO MC, so you only need ~45db of gain. if you want absolute best MC phono stage with >60db of gain and still have a small foot print, Einstein is by far one of the best out there, by a big margin. | |
| Preamp for my system...Please given your system, I will suggest Cary SLP-05. I have heard Cary in dealer show room only, but my impression, like most, was very positive and found Cary to be musical and warm. I had ARC Ref 3 in my system for a short while, also heard it in seve... |