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| What was your first system? When was that? When I went to college my sophomore year in 1965 my roommate showed up with a KLH Model 11 portable. Growing up, I’d played piano and trumpet and sung in a choir but we never had any music at home, AM radio and jukeboxes were my standard. I was sh... | |
| Music Direct - Audio Hardware Seller? I bought a refurbished integrated from Music Direct which arrived with one channel dead. They immediately shipped a replacement, before receiving my return. When it arrived it was a new unit, not refurbished. I called to tell them I had expected a... | |
| Buyer request to delay shipment after purchase I’ve been in that situation a few times both as a buyer and seller and it’s never been an issue. As long as the item is paid for, both parties have good feedback and a clear agreement is made I wouldn’t expect a problem. | |
| Cambridge Audio CD Player Has Died You're right, that's the obvious question and there's no right answer.As with almost every question that's asked on these forums the first words of the answer should always be, "It depends."Advantages of the one-box solution -- Simplicity, takes u... | |
| Cambridge Audio CD Player Has Died Your player has both optical and digital outputs so you would connect one of those outputs with the appropriate cable to the input of a DAC and it would bypass the internal DAC in the player. But, since the output of the player is intermittent the... | |
| My Triad of Integrateds If you have any interest in tube amplification I'll second willgoff's recommendation of Raven Audio. I've owned amps from Rogue, Cary, Cayin, AES and Dynaco and my Raven Blackhawk is remarkably better than any, at a very reasonable price. | |
| Spectral Audio DMC 10 Quality The price of the DMC-10 in the bluebook is between $850 and $1,050 depending on the version. It would be worth paying for an Audiogon Insider account if that would convince the insurance company.https://www.audiogon.com/learn/insider | |
| binding post replacement nuts Thanks for the reply, that would never have occurred to me. What a strange choice of a connector for a binding post. These might work if you have spade connectors on the speaker cables and a small wrench.https://www.amazon.com/Pack-Four-Hex-Nuts-S... | |
| Cambridge Audio CD Player Has Died Yes, there is a discernible difference in the audio quality of CD players but my experience has been that the difference in the quality of the DACs inside the players has considerably more to do with that than the transport.So, you might approach ... | |
| Is there such a thing??-- Tube Preamp Question To answer your basic question, no, the problems and fussiness you're experiencing are not something you should expect from tube gear, either preamps, amps or integrateds. Well designed, built and matched tube gear is, in my experience, no more tro... | |
| Your favourite music movie? I've watched "The Last Waltz" more times than I can remember. The farewell concert of The Band, filmed by Martin Scorsese. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Waltz | |
| Streaming from a PC and the need for more storage. I should have added that whatever storage solution you settle on you need to get two of them, one as your working drive and the second as a backup of the first. I think it's wise to protect yourself not just from the failure of a drive or it's enc... | |
| Streaming from a PC and the need for more storage. Agree with Erik about the simplest and least expensive step's being more storage space. Just as an example, A Samsung 1 TB SSD drive in a Sabrent USB 3.0 enclosure will cost less than $150 including shipping. Lots of similar options out there.http... | |
| binding post replacement nuts I can't read the markings on the ruler in the picture very well but if it is metric it's likely to be M8, M10 or M12, but impossible to know whether it's coarse or fine thread without some very precise measuring, or getting nuts of each diameter a... | |
| binding post replacement nuts Have you determined whether the nuts and their posts are SAE or metric? It's difficult to tell at a glance and the diameters of standard sizes can appear almost identical, but the thread pitch is different. Go to a Home Depot or Lowes and buy one ... |