simao
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| Auditioning Magnepan MMGi's and 1.7i's (and possibly the 3.7i's) on Monday I had the 3.6R's for several years before a fire sale forced me to let them go. I loved them! They had a huge and deep soundstage. No, they didn't pinpoint image the music. And no, they weren't "fire and forget" speakers; I had the luxury of being... | |
| Audio Research VS110 Middle transformer gets very hot the 2 sides not so is this normal It certainly isn't a bad design from ARC! I used the VS110 to power Maggie 3.6R's and never had the middle transformer get that hot. Those Maggies were rated 4 ohms - with the tweeter drawing 3.3 ohms. The VS 110 drove them with ease. Your SL3's a... | |
| New D'Agostino Monoblocks...$250,000 It's all relative. I was in our local bike shop today and, thinking about this thread, looked over all the sleek and carbon fiber-y Specializes and Cannondales and whatnots and, having been a cyclist for three decades now, wasn't surprised a bit a... | |
| Looks like Tidal is doomed! I'm quite happy with Tidal. On a side note, Spotify pays an artist 1/16 of a cent for every track played. Which doesn't like much until you start multiplying that by the thousands and tens of thousands, etc. | |
| How many of us really suffer from AUDIOPHILIA NERVOSA Too often we use music to listen to our system. | |
| What component to hang on to? So - the Hegel 160 is gone, sadly. What a beautiful component and well deserving of all the praise it received. I replaced it with a forgotten Sony receiver I'd bought from Crutchfield a few years ago. Set it up, made all the IC and speaker connec... | |
| Integrated with balanced inputs under $1K? @mesch The ASW's are 90db at 2.8V with a 4 ohm imp. | |
| What used speakers raraely come up for sale I would say Trenner and Friedl models other than the highly reviewed Sun monitor. People tend to hold on to those speakers. | |
| ELAC B6 tweak Wait - would you remove the original cap first? | |
| Inexpensive Tube Amps @pawlowski6132 Yeah, audiophilia is a word. But it's not as creepy as the title of that briefly-lived magazine marketed towards cyclists, Pedalphilia. Anyhow, I see your point, though I don't completely agree with it. I just hate seeing someone re... | |
| Tubes Audio Mirror PP1 @hocheye I always mix "lousy" with "lousey" - which can completely change the meaning of the sentence. | |
| What component to hang on to? I'm not particularly wedded to any component. I'd be happy tebuilding my system starting with a Well Tempered or a Rega 8 or even another VPI. But that HW-19 is exquisite. | |
| Just ordered Odyssey Stratos Extreme @stereo5 I can see your progression, but what made you NOT return to Odyssey? | |
| New D'Agostino Monoblocks...$250,000 So - is DD to Krell like Acura to NIssan? Or is it a higher jump than that? | |
| Yesteryears' expensive speakers compared to modern moderately expensive speakers Fascinating! I cut my teeth in the HEA world on a pair of Maggie 3.6R's. This was back in 2003. Are the new Maggies better sounding? Would my ears be able to tell the difference? I don't know.And what about a design like the LS3/5A? I know Stirlin... |