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| Please tutor me on some integrated amp basics. Duckworp, my apologies, but somehow when re-reading this thread this morning, I noticed, and think I missed replying to your long and thoughtful post. I will be setting up my new system first with some more basic cable as you suggest. Your outline... | |
| Road trip to demo $10,000 speakers Thanks Glupson,. Your post was a pleasure to read. Like you, I do like the retro looks of the Luxman. And who wouldn’t love those big old VU meters. The Luxmans are solidly constructed as well. The quality control is obvious inside and out and bod... | |
| Please tutor me on some integrated amp basics. Glupson, I have read a few of the threads on the cable forum and asked a couple questions on one of them that is quite vitriolic. Usually you can get an idea of what the better brands are on most audio products through reviews and their names bein... | |
| Please tutor me on some integrated amp basics. Tom, I wish I wasn’t five hours away in traffic from the closest Magico dealer. I do think the local audio stores have a limited supply of cables that I may be able to cajole them into lending for demo purposes. That is after my Magico’s arrive in... | |
| Please tutor me on some integrated amp basics. Ieales, I’ll read the articles you provided links too. Thanks. Appreciate the info on the Nordost’s. I had just finished reading a review from Stereophile, I think, where the author said their Valhalla’s were the greatest cables he’d ever reviewed... | |
| Please tutor me on some integrated amp basics. Geek,, I quite likely will be finding out how good they are, until I find out more about,or purchase, some of the big (i.e, expensive) boys.. Hopefully they’ll be a pleasant surprise. Mike | |
| Please tutor me on some integrated amp basics. Inna,I will be contacting again the Magico rep who does their demos at shows to find out what cables they use there. I'd only use Bluejeans as an interim measure before investing in expensive cables and interconnects. I did read your post on reco... | |
| Road trip to demo $10,000 speakers Bjesien, Thank you. I’ve Magico A3 speakers on back order, due in this coming February. I’ll hook the Luxman up to my old Dahlquist DQ10’s in the meantime. I’ll post how it sounds when the Magico’s arrive for sure. I spoke to a Luxman tech today w... | |
| Please tutor me on some integrated amp basics. Thanks anyway kosst. With your knowledge and expertise you could probably become the 101st audiophile cable manufacturer if you wanted to be. Take it easy.Djones, thanks for the info on Magico using MIT cables at their shows. I’ve actually heard o... | |
| Please tutor me on some integrated amp basics. Kosst_amojan, It’s a new day, I’m awake again and have reread your post. That’s sensible advice you’re offering. I do need to research more on this fairly complex subject, and be patient doing so. I am getting into a bit of a rush to get this proj... | |
| Please tutor me on some integrated amp basics. Kost_amojan, I didn’t think my house was hard to build, plumb and wire, but I had some idea about what I was doing. I would like to learn about electronics but that will probably never happen. I’m impressed it would be easy for you to make your ow... | |
| Please tutor me on some integrated amp basics. Jetter, Honestly I’m not sure what the wisest path is on cabling and am open to any and all ideas before plunking down some cash. Maybe there’s no avoiding the expensive ones, but it won’t be for lack of trying on my part. I’ve recently spent a sm... | |
| Please tutor me on some integrated amp basics. Kosst_amojani, you’re truly fortunate and skilled to be able to build them on your own. Unfortunately my skills are in other areas. I’ll look you up if I’m ever considering monoblocks. Jetter, well I did stay married to my late wife for almost 30 ... | |
| Road trip to demo $10,000 speakers Ozzy, when researching tubes versus solid state amp for the Magico A3's I've found opinions all over the place. I've read where people point out the Magico A3's perform well, and may even have been designed utilizing solid state amps. Alon Wolf d... | |
| Please tutor me on some integrated amp basics. Kosst_amojan, My Magico A3's were mentioned to need 300 hours. Those Pass XA100.8's weigh in at a heavyweight 99 lbs. making my 55 lb. Luxmans seem anorexic in comparison. They didn't feel that way carrying them up a flight of stairs though. I wo... |