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| Please tutor me on some integrated amp basics. Inna, thanks again. The Luxman L-507uXII has enough wattage for the Magicos at 220v at 4 ohms, and comes in at budget at $6445. It has both an integral mm and mc phono stage, which I like too. It doesn't have an integral DAC at first glance, but... | |
| Please tutor me on some integrated amp basics. Inna, I read yesterday Luxman, pulled out of manufacturing in China. Anyway, their products and Gryphons are well out of my price range since I'm only buying new . However with Xmas coming up you might keep me in mind for a Gryphon Diablo 120 with... | |
| Please tutor me on some integrated amp basics. Twoleftears, thanks for recommending the Coda CSiB. I hadn’t heard of them before, but read it’s designers worked at Legacy and Pass Labs before, which is likely a good pedigree. Tough to find reviews on them though. They sound interesting and mad... | |
| Where do you look for rare records and pressings ? I’ve had consistent good luck at antique malls locally. There’s always a good-sized selection from a number of dealers, who must have no other place to sell. I came close to purchasing someone’s well cared for lifetime collection of classical albu... | |
| Please tutor me on some integrated amp basics. Inna, no doubt. Mike | |
| Road trip to demo $10,000 speakers Thanks Chrissain. I would have liked to have heard the Revel’s. I read very good reviews on them too. We both made good choices. Mike | |
| Please tutor me on some integrated amp basics. Twoleftears, you're correct about the wattages after looking all these up.DJones, I researched the Anthem STR Integrated and added it to my short list. The ARC room correction function makes it interesting, Couple of others on my list also have ... | |
| Road trip to demo $10,000 speakers Thanks Jafant. I've got another longish thread going in the Audiogon Amps section trying to learn the ins and out of integrated amps, and what models to look at. That's another steep learning curve. Chriissian, I don't think I was the one making t... | |
| Road trip to demo $10,000 speakers Yeah, I've ordered the Magico A3's already, but don't mind the continued suggestions. Better than people throwing bricks at you.Mike | |
| Please tutor me on some integrated amp basics. Jack, at Command Performance we talked about the Hegel H360 a little bit, but the focus was mostly on the speakers being demoed.Inna, I was reading up on the Accuphase amps tonight, but they are priced too far over my $6000 upper limit. Tomic60i. ... | |
| Please tutor me on some integrated amp basics. 2psyop, I'm really concerned with the quality control there and would feel like a fool if I went to that well again and ended up with more Chinese junk, especially at such high price points. I am very often disturbed by Chinese products breaking d... | |
| Please tutor me on some integrated amp basics. Yysantabara, I checked out the new Mark Levinson’s amp link you provided. they sounded perfect until I got to the price, a couple thousand or so out of my already inflated price range or $5000 to $6000. I might have jumped up another $1000 for the... | |
| Road trip to demo $10,000 speakers Oleso, I'll take a look.Mike | |
| Best building material for vibration free shelving N80, thanks for pointing out you were goofing around. Some of this audio and audio engineering talk gets a bit over my head at times. I used have a good sense of humor, and didn’t need jokes explained. A saving grace is that I still laugh at all m... | |
| Please tutor me on some integrated amp basics. Builder3, glad you had good luck with your used amp. I’d likely be the one with bad luck taking the same chance. I think my Dad’s many years of selling used cars taught me to stick with new, so you’re sure what you are getting. His used cars came ... |