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| Sonos Products Bertico0357, at least in my experience, the Cullen mod is worth it. I've A/B'd both modified and unmodified units in front of a modest Monarch DIP>Monarch NM24 DAC>Jolida 302 integrated>Aerial Acoustic 5B system, and the difference is pre... | |
| Tube amp on/off: best practice? I was under the misconception (?) that the power cycle was hard on the tubes, shortening their lifespan.Also, Samhar, I thought tubes just went quietly into the night...at least that's how they've failed for me so far. But yikes - is there a fire-... | |
| Mid-priced warm sounding DAC? x2 Ritrau's recommendation of the NM24. Warm as advertised and very very flexible -- give you both SS and tube DAC optionss, plus a decent preamp stage which you can use, or not. | |
| Amp for Rega rs5 speakers They're not particularly picky. I have my 5's, along with a Gallo sub, running off a Peachtree Decco. Their Nova, a significantly better unit, is available for $1k on their site now. Hybrid SS/Tube 80 wpc w/ built-in DAC, Class A fixed out, Class ... | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? Right at this exact moment, it's 'here's a song about nothing and everything at once'...from the new Superchunk album. It continues:the minutes and the monthsthe feeling noise becomesthe oaks and the sweetgums on the street where you are fromevery... | |
| Squeezebox Touch or Sonos ZonePlayer My experience completely echos Reg's - right down to the kinds of systems we're using. Concur with Ballan's opinion, too. | |
| matched quads, one dead, then what? ...and this kind of seemingly random, premature tube failure is to be expected once in a while? Or is it a symptom of something else in my amp. Bias is correct, and audible performance was fine until the tube went. | |
| matched quads, one dead, then what? Perfect - Thank you Mlsstl. | |
| "NEWEST'" Favorite album Not super-new, but new to me and fantastic: Mitch Easter's latest, Dynamico. | |
| Music you HATE the most but once you LOVED it There's a painfully long list, which Alan Parsons Project stands at the top of. Pablo Cruise. Rick Wakeman. Dan Fogleberg. Tim Weisberg.Ack, I though I could do this but it hurts too much to continue. Some things really are best forgotten. | |
| Best buys you've ever acquired on AG i just picked up a pair of minty perfect Aerial Acoustics 5B monitors for $1k here, and couldn't be more pleased. | |
| Music you HATE the most but once you LOVED it (cringe) Alan Parsons Project. | |
| Devore Gibbon 3XLs: anyone have these? as would I. | |
| Sonos Products I agree with both Byron and Larry above. For $450 (the price of the Bridge + ZP90), you get an incredible device and experience -- one which really makes music widely available in new, often unexpected ways. It's really great. And I'll heretically... | |
| best totem speaker This is wonderful info, thank you. Sorry to Moehoward for the hijack.Chayro, thanks for your candor and first-hand experience. My sense was about the same: Hawks maybe, Forests probably not... |