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| Why the hate for mcintosh amps? I guess those at the top of the food chain are always prone to get knocked down regardless of how well they perform. I have a Mac MC 275 paired with a C2700 and I’m totally satisfied not only with the product but also the company. I’m sure their a... | |
| Which Harbeths? HI, I latched onto a pair of Harbeth SHL5+ about a year ago and I'm quite happy with them.I compared them with the 40.3 but they were way too big for my room and quite more expensive. Basically the differences are that the cabinets are 2Cu3 and 3C... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? I recently adopted a Kiseki Purple Heart Cartridge and after about 10 hours of break-in and set-up time......Tonight was Elton John Night: Honky Chateau, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road and Madman Across the Water.As it is breaking in, I am becoming mor... | |
| Building my 'first' system - Advice on Phono preamp please Your first proper system is a key statement. Don’t start out too exotic or your mis-match may end up costing you dearly. In the beginning it may behoove your interest by sticking to the basic’s and eventually add a little flair. The manufacturer h... | |
| Upscale Audio and Primaluna I did some research before I settled on a Mac C2700/Ma275 Tube setup and my second choice was PrimaLuna EVO 400. If you look at the PL circuit board it tells a story. Unalytic Polypropylene Capacitors and independent relay line inputs are quality ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Yo-Yo Ma, Six Evolutions | |
| I have been on the hunt for the best turntable I can buy. Any suggestions? A few good suggestions here but unless your in the 3-5k range your nowhere near high end. VPI and Techniques have some excellent TT,s but the cartridge an arm can make or break any TT regardless of how many shekels you dole out for it. As for my t... | |
| Ready, set, comment! Speaker cables don’t make a difference? What interests me is those that are responding to this forum at 4:00AM. I guess they have no life to speak of or they would be spending their early hours in dreamland like the rest of us regular bellied Sneeches. | |
| Ready, set, comment! Speaker cables don’t make a difference? Oh my friends, speaker wires definitely can and does make a difference. The cable has to be able to deliver a clean signal with minimal loss and not pick up EMI noise along its journey. That means that the insulation can actually be more important... | |
| Hum after replacing tonearm cable Check the continuity of the turntable ground wire. Secondly make sure that the ground termination makes it to the tonearm. An SME 3009 tonearm as an example is mounted on rubber grommets. If the cable ground is terminated at the chassis it may nev... | |
| McIntosh c2700 users please chime in? C2700 update, It turned out to be a bad Audio board... 2.5 months and three trips to the repair shop, (400 miles to and fro) and it’s fixed... Yea! I also replaced all the tubes with vintage RCA’s just in case the crummy Mac tubes were stressed fr... | |
| I nominate this company as building best speakers! Beauty is in the ear of the beholder.For my personal listening pleasure, I nominate Harbeth. | |
| McIntosh c2700 users please chime in? Something you folks may want to think about beforehand.I’ve had my C2700 for about 6 months now and the phono stage input recently went on the fritz. Man I couldn’t believe it when the repair facility told me that it would take 6 months or longer ... | |
| looking for a Integrated amp $6,000 range McIntosh MA352 | |
| Harbeth 40.3 XD versus Harbeth 40.2 I hear ya Rox, The 40 series were way too big for the room so I opted for a pair of SHL5+'s and have them sitting on B&W 8"subs. I think the sound quality, especially mid range drivers are phenomenal.Not sure that the price jump from the 5's t... |