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| sellers trying to sell used product for 10-20% off of list price @teo-audio...…………….Then I got one hell of a bargain! It is a decent tuner but no where as good as my MR88.. I replaced a Magnum Dynalab MD90 and Signal Sleuth with the MR85. The MR 85 doesn't sound quite as good, but close to the Magnum combo.... | |
| Herbie’s Super Black Hole CD Mat - Wow! I had a SID mat but sold it here as I no longer needed it with my Esoteric SACD player. With the Esoteric player, I heard no difference in sound with the mat on or off. I think it has something to do with my players VRDS NEO clamping system. | |
| Fosgate FAP V1 I would think maybe 4-5K if you are lucky. The market for this is small and what was state of the art maybe 10 years ago may not be today. | |
| sellers trying to sell used product for 10-20% off of list price There is a online audio vendor trying to sell a McIntosh MR85 Tuner in a wood case for $2500.00! That price is retail not including the $400.00 wood case. I bought one 2 years ago from Audio Classics in minty condition for $825.00! This is from... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Muddy Waters, “Folk Singer” MFSLKim Simmons & Savoy Brown, “The Devil To Pay” | |
| Rega RS3 or Snell E.5 with Rega Brio & Planar 3? There is a new JBL floorstanding speaker out for $500.00 that Stereophile just went ga ga over. It is in this monrhs issue. | |
| Choosing a good preamp Check out Audio Classics. I bought a C2500 two years ago for 4K. The C2600 has a newer DAC in it, both preamps are tubes and both sound great. | |
| Crackling and hiss - Preamp tubes not seated right? @tubular...……...The Tube StoreTube DepotUpscale Audio | |
| Amps with meters ... I LOVE the big blue meters on my McIntosh amp. Why should an amp be just a boring front panel with just an on/off switch? I do have the ability to turn them off but why would I do that? | |
| Whats playing on your system today? The Doors, “Absolutely Live” | |
| Crackling and hiss - Preamp tubes not seated right? The CV4003 I purchased from Upscale were graded and matched and were their best tubes out of the lot. Four of the six tubes went microphonic within 4 months. | |
| Crackling and hiss - Preamp tubes not seated right? For the price I paid for those 6 tubes, I would have been better off taking that money in 20 dollar bills and driving to the poorest area of town and give it away. I would have had more satisfaction | |
| Crackling and hiss - Preamp tubes not seated right? Twice, I bought 3 Mullard CV4003 NOS tubes at a very high cost and both times , two of the three tubes went bad (noise) within 4 months. Uncle Kevyn at Upscale claimed the Rogue Cronus Magnum is very hard on tubes. After the second time of spendi... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Alice In Chains, “Dirt”Beck, “Sea Change” | |
| Listening time and habits Since I am now retired, I have a lot of time to listen to my systems. From around 11 in the morning , until 3-4 in the afternoon, I am listening to my main rig in the living room. Usually around 4pm, my wife likes to watch Ellen on TV, so I reti... |