stereo5
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| Best Rocking Speakers 15K and Under Congrats on the Legacy speakers. I have always loved their sound. If my living room could accommodate them, I would own a pair of Aeris. | |
| Kenwood KA 8100 Int Amp Inquiry Re : restoring Your Kenwood Integrated is over 40 years old! I sold them around 1974-76. I would definitely have the amp recapped. By the way, the KA8100 was decent, but nothing special. I remember the sound getting very compressed and thin at higher volumes. I... | |
| Would MA5300 Integrated be Worthwhile Upgrade @ppack...…………………………..The quality of the output transformers is what makes the McIntosh house sound. The electricity passing through the transformers gives the classic sound. That integrated is their entry level amp. Originally I was going to bu... | |
| Would MA5300 Integrated be Worthwhile Upgrade That Mac Integrated does not have the output transformers which gives you the McIntosh house sound. | |
| What are you using as a controller for your audio system? I use a Sony HAPZ1ES Music Server. All files are in FLAC or DSD. It plays through a Mac C2500 preamp. I also use an Esoteric SACD Player quite often. | |
| Starke IC-H5 Elite Floor standing speakers.... I believe either Stereophile or TAS reviewed them earlier this year. They were well received. | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Pink Floyd, “A Collection Of Great Dance Songs” On vinylNirvana, “Bleach” On vinylMiles Davis, “Kind Of Blue” MFSL SACDJohn Coltrane, “Both Directions At Once” (The Lost Album) On CD | |
| Curious what people think is the best "value" high end speaker (~5K to 15K) @ozzy...…………………………………………Are you still using the Carver Speakers you recently purchased, or moving on? | |
| Time for a Pre change? Need the wisdom... @erik_squires ……………………………..I can't comprehend that you find Mac bright, but not your class D amps. I am the opposite, Class D has always sounded bright to me, but not Mac. How is it possible that you and I hear so differently? I am doubtful tha... | |
| Ethics are sliding by members! I smell it already, pigboat sounds like a troublemaker. | |
| Time for a Pre change? Need the wisdom... @erik_squires "I've heard some complain about some Mc's being bright to harsh, but first, room acoustics and speaker placement. "Have you yourself heard a Mac to verify this? McIntosh is not bright or harsh sounding. If anything, they are ... | |
| Official Black Friday 2018 Thread Yesterday on Yahoo, there was an article about Best Buy's Black Friday specials and showed everything that will be on sale. | |
| Dunlavy SCIVA'S... Mine sound bland @roberjerman..................................the original GAS Son of Ampzilla was most certainly designed by the late James Borgiorno. I met him at Natural Sound when the amp first came out, spoke with him extensively, and bought the demo unit h... | |
| New power cord needed for speaker with powered subwoofer? @rvpiano...…………………………………..I have Triton Ones and Triton Reference speakers and I am using the Pangea AC9 power cords. I bought 2 meter lengths for 175.00 each and it did make a difference. Bass impact is much improved The PC is a 7 gauge cord. ... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? @geoffkait...…………………………………….Finally I agree with you on something! |