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| DIY Jumper Suggestions I would go with the same brand cable. I had bad luck mixing speaker cables on a pair of bi-wired speakers. The mids and highs seemed disconnected from the bass. | |
| Used Sonus Faber vs. New Entry level SF? Since the SF seem to have the same house sound, I would definitely go used. You get so much more for the money. Newer drivers do not always mean more musical. | |
| Am I dreaming? I recently retired and I too went the McIntosh route. A McIntosh integrated may be just what you need. If you go with Mac, make sure it has the output transformers, as the cheaper ones don't have that feature and sound less like a Mac. I bought... | |
| Inexpensive Tube Amps I own mostly McIntosh, made in Binghamton, NY for the last 70 years or so. I do own GE Triton References and Triton 1 speakers, both Made In China, but the company is American owned and I never heard of any of their stuff catching fire. With the T... | |
| Inexpensive Tube Amps I have 2 friends that own Prima Luna. One has the high powered integrated and the other has 2 dialog mono blocks and a Dialog preamp and BOTH systems have been 100% reliable and they sound incredible. The friend with the mono blocks is using Vienn... | |
| Inexpensive Tube Amps I had a yaqin back in 2005. It caught fire and I came close to losing everything. It was a cheap piece of junk and the amp had sharp edges all over it. Cut my hands on it as well. Bought it brand new off the ebay seller in Hong Kong or perhaps Chi... | |
| What does moving from a 150 watt amp to a 400 watt amp get you? and an empty wallet. | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Today I listened to The Who "Live At Leeds, Deluxe Edition" and Nirvana "Unplugged". | |
| XiangSheng 728A Well, my McIntosh integrated has four knobs, so there. | |
| Emotiva T1 Towers - Audiophile Quality or Just Home Theatre Towers? 80% of the Triton 1 speakers. That leaves 20% which is the most important. | |
| ESOTERIC K-07X VS Mcintosh MCD 550 Which is better ? @mattmiller I beg to differ with you. The MCD301 replaced an Esoteric DV50 and it blows it away. It isn’t nearly as good as my Esoteric UX-3 but the UX-3 was 8500.00 The MCD301 was the second model up in the line with the 201 being the entry level... | |
| Power Cables: Shunyata, Morrow, and Wireworld I have used the Venom HC and it is an excellent cord. I am using Shunyata Copperheads for my Shunyata Hydras and amp and pre and Diamondbacks for the rest of system. Audio Art also makes excellent cables at good prices. He made me a couple of c... | |
| Shunyata Anaconda CX power cord - Ok to use on 240 VAC? I would wait to hear from them directly. Gabriel usually answers within a day or two. Doubtful many of us here could answer your question with absolute certainty. Although George or Almarg would probably know. | |
| Quick question about a speaker upgrade I certainly wouldn't call the Harbeth 40.2 analytical. | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Today was a blast from the past! The Doors "LA Woman" and Deep Purple "Machine Head" |