stereo5
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| Integrated amp for Focal Aria 948 speakers? SS or tube For about 4400.00 you can get a new Prima Luna High Power integrated that blows away almost everything else out of the water. | |
| Coming out of the blackhole called work...retirement Congratulations on your retirement. I retired 7 months ago and I have been upgrading both my systems. Have fun and do not forget to listen, listen. | |
| Amp away for 20 year upgrade...back-up amp to the rescue If I am not mistaken, didn't Conrad Johnson build the McCormack amps in their factory? If that is so, I would think it would match up well with a CJ preamp. Is the preamp tube or solid state? | |
| Speaker audition recommendations? +1akg_caI could only wish I could audition 11 different speaker brands.. I consider him very lucky. If he is married or has a gf, he could bring her along for a second set of ears and go out to lunch or dinner on the way back. That is what I have ... | |
| Still looking for speakers in the 10-20,000 range @ozzy62 My only reason for saying that (and it didn't come out the right way) was because of the answer you gave which was directed at Audio Connection. I do know nothing about you and for that, I do apologize. Take care. | |
| Speaker audition recommendations? I would personally go with the GE Triton Reference speakers or the Triton 1. They got me off the speaker merry-go-round. | |
| Amp away for 20 year upgrade...back-up amp to the rescue @hifiman5 I sold both the Conrad-Johnson MF2550 and the Rogue RP-5 tube preamp and went with a McIntosh C2500 tube preamp and a McIntosh MC152 power amp. This works much better in my room with the GE Triton References speakers. | |
| Why am I hearing this? Back in the early days, it was called "creep through". That can happen when a component puts out more voltage than the other pieces. As others have said, just turn that piece of equipment off. | |
| Amp away for 20 year upgrade...back-up amp to the rescue @arcticdethI thought you were using Odyssey amps? | |
| Still looking for speakers in the 10-20,000 range @ozzy62 Johnny R at Audio Connections knows more about speakers than you forgot. I have been in his showrooms and the Vandersteens blew me away, it didn't sound like the closed in treble shy 2ci's that I once had. It sounded like pure music. | |
| Amplifier speaker match That Sumo was built by the late James Borgiorno, from GAS (Great American Sound), Spread Spectrum, SAE and many others. It should be a great Piece | |
| phono pre with Parasound halo 2.1 integrated John...............If you are still looking for a phono pre, there is a real nice and fully adjustable Musical Surroundings phono pre here for 300.00https://www.audiogon.com/listings/phono-musical-surroundings-phonomena-ii-2018-01-22-preamplifiers | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Roger Waters, Radio KAOS | |
| Where to go next, DAC or Preamp I said that because I had their Dac 1 from about 6 years ago. It was extremely bright sounding. | |
| phono pre with Parasound halo 2.1 integrated John.............What about using a SUT into the phono input? Should help with your lowish output MC cartridge. |