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| Isoacoustics' Gaia eliminated a 120Hz mode I use the GAIA II under my GE speakers and the sound definitely went up a few notches. It’s one of the few tweaks I tried that truly works and can be heard within the first few minutes of listening. | |
| Member Make Zero Sense What is the OP referring to? I can’t understand his writing. | |
| A little tube magic? Just buy a tube preamp and use it with your SS amp, very easy. Tube buffers are just a bandage on the problem. | |
| Can overseas shipping be less using the Audiogon system or is there a better way? No you cant. Shipping has gone way up on every major carrier. I lost a speaker sale due to the high cost of shipping. | |
| How To Safely Ship Cartridges For Retip I shipped my cartridge via USPS Priority. Went from East Coast to West Coast in 2 days. | |
| To clean or not to clean... I run my Hunts Record Brush on brand new vinyl. I don’t feel cleaning is necessary unless the new vinyl is noisy. | |
| Best Desktop Speakers under $500 I am on my second set of Klipsch Pro Media 2.1 speakers. For $129.00, I haven’t heard a better desktop speaker. | |
| Yet Another Post About Power Conditioners! To OP, if it helps, I use 3 Shunyata conditioners in my main system. I use two Hydra 4 and one Hydra 2. My system which uses a tube preamp, and the system is dead quiet. I used to have a radio station cut in and out on my system but they shut do... | |
| Need speaker suggestions for my evolving system! I would have put my foot down and politely tell the wife the ZU’s were staying. I find Totem speakers to be quite bright sounding and a small speaker will not fill the room. You went from good speakers to meh speakers. I also think the Class D P... | |
| I’m looking to upgrade my Magnum Dynalab MD106T??? I listen to FM radio at least 8 hours daily. The main rig has a Mac MR88 tuner which I listen to 4 hours a day and the office rig has a Mac MR85 tuner which I listen to another 4 hours a day. For my taste, it’s Classic Rock all the way. What I sho... | |
| Who Were Your Mentors I did not have any mentors. When I was 16 and was purchasing my first system, a Sansui 210 receiver and a pair of Rectilinear 1A speakers with a Garrod turntable and Sony Cassette deck, my dad was furious. He said I already had a portable radio a... | |
| Bought a new McIntosh amp I owned the McIntosh MC152 and it is a very powerful amp. The output transformers are inside the case to save a little money and to keep the form factor small by Mac standards. I moved up to a MC302 and it is the same sound, only more wattage. ... | |
| architectual digest hifi setup. Most likely, they don't have any real hi fi in their home. At best, probably a Bose something or other/ | |
| Sibilance It’s the Emotiva. I have 20+ versions of DSOTM and the chimes on Time are not distorted, nor are the highs. A friend with the Magnepan 1.6 or 1.7 was using Emotiva amplification and he claimed something similar. He replaced the Emotiva amps with s... | |
| DAC Dilemma I have heard the previous version of the Benchmark dac and found it a little bright sounding. Perhaps it could be tamed with cables? The ARC is a very smooth sounding DAC and will be more voiced to your present system. I know a lot of people who l... |