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| Tube or not to tube? A move up. No question. | |
| Tweaks for a Gallo Nucleus Reference II I have Ref II's also. I would be interested in what others have done too. | |
| High End Audio Rack Check out Rix Raxhttp://rixrax.com/index.html | |
| Newbie Part 2 Paradigm bought Anthem/Sonic Frontiers a few years ago. There will likely be a certain synergy between Paradigm and Anthem. This is why your dealer is suggesting this.I have a Anthem CD changer. Although no longer made, it blew away my Audio Refin... | |
| newbie question on TUBE gears. The 568 has a better pre-amp section in it over the 561. The 565 is also better but you don't get the PC set-up. A pre-amp with HT pass through is not a bad idea. I think Meridian processors turn everything into digital and back to analog if you u... | |
| newbie question on TUBE gears. One more idea for just 2-channel would be to buy a tube CD or tube dac. This might be the best idea as you can get a little tube magic for CD and keep what you have for home theater. | |
| newbie question on TUBE gears. Looks like your system is more of a dedicated theater to me. I would suggest upgrading your processor to a 568. You could also gain some improvment with some accoustic panels behind your front 3 speakers. Integrating tubes into your system is not ... | |
| Will I improve the qualitry of sound? Somtimes the smaller amps are the sweeter sounding because there are less parts in the amp. The bigger amps will give you more volume. The music may have more ease and less strain even at lower volumes. If you are not pushing your volume control v... | |
| upgrade dilemna Buy a McIntosh pre or sell your amp and get an integrated. | |
| Any suggestions for good obscure music? http://www.mississippistudios.com/Diversify with 2004 and 2005 mississippi studios live CD compilations. They are listed under Studio Projects. The studio owner took his favorite live recordings for the year and made CD's out of them. Proceeds ben... | |
| Home Depot Ext. Cord for Speaker Cable Mac tube gear deserves better than HD DIY cable or Monster for that matter. That's like putting ketchup on a good steak. You would be better off spending $ on tube upgrades or better wire. | |
| best all-round,full range at $2000 Biased here too. I am running Gallo Reference II's. The speakers need to be out in the room. Tweeter can be bright, but it is also very revealing. Soundstage is gianormous. Even off axis listening is great with the 320 degree dispersion tweeter. M... | |
| Cleaning Amplifier & other gears Some guys were using swiffer products. You might try a search on that. I have not tried it myself. | |
| A multi-channel amp approach that is musical For your budget I would look for a Anthem MCA-50.http://www.hometheatersound.com/equipment/anthem_mca50.htmAnd yes, 3 2-Channel amps are better and 5 mono-blocks even better yet. The reason for this is complete isolation of signal and independent ... | |
| power cord recommendayion Try Signal Cable. One digital and one power cable should do it.http://www.signalcable.com/power_cables.html |