steveashe
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| Hi Fi Dealer in New York City? I'll second John Rutan of Audio Connections in Verona, NJ. And he is the reason that I am a connoisseur of fine audio today. | |
| LFD Integrated - Please talk me out of buying one Well, no one was quite convincing enough. Couldn't quite justify new so I took the dive today on a slightly used LFD NCSE offered by a very nice local seller. I hooked it up and have been listening for the past few hours. Interesting piece; utilit... | |
| LFD Integrated - Please talk me out of buying one No I haven't. I'd love to find an LFD dealer in NYC or on Long Island, I doubt there is one. Purchasing an LFD would be an act of faith, as so many of my audio purchases have been without brick and mortar stores easily accessible any more. I know ... | |
| LFD Integrated - Please talk me out of buying one Not convincing enough yet:-). Getting there. Which Ayre? | |
| Luxman 505UX vs. Luxman 550AX Integrated Amps Well I've had my L550ax for about 2.5 years. I too wanted to simplify, I had a CJ Premier 140 Tube amp and and EAR 868 Tube Pre. Can't say the Luxman is better but I can say I haven't missed the tube stuff. Lux is easier to live with, does a great... | |
| Mini Monitors: Sonus Faber Cremona or Micro Utopia My .o2, if there you can find a pair of used Sonus Faber Electa Amator II's (not I's as I don't think SF offers replacement drives for them) get them. Don't look back, get them. I have not heard either of the speakers you are looking so don't have... | |
| Is NAD C372 Integrated good match w/ Maggie1.7's? I'm running my Maggie 1.7's with a 20 watt Luxman L-550ax integrated. I'm a hard core jazzer (horns, piano, guitar, etc.) they sound fantastic. | |
| Underrated jazz greats My vote for best thread! How about Billy Bauer, wonderful guitarist and teacher. Or Jimmy Bruno a monster guitarist a very nice guy (and guitar teacher). | |
| Sanders Sound preamp vs. Innersound? I see a SandersSound thread, and have to put in my .02. Not only are his products great, but Roger is a fine person to deal with. I owned one of his of his ESL amps (driving Quad ESL 63's), and was just curious about certain design aspects of the ... | |
| integrated amp suggestions solid state Luxman L-550ax. 20 watts class A, much more powerful than you could imagine without hearing for yourself. I'm sure the Pass is nice too (Int 30?). Personally I'd go for lower power class A sound; "tubey" (full, harmonically rich sounding to my ear... | |
| Luxman vs. Accuphase I have had the Luxman L-550ax in my system for 3 months now. This is Lux's new iteration of the L-550aII. I replaced a big system, with full blown preamp (EAR 868) and CJ Premier 140 (big tube amp) and haven't looked back. The Luxman offers a very... | |
| The best integrated amplifier I second the Luxman. I "downgraded" to a Luxman L-550AX about a month ago (20 W class A, no tube hassle), it's a beauty. There is a higher power class A (30 W, L-590AX) and a line of other Lux integrateds that are AB (much higher power, like the 5... | |
| Luxman L505u . . . why not? I'm surprised that Luxman is not more popular as well. I have been listening to an L-550ax integrated for about a month now - it's a great piece! Beautiful to look at (those yellow backlit meters are nice). Sounds superb, the loudness control is v... | |
| Luxman L-550AX Ah yes, I have tried the headphone out with Grado Rs1i's - great synergy). when the lights are low and I want to listen to some Miles and don't want to wake up my neighbors, its a great solution. I don't see the volume control going up above 50% ... | |
| Luxman L-550AX don't know about the L-550 AII, but I got the L-550 AX a few weeks ago. I moved from EAR 868 / CJ Premier 140 combo to this integrated and haven't looked back. My circumstances may be different than yours, but I like to leave my equipment on much ... |