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| Tube amp rough guidance sought I suspect the NAD amp is part of the problem, but I don't know that particular NAD. A tube amp would probably help to tame one of the biggest problems of the N805's, those "sizzling" tweeters, but then the 805's also like a fair amount of power.Wh... | |
| What is the best vintage TT for new audiophile? Skvintage, what's your budget? I had a Technics SL1200 in the late '70's, it was great for it's time, but I moved on.I'd suggest adding Regas to your list, P3 probably, of whatever vintage. Or P25 if affordable enough. | |
| Speaker cable suggestion for Pass Labs XA30.5 I'll 2nd the recommendation for Harmonic Technology cables. I have the Pro 9+ (bi-wire). Nice cables. | |
| Monitors or floor speakers for small room? *Question is would a really good pair of monitors give me what i'm looking for*Yes, & check out Totem Mani-2's while you're at it. I definitely don't need a sub with mine. They're in a 16x12' room. I don't know the paradigm's you have, but Loo... | |
| The color of audio and ambassadorship I have a friend who "tried" to get into "hi-end" in the mid-90's by buying a bunch of Krell KAV stuff, & B&W speakers (yeah, I know). Even he wouldn't listen to any contrary advice about equipment. A couple of years ago he dumped all of th... | |
| How to avoid being scammed? I routinely put in both my fee-bay, & A'gon listings: SHIPPING WITHIN USA ONLY. And I've done probably 1000 selling transactions by now on fee-bay, so I'm not a Newbie, but I don't want to do it.Also, did you offer international shipping in yo... | |
| Blown bass driver B&W 805N *Disclaimer........this discrepency along with my maturing golden ear have me questioning the whole B&W thing anyway."I owned maybe 5 diff. models of B&W's over the last.....17 years. I always became dis-satisfied & moved on. (The last... | |
| Excellent Cary & Oppo support I had to send my Cary 303-200 CDP back to Cary for service once, & the repair price was reasonable, & pretty quick.They've also been good at answering the phone, & then product questions. | |
| Do I need to upgrade my receiver? Well....what source components are you using (CDP, etc)? How is the system sounding to you? What do you like, or not like about it? | |
| Conrad Johnson dedicated fansite I may go there & post about my recently "fried" (according to C-J) PFR pre-amp :-(. Oh well. But thanks for the tip; I'll check out that site. | |
| Magnepan Service HORRIBLE??? *Erikt--This is like a soap opera - must....resist....watching....but can't :-)*I can't believe I'm still reading this, let alone responding again. But "it is like a soap opera"; I keep tuning in for the next episode.Among all the things I don't u... | |
| TSM MMii..........amp pairing?? "I’d like to get those same attributes out of these Merlins with less harshness though."It's hard for me to imagine Merlins sounding harsh, but to say again what others have said, they do like tubes. (It's part of the whole point of Merlins, IMO, ... | |
| Would you trust a local dealer to help you put Cmalak, interesting. I got soured on Goodwins High End, when in the mid '90's, I had just bought used B&W M802 speakers. I was a total newbie to high end, & they were pretty useless on giving me any kind of guidance re component matching w... | |
| Magnepan Service HORRIBLE??? *True story: I was talking to the UPS guy who services the company where I work and I asked him how packages are treated. He said some workers are more conscientious than others. He advised me no to label packages as "FRAGILE" as some of those peo... | |
| Would you trust a local dealer to help you put Foster_9, Where ARE you? Asking for tips on good dealers in your area might be helpful.And of course, when buying new from a dealer, you're going to pay maybe 2x what the same level of gear would cost when it's even 2-3-4 years old (on average). E... |