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| Yet Another Speaker Choice Question I had a VTL ST-85 power amp for a few years, & used it in roughly a 10x10 office room with fairly efficient speakers. It only had so much power, & pretty much "crapped out" in a larger room, or with less efficient speakers, but it had it's... | |
| Need Expert Opinions On An Old System *Room is 17'x22' with a 17'x15' kitchen/breakfast area adjacent.....Speakers: NHT Model 2.5*I can't pretend to be able to figure all this out, & I don't know all your components that well. But that's a very big room, by my standards. I do reme... | |
| Music sounds natural when player kept powered on Not an expert, but I just can't see how "leaving the player on" will "affect the laser/lens". How many times a day are you powering it on and off? I agree with Montejay; powering it on and off will probably wear it more than leaving it on......PS-... | |
| Need Expert Opinions On An Old System Well, first hook up the stuff that has "never been hooked up yet", try that.And like Celtic66, I was thinking that the 10 y.o.+ Rotel CDP is probably "the weak link". You could have a $50,000 system & hook up an old $100 CDP & it brings th... | |
| Still lost at sea? Mine started around 1996, when after 20 years of owning diff. audio gear, I bought my 1st "high end" speakers, & paid $2500 for a slightly used pair of B&W M802's. This was huge for me. However the rest of my gear was old NAD mid-fi compon... | |
| Audiophile speakers that rock well As someone who's owned a couple of highly regarded "pro audio" monitors, & a ton of "audiophile" speakers, I'd say:Totem Mani2 Sigs--they "do everything", IMO. Get them w/the Totem stands. You'd have to get them used for your budget. And I hav... | |
| When is an amp ‘just too old? ’ To buy? "150 or so lbs. is about my limit now unassisted"Blindjim, This is a bit belated, but I saw this thread again & wondering what you came up with? I chuckled a bit when I saw the 150 lb. limit, as a 65 lb. amp is at my upper limit & is now t... | |
| Reel to Reel decks I had 2 diff. Teac RTR's in the 70's & 80's, & I was very happy with them, until the 2nd one broke the 2nd time. Like others have said, tape decks, RTR, or cassette, are gonna' need repairs every so often. And the better RTR decks tend to ... | |
| Any smooth jazz fans out there? Some clever marketing person once came up with the term 'smooth jazz'--that term sounds so much better than say: "fake jazz, that has almost nothing to do with real jazz, but gets people who know nothing about jazz, to think they're listening to j... | |
| When is an amp ‘just too old? ’ To buy? One of the things I think about is weight--does an amp weigh 30, 60, or 120 lbs.? Do I have a reasonable chance of packing it up by myself & schlepping it to ship to the mfg. or take back to the dealer if it needs repair? Also: where is the mf... | |
| When is an amp ‘just too old? ’ To buy? *How old is just too damn old!* I keep wondering that about myself, but that's a different topic (attempt at humor).But, I wouldn't hesitate to buy a 10 y.o. SS amp by a good mfg. Tube power amps are more dues for a lot of us, & it sounds like... | |
| Has anyone run two amps at the same off a VTL 2.5 Not sure, probably OK, but I'd call VTL directly and ask them, I usually learned a few things when I called them & talked to Bea, or Luke. | |
| Best speaker cables for longer runs *I currently use Nordost Blue Heaven,.....But I would like to substitute something that won't sound worse.*I bought a set of bi-wire 15 ft. DH Labs T-14's used for about $200. Very happy with them, at the very least they don't sound "worse" than N... | |
| members with no feedback? In addition to my encounter with the A'gon buyer w/no FB I posted above, I had another one on Fee-bay a few years ago.Back when Fee-bay sellers didn't have to take paypal, & could offer money order, personal check, whatever, I listed an expens... | |
| Rega P25 vs. Rega P5 There was a very good review of the P5 in S'phile I think, when the P5 came out. The reviewer compared it to the P25. Hopefully you can look up that review online.But, what's the price diff. between used P5's & P25's? $200, $400? The P25 is a ... |