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| My end game speaks. Magico S7, or, Focal Mastros, both excellent choices. In real life, let your ears be your guide. On paper the Focal Mastros have one less driver. The fancier the plumbing the more likely you'll clog the drain. Less is often more! | |
| Anybody out there re-cantilever their cartridge with a Soundsmith Contact Line diamond ? Hello chakster - Thx for your suggestions, I will take them under consideration. As for your suggestion (Skip the Dyna 20XHO2 refurbishing, & go SS MI). Don’t think didn’t think about it. My previous set-up was Grado Sonata 1, a MI cart, r... | |
| How good is good enough? How good is good enough? The answer/answerS aren't so utterly defined by the gear as they are defined by the room, + the actual recording. Now if I had a room with bang on acoustics that was 18-20ft wide at the front wall and 26-28ft wide at the... | |
| Sound Stage and Imaging Speakers, speakers, speakers. Without good recordings, good acoustics, good source and proper Pre/Amplification ..... no ticky, no laundry. You have a 20x20xH? room, the potential for imaging is fab, but if you also like DYNAMICS/Slam, you'll ne... | |
| Do I upgrade my cartridge or my turntable Start by up grading your recordings ,,,,, then see what's next. https://store.acousticsounds.com/g/5/Pop/Rock | |
| Determining compatibility with amps Well AKGWIZ a 17x 32 room, with a "half" vault of 13 ft, and the rest 9ft ceilings, is a pretty clean slate to start with. Great for long standing frequencies. With a room that size there are numerious full range speakers that'll shine, so IMHO -... | |
| Question: What are some of your best pieces of advise to someone new to the hobby? Evaluate the listening room you’re going to be setting your system up in, & optimize. Buy the speakers you like the sound of, & the model that compliments the dimensions of your listening room. (preferably a speaker on the more efficien... | |
| Pure Class-A Amp under $2000 (USED) soix Some valid points, most I would agree with, some you’re off the mark by taking points out of context. You’ll note for DK8586’s benefit (+ others), I used the term "relatively" inefficient/power hungry speakers, (S/F Venere: Nominal Impedan... | |
| Tube-Curious/Pre-amp You sure about that 24? With gear the usual set-up is the onboard pre-amp runs an external amplifier, hence the volume control & selection knobs. At any rate IMHO you're getting the tail to wag the dog. Tube pre-amp, SS amp is the combo to g... | |
| Pure Class-A Amp under $2000 (USED) Hello 8586, How are you. You wrote, " I think the wattage range between 30-60WPC for Class-A is powerful and popular". ... | |
| What's your favorite $5-7000 turntable? Well dhcod, I've heard a ton of tables, but have only owned a few. That's because I've had my Oracle Delph for 42 years, replace 3 belts, on my second tonearm and 4th cartridge. A lot of people flog a Technics SL1200, but it's a beginers table.... | |
| Help recommend a good tube preamp There you go reg19!!! Enjoy the music. http://www.atma-sphere.com/en/mp-3.html | |
| Recommend a good tube power amp in the 100 wpc range for under $4k Hey Mike4597, Mix a tube amp with a SS unit for bi-amping & you’re GOING TO HAVE PHASING ISSUES. OK, before you throw out the baby with the bath water, all you MIGHT need is a few tweaks. To sweeten up that mid-range, swap out the 12AU7’s i... | |
| Which Solid State amplifier would you recommend for my budget? Hey Forte, It would certainly have help if you'd specified which Acoustats you're using, & better yet if you had also included the dimension of your listening room in order to select the amp. But .... IMHO, with the ARC SP9 the Krell KSA-25... | |
| Energy speakers Consider a pair of Coincident Triumph Extreme monitor speakers. Super easy to drive, so they don't need to be played loud to be heard, & for a monitor they go pretty low. You get it all without upsetting your neighbors. Frequency Response: 4... |