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| Sunshine, Lollipops And Rainbows May 9, 1964, Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong made chart history when his version of “Hello, Dolly!” reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The legendary jazz trumpeter was 62 years old when his song topped the Hot 100, making him the oldest person ever... | |
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| SS amp or receiver that sounds like Tube Amp Wow. @jimbennet joined this forum and managed to tick off multiple members in less than 24 hours. Impressive | |
| Last Critical Tweak… how to quell occasional high harshness…? Definitely a head scratcher. I would start with what is on hand. 1) Try tube rolling with what you have. 2) Try rolling cables you may have on hand. 3) I have found the larger the speaker gauge, in my system, the clearer the sound. I have move... | |
| Pass Labs xa-25 or Coda Continum #8 I looked at the #8 and the S5.5. In the dealer's showroom the #8 was marginally more appealing to me with the same Legacy speakers (various models). Ultimately I selected the Pass XA 25. I felt it was more neutral with the Coda amps having a bit o... | |
| Buckeye Amps musicality? Not measurements, musicality.... A year ago I was considering the Buckeye mono amps. I was on a merry-go-round of power amps after selling off my Threshold design Nakamichi PA7A-II. I tried a few different class D and Hybrid amps and found out that my speakers have a 0.5 ohm draw... | |
| Do Audiophiles usually keep the gain of the digital source at around 80%? My experience with Eversolo was with the A6. I found the overall clarity was best was when the A6 was at 100%. I controlled the final volume with the Benchmark LA4. When the A6 was less than 100% I found some inconsistencies with background noise ... | |
| Low powered integrated recommendation LTA and Pass | |
| Fritz carbon 7SE MK 2, Upgrade The ATC SCM20 may have too tight of a sweet spot to satisfy most users. | |
| Fritz carbon 7SE MK 2, Upgrade The Joseph Audio suggestion is excellent. You might want to consider a used pair of TAD LABS ME-1 used. | |
| Mcintosh mc 2500 is it worth the asking price? Check out HiFi Shark for the current ask price and the price of recently sold items. https://www.hifishark.com/search?q=McIntosh+2500 | |
| Do people hate Eversolo on here? Or is it liked some? They lost me on the A6. Terrible customer service. | |
| "Best choice" among Hegel 120, Moon 250i and Rotel 1572MKii Lots of choices. Check out https://www.hifishark.com/search?q=integrated | |
| Your first concert was to see who and when? Beach Boys, Chicago, and Elton John, 1975 at Hughes Stadium in Fort Collins, CO | |
| Has anyone had problems getting their money refunded by The Music Room? I have returned two high priced items to TMR. The money was in my account within two days of them receiving the products both times. No issues at all. |