tkmetz
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| Your most disappointing purchase or audition? During my sophomore year in HS, I purchased a 40wpc integrated amp, the Kenwood KA-305 for full list price,$200. That was a lot of paper route money in 1979!http://vintageaudio78.blogspot.com/2010/11/kenwood-ka-305-photos.htmlIt sounded quite good... | |
| Best Interconnects for Maggie 3.6s Are you using Mye stands for your maggies? If not, get those first as they will make more of a difference than much more expensive component or wiring changes. | |
| Warm, Smooth yet Transparent Amp Give the Emotiva XPA-1l monoblock amps a try. On sale for $599 ea, 30 return, free shipping. They run class A up to 35 watts and A/B up to 250wpc/500wpc into 8 Ohms/4 Oms.I bought a set here just a few weeks ago and am very pleased. They are signi... | |
| Which used preamp for Halo A21, under $1,000? Emotiva XSP-1 currently on sale for $799....with phono, fully balanced, unbeatable, free shipping, 30 day return | |
| DSPeaker Anti Mode 2.0 evaluation I use an 8033 for my subs. I have a nearly square room. The bass has sounded so bad that I nearly gave up and sold all of my gear. Maybe there is a slight delay, but wow, this cheap unit has made my modest system sound quite good in this crappy ro... | |
| Vintage Wharfdale speakers? If he is offering them for free and he will be hurt if you don't accept them, then, by all means, accept them and toss them after he moves.....if this is practical. I work in a retirement community with all levels of care. Downsizing is really tou... | |
| loud popping sound from left channel Reverse the L/R interconnects at the amp input or at the pre output to see if the popping switches channels...........if so, the problem is from your preamp (or your interconnects). | |
| Is a high priced Line Conditioner needed I'm not sure what you mean by high priced, but:I currently use a PS Power Plant Premier which can be had for about $800. I have been in this townhome 3+ years and have dedicated lines. Until I installed the PPP, there were easily heard changes in ... | |
| Preamp with XLR input under 1k? I second the Emotiva XSP-1............pretty incredible for the price. Give them a call, they may have a demo available with the 5 yr transferrable warranty. | |
| Installing Dedicated Lines.... Need advise I suggest skipping the expensive romex and using a Topaz isolation transformer, preferably one that is at least 1000 watts or higher. These are common on Ebay for $250-$300.I got great results by doing the following:1. If the Topaz isolation trans... | |
| Body for Maggies: Hegel Pass Sanders or Ncore? Mye stands - are a must have for Maggies to perform at their maximum capability. The improvement has to be experienced. 1.6QR with Mye stands easily outperform 1.7 without Mye stands in my experience.Several friends and I all sold magnepan speaker... | |
| What's the sonic advantage of bi-wiring In every situation where I've biwired, the sound quality improved. This was limited to using the same quality cables in both single wire and biwiring. I have never compared more expensive single wiring to lower priced biwiring. The typical benefit... | |
| Spectral DMC-90's as Mono Amps? Hi RX,I used bridged DMA90s for awhile and while they sounded good, I didn't think the improvement was worth the price of the second amp. And the noise level really increased in bridged mode. I tried a DMA150 which didn't play quite as loudly, but... | |
| Need inexpensive ICs with superior shielding I really like the offerings from SimplyPhysics. | |
| Anyone else receive low offers right away ? Who cares if you get lowball offers........simply reply that you are not willing to sell the unit at that price and decline the offer. Or if you are insulted by low offers, simply don't accept offers. List the unit at your bottom price and allow t... |