tomic601
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| Which stereo amp to try under $30k You should check out Marks review of Rossini 2.0 on The Audio Beat and his sidebar on analog preamp functionality and at least four possible solutions. I have both the excellent sounding WADIA 17 and 4000 along with Ayre A2D and the 2.0 might be n... | |
| Which stereo amp to try under $30k And I forgot to mention turbochargers are “ consumables “... ask me how I know this.... | |
| Which stereo amp to try under $30k And racing a car makes tracking look like sanity, unless you mix it up with the Armco.... but in a sense you understand the Lyra you run is about $6 an LP at the low end.seriously give the a Ayre a shot and don’t worry so much about class Aenjoy ... | |
| Vandersteen's new affordable mono blocks at the CES 18 I think JA addresses it nicely saying each amp has strengths, he prefers the Lamm at 2X the cost ( $31k )I have heard Lamm products before in a variety of systems and they are quite good and hyper well engineered and robustly built. An amp that co... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? I caved... streaming Budgie - Squawk ( 2013 remaster ) via Tidal... to hear all the fuss.... hmmmmmmore wine...good fun tho | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Etta James - At Last ( Reissue on WaxTime # 771824 ) missing the tube magic IMO | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @slaw California condo is analog, the Seattle house is server digital and would support a larger LP collection, Bass akwards! But I have decided to keep them split that way and sell the SOTA table which was going to anchor the Seattle system, simp... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Ry Cooder - Borderline ( recorded on the “ 3M digital system ) lacking low end wallop but from 800 hz ish and up its detailed.... | |
| sellers trying to sell used product for 10-20% off of list price As the recent owner of a MR-85 I can tell ya $2 k offers would have made me dance in aisles... but to each his own....I did trade it for a minty pair of Theil 2.3 in cherry.... sometimes a trade is bestRichard Modaferi modified my Mx-110 at Audio ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @slaw i have a sneaking suspicion your LP collection would consume our condo!!!spinning Little Village- ST this should have been bigger... oh well | |
| Vandersteen's new affordable mono blocks at the CES 18 But I will comment a bit further, the M5 amp and Quattro CT are reviewed and measured in this month Stereophile.JA keeping amps to review as stand alone as the high pass is switchable.RV calls his approach an “ unfair advantage “ in that he can op... | |
| Vandersteen's new affordable mono blocks at the CES 18 Sorry I missed contributing to this thread since my post way back in January of 2018, when I first started running the M7-HPA amp. I have a thousand ish hours on them now and absolutely LOVE them. Zero issues, musical from day one, certainty no ha... | |
| Broken hearted...magnepan and vandersteen One thing to be aware of when listening to Vandersteen powered bass models at a dealer is where they set contour or Q at... and why ? .7 and slightly below is lean very flat low bass. Want a better rock speaker, dial it towards .8easy to do.....ba... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell - The Traveling Kind( was fortunate to catch them at Benaroya hall a few years ago, would love to reprise that ) | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @slaw I am out on the lamb today, got Tony Joe White - Bad Mouthin’ cranked up...45 RPM lovely Sonics, white Vinyl... ya manYep Roc Records YEP 2593 |