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| Seeking Budget CD Player Suggestions I own a Marantz CD6007 and it’s excellent and reasonably affordable new. I’m planning to upgrade shortly so it could be listed on Audiogon soon 🙂 | |
| Equalizer to compensate for hearing loss - Any success stories? If you have programmable hearing aids that already correct for your loss, using an equalizer to adjust for your loss would be working against your aids. Not to mention ruining the sound quality for others in the room. I wear corrective aids and ... | |
| Songs you use when auditioning gear I like to take progressive jazz like Spyro Gyro, Kit Walker, Weather Report or smooth jazz like Fourplay. Excellent engineered recordings that really let you evaluate depth and soundstage. i also like to use progressive rock like Yes; Close to th... | |
| The $10,000 Question You might want to look at KEF towers. They are fabulous with classical, jazz, blues and efficient speakers. | |
| Amp — Leave on or turn off The Linear Tube Audio MicroZOTL preamp has a standby mode and is powered 24/7. LTA said it’s fine to leave it fully powered up (on) 24/7 due to the low voltage to the tubes in their circuitry | |
| Floorstanding speaker experiences/recommendations in the $12-25k range I agree. Get a nice subwoofer or two to augment the speakers you love. For music I have a KEF KF92 and it is wonderful. | |
| Hearing problems and speaker upgrade So much depends on the severity and type of hearing loss you have. Many people have sensorineural loss of the higher frequencies that can be compensated with programmable digital hearing aids. Some people have frequency blocks and cannot hear ac... | |
| Isoacoustics GAIA question I purchased GAIA II for my KEF R11's. Best money I've ever spent for sound improvement with speakers on hard floors. Highly recommend them. | |
| Parasound media event I received this email also. Anyone have an idea what this is about? | |
| Need a big favor picking a preamp I’ve been researching a new preamp in the $5K-$6K range and was also having a hard time making a decision. Solid state, tube or hybrid and a lot of choices in this price range. Narrowed it down to a Pass Lab solid state for $6K and a Linear Tube A... | |
| Speakers - Your "Safest" Choice In the $20k range I would look at the KEF Reference 5 Meta. $22K hand built towers. Wish I could afford them! | |
| Do You Buy Speakers Without Hearing Them? I have purchased several KEF speakers without auditioning and never been disappointed. Risky maybe, but I’m a diehard KEF addict and unfortunately there are no good audio dealers anywhere near Albuquerque! |