truemaineiac
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| Good options for monitor Audio sliver line if you get an integrated with a HT pass through, your main speakers would be driven by the amp in the integrated when it was in pass-through mode, you would still use sub hook-up on the AVR and the pre-out from the AVR to the integrated for the fr... | |
| Good options for monitor Audio sliver line paraneer nailed it. The new Yamaha integrateds ~$2K, might be worth checking out, some very positive vibe. | |
| Advise on selling Pathos Classic One MK III newspaper classifiedyard sale | |
| Any problem with Cary SLI-80 INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER I agree with sfar, tube devices will eventually have problems with the tubes, it's part of the "experience" of tubes. | |
| Mint Tractor / Protractor for SME IV arm I bought a mint, it worked great, well worth it, it was clean and well made. | |
| $5k Upgrade I did end up getting a well tempered amadeus II, a EMT TSD15 which is being run through an Auditorium SUT (DL103 version) into MM phono on Shindo Auriges Pre-Amp. It is definitely a different presentation, much quieter background, more dynamic th... | |
| Unison Research S6 or Leben CS-300F or Manley Stingray II??? You might want to also include LM Audio on your list. As for the remote control issue, I was originally skeptical about this with Shindo gear but having lived with it in my system for a couple of years it is really a non problem for me. It is go... | |
| Best integrated amps under $9k With efficient speakersLeben CS600Shindo ApetiteWith less efficientVAC i160 or VAC Avatar Super | |
| Tube integrated with real bass. Does it exist? 09-15: CzariveyTruemaineiac, Any tube amp with descent(sic) active subs in the mix will have real bassCzarivey, my apologies if my post was incomplete or obvious. I was attempting to convey that it will be difficult to get the level of bass that m... | |
| Tube integrated with real bass. Does it exist? As Jmcgrogan says above, VAC will get you great bass which will vary based on tube selection. If you want hit you in the chest bass and tubes you might look at integrating a good set of subs into the mix. | |
| $510.00 for an Aluminum cover for the ARC Ref. 10? A long time ago I worked in high tech aerial photography and we used Zeiss cameras. We lost a lens cover which is a square aluminum plate with a tab on one end and a handle and latch on other. Zeiss wanted something like $3K for the lens cover to ... | |
| Koetsu Blue Lace vs Onyx Platinum Coming soon, the Koetsu Pate | |
| Is it time for a phono stage? Buy used so that you can easily trade it out if it is not a big enough improvement for you. Take a look at K&K if you can build it yourself. | |
| $10K budget. Help I am a fan of VAC, the Sigma 160i or Vac Avatar Super are very good KT88 amps with highly respectable MM or MC (depending upon options). These are going to push into 80W territory so should be workable with a wide variety of speakers. | |
| Shindo? I have received outstanding support from Jonathan at Tone Imports with Shindo gear that was purchased used from both dealers and private people. This is amazing gear but it has to be matched extremely well to all components in your system. |