twoleftears
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| New Stereo Times review on CODA CSiB Integrated Amplifier Listen Up is an on-line Hegel stockist and offers a 60 day return policy (you just pay for shipping). | |
| B&W 800 D4's, Room size, & general Q's I listed the three places to try in DC/Virginia in my post above.If you're nearer Richmond, make an appt. at Audio Exchange.Crutchfield in Charlottesville is hopeless for serious auditioning of speakers.If you're near Roanoke/Salem, you could try ... | |
| If Power Cords Don't Matter... Puritan make extremely flexible power cords, more flexible than many cords supplied "stock" with the unit. They'll fit anywhere you can fit a cheapie PC.http://www.puritanaudiolabs.com/products/mains-cables/ Check out youtube for videos showing j... | |
| B&W 800 D4's, Room size, & general Q's If you're near DC, you could go to Deja Vu (audio store, not the other kind of establishment), Command Performance, and Evolution Audio. I recommend going in that order. Deja Vu is the farthest from the "main line" brands you're looking at, but ... | |
| Helping a friend build a new system If he goes with the Fritz, he can drive them with a fairly low-powered tube amp just fine. Plenty of commentary out there about Fritz + Modwright SET headphone amp at CAF a few years ago. | |
| Audio Research I/50 https://www.balanced.com/vk80i-integrated-amplifierThere's already this, in a fairly similar power/price bracket. | |
| Question about Neotech Curiously, I just noticed that they started advertising in US audio magazines, so I imagine they're looking to enlarge their footprint here.http://wp.neotechcable.com/ Cable Co. stocks made-up cables.A couple of places that sell parts stock their ... | |
| IsoAcoustics, B&W 805D3, and Harbeth 30.2 Do you put a set of Oreas between the speaker and the stand, or a set of Gaias between the stand and the floor?There doesn't seem to be much of a consensus on this question. | |
| Townshend Springs under Speakers https://www.designisthis.com/blog/images/uploads/2012/02/Origin-live-astute-hanging-loudspeakers.jpg | |
| GaN Class-D feature packed amplifier from GaN USA themselves limited supply!!! Then there are these:https://orchardaudio.com/shop/ols/products/bosc-amplifier-module and these:https://orchardaudio.com/shop/ols/products/strk-ltr-mdl | |
| How long does Class A have? Am I the only one to see a kind of cruel irony in @arcticdeth 's screen name? "Arctic death" is in full denial while the ice cap melts away at an alarming rate. | |
| Townshend Springs under Speakers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2r33aii5K0 | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados I just got Jan Lisiecki's Etudes, and now comes this recommendation... | |
| REALLY vintage! Just be sure it's installed with the correct directionality. | |
| REALLY vintage! https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-starr-record-player-1930419028 |