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| Are these Speakers the BEST on Planet Earth ?... By Grapthar's hammer, those are ugly! | |
| Mitsubishi question... I just read this. I have a Mitsubishi DA-F10 tuner bought new (actually a floor demo) in 1985. I've been using it daily ever since. Rock solid, and pulls great signal. Plus, it looks pretty cool. I have been lusting for one of the amps for a while... | |
| Should people with no turntable or reel to reel be considered audiophiles? The real question, Sokogear, is more like:"Do you live in a 'yes or no' world?" | |
| Affordable US Made Tube Pre/Power or Integrated Options Schitt Freya +, $899UShttps://www.schiit.com/products/freya-1Designed and made in the USA. Mike Moffat and Jason Stoddard know a thing or three. | |
| Passive Bookshelf Speaker Selection Why not consider used gear? That would greatly expand your possibilities. Also, something like the Elac Debut 2.0 B6 is inexpensive enough to just go buy and if not suitable can be turned over to another motivated buyer for, probably, close to wha... | |
| Camp designations A/AB/Dictators | |
| How many NICE looking high end floor standing speaker are there at present No love for Ohm? DeVore? How about JBL Everest? | |
| How many people here generally buy used? My first gear was new: a Sansui AU-505 (still have and use), KLH 6s (long gone), a year-old Technics SL-1500 with Shure M91ED (still have and use those too). Some dealer demo gear bought since at a nice discount, and some new. Used is the way to g... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? FZ, 'Jazz From Hell'. Followed by 'The Lounge Lizards'. Except, it's morning. | |
| Lifespan of amps and preamps? Sounds like a nice sweet spot for you. I have an NAD 3155 (bought new in '85) which I still use as a pre. If it works for you, go with it unless it starts to sound bad, you can always renovate. That GFA 535 sounds like a keeper, too. I would say, ... | |
| Jazz for someone who doesn't like jazz. Dr. John | |
| These seem a bit pricey $$$ Anything Swiss comes with a huge price gouge, they've had centuries to develop the technique. Buy American. | |
| Do any still use an older high end tuner from the past?.... I use a Mitsubishi DA-F10 (bought new) every day, as well as a Nikko Gamma 20 in the office. We have outstanding FM in our area: an NPR cluster offering separate jazz, classical, college/progressive and mainstream public (talk) stations. Available... | |
| Power Amplifiers Sansui AU-505, bought new in 1975. I like it so much I bought another to run while my original is being restored/modded. | |
| The 5 stages of making a bad audio purchase This thread is hilarious. I wonder what your local homeless/hobo (you know you have some out there, somewhere nearby) would think of a $5k interconnect?Har har |