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| Stand mount speakers to replace Magnepan 1.6’s ATC SCM19 tied for second place among 15 stand mount monitors at the Arizona AV Club SpeakerFest 2022. My personal favorite. Retail is $3249. There are a couple currently available at around $2k on the popular used equipment sites. | |
| What was the best (most impactful) piece of new equipment to hit the market in 2023? In my direct experience, the Weiss DAC204 (retail $3.5k). With a good, external linear power supply, as good as my Weiss DAC501 (retail $11k) without all the bells and whistles. In the linked review, he found it equal and in some ways better than... | |
| Puron Plug-In AC Power Conditioner; Impressions 😁 Like others, I've had great results with Purons plugged into unused outlets of dedicated AC lines and the first position of Puritan PSM156 conditioners across three stereo systems. The biggest improvement I've heard is in the recording studio (Mi... | |
| Phono preamp, all suggestions welcome +1 iFi iPhono3. | |
| Anyone Here Ever Purchased A Tube Tester? Transcendental Sound used to sell a kit which I built and have been using for several decades. I can't imagine living without it. @larryi I'm jealous. Been wanting the Amplitrex for a while now. Certainly the best currently available. AMPLITREX ... | |
| Has anyone tried a linear power supply with a Weiss 204 or 205? Yes, I got a nice improvement in sound quality with the linked power supply. BTW, most of these power supply types have an internal trim pot that let's you adjust the voltage anywhere within the specified range. Ultra-low noise Linear power suppl... | |
| Vera-Fi Audio's $199 Vera-Link Bluetooth Speaker Savior Reviewed! I run in class D amps for 200 hours into large 8ohm loads prior to evaluation. 8 Ohm 200W Non-Inductive Dummy Load Resistor | |
| Cable supports on the cheap... +2 Toilet paper tubes. | |
| Vera-Fi Audio's $199 Vera-Link Bluetooth Speaker Savior Reviewed! I installed a pair on my son's modified Klipsch RP-8000F speakers. After run in, we were pretty amazed with the sound quality for the money. A great product for young folks on a tight budget. | |
| What's the best and/or favorite piece of equipment you've owned? And do you still own it? ATC SCM50ASLT active loudspeakers in rosewood. Will never sell these. I've rotated through many speakers over the decades. | |
| Anyone else using slugs instead of fuses? Comments on metals used and sound please +2 I use SFBs across two stereos and am very happy with the improved sound quality. Excellent value. | |
| High End Repair in Phoenix Old school bench techs are hard to come by as most have passed away or are too old (arthritis and stuff like that) to continue. I'm one of the younger of that generation. My first job after tech school in 1975 was TV and radio repair when almost ... | |
| ATC SCM150ASLT I'm jealous. I would love to have an ATC factory tour one day. Perhaps I can one day convince Rick or Sir Paul for a personal audition in their studios. The picture in the attached link shows ATC active pro monitors in the background. I'm guessin... | |
| High End Repair in Phoenix James Koch james@highendrepair.com Audio Doctor http://www.audiodoctor.biz/ 602-741-0730 Jeff's Professional Audio Repair, Also Car Stereo work 602-274-0794 jparepair@yahoo.com If the first guy is the James you're speaking of, I'd move on to th... | |
| Holiday Habits and Pleasures In our home, non-stop Christmas music starts right after Thanksgiving. Drives the rest of the family nuts. Particularly fond of Nutcracker, Charlie Brown and lots of stuff from the 50s and 60s when I was a kid. Merry Christmans to all. |