vuch
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| NEW Tekton Design Speakers - The Bonnevilles No thanks. | |
| Do CD Transports benefit much from upgraded power cords? They absolutely do! I had some cheap monster cable RCA's connected and we switched in some Cardas Clear RCA's. The improvement in sonics was very noticeable. In fact CD's sounded better than my streaming front end where before streaming always so... | |
| Retirement integrated amp for a “fiscal conservative” @ezstreams, thank you for the kind words. However, don't be distracted by equipment in regards to audio nirvana. I also have a mid-fi rig that I've put less than $1k into getting it off the ground this last year. I have it set up using all that I... | |
| Retirement integrated amp for a “fiscal conservative” You’re not going to have to replace tubes every couple of years. 8k probably won’t get you too much further than you are with the PL. The rest of your gear probably works great with the PL. They're not bad amps for the money matched with the righ... | |
| Entry Level Tube Integrated Amps I found that vintage Dynaco amps are very affordable when wetting your beak on tube amps. I've also tried a Prima Luna integrated amp and really liked that too. | |
| Can you recommend Jazz for some one that doesn't like Jazz? Start with Miles Davis Kind of Blue. Listen to the whole album every day for a month. | |
| How do you decide what to listen to? Same old stuff? What attracts me to listen is something that is mastered/pressed really good. I guess the same applies when I stream, my initial motivation to listen is to hear something that sounds great. I had a sealed Chili Peppers Stadium Arcadium for a lon... | |
| Any regrets in selling gear? I had a Yamaha A-S3000 four amps ago. It was the silver face model. IMO that amp was the most beautiful solid state integrated amp out there. It sounded great with my Infinity RS4b speakers. It wasn't a good match for the speakers I upgraded to ... | |
| Friends hi-fi system not very good, what do you do or say? I appreciate and am interested in what somebody has created with their rig and discography. I'm definitely up for a listening session. It's always nice to hear another rig no matter the value of it or experience of its owner. | |
| New Speakers under consideration - but I’m afraid My advice is to do if you're gonna do it. How bad do you want the best sonics? Go large on the reserve funds to get other equipment after the speakers. | |
| Magico speakers too clinical and fatiguing? @willyht no doubt! I also greatly enjoyed @deep_333 and @rforddaddyo's takes. The Room! Speaker placement to listening position are the cheapest, fastest way to getting there with whatever you've got. I've found matching the triangle set-up by h... | |
| Magico speakers too clinical and fatiguing? Unless you hear Magico speakers in a dedicated listening room where every detail has been addressed you're probably not going to hear their potential. The first time I heard them was at dealership listening room in Chicago. I couldn't believe th... | |
| Magico speakers too clinical and fatiguing? It is true that Magico speakers expose the weakness of gear up the chain. After hearing an incredible demo of them and deciding to purchase them you must be committed to addressing the gear up the chain and your room. Many audiophiles stretch to ... | |
| Power Conditioners I have a Transparent Powerbank 6. I get some hum when I turn on the low voltage lights in the room since upgrading the turntable and cartridge to a TA Zeus MC from a Grace F-9 MM. I just bought an old Furman Elite 15 DM to see if there's any impr... | |
| Step Up Transformers….Are they Worth the Trouble? @mulveling, thanks for your information. I just stumbled on your review of the Quadratic MC-1 SUT. As I've stated before I do love the way my rig sounds. However I have a lot of hum and at times notice some RF since adding a Triangle Art Maestro... |