whart
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| Insuring your Audio Room? Ira- to me, the key would be to talk to different brokers who represent those companies since you will be dealing with the broker in the first instance. I doubt if you called Chubb (which is now part of Ace or the other way around) the insurer wou... | |
| Insuring your Audio Room? I’m not in the insurance business, so others who are might have a different view, but there is an economy in using the same company for all coverage. These high end insurance companies insure valuable art, yachts, etc. and are used to dealing with... | |
| Insuring your Audio Room? I changed my policy before I moved to increase the insurance on these items given that the equipment and records were going to be handled by movers (though I used specialty craters for the gear that didn’t have wooden shipping crates and packed th... | |
| Who thinks $5K speaker cable really better than generic 14AWG cable? I swore I wasn’t going to go down the rabbit hole-I have a main system with what are probably regarded as expensive cables. But I am still in the process of assembling a vintage system in another room, based on a pair of the original Quad ESLs tha... | |
| Best fuses for under $50? I recently got my Quad II amps restored. They appear to be quite early, from the era when the amps were made and used in mono, though I haven't verified what year. Through a stupid move on my part, one of the fuses cracked-(the fuse holders are or... | |
| power for mc452 and c2600 The other possibility at a this point is for the OP to obtain one or another of these units that he is asking about from a place like Music Direct or another vendor that provides a "no questions" return policy. He can then decide if there is any s... | |
| power for mc452 and c2600 I have a number of thoughts for the OP:I have not heard a power conditioner on an amp that i liked, compared to going straight in. (I haven’t heard the Audience, which seems to have very strong support from high end community, but don’t know if th... | |
| Preamp 6922 tube help Lounge- are you Morinix over on the Hoffman forum? If so, nice to see you here. | |
| A vote for the little guy suppliers I don’t know if these qualify as "little guys" because their gear is well known, but they are essentially one man operations: Lamm; Allnic.I’ll also throw a vote to Franc Kuzma, despite the fact that he runs what is now a substantial operation- he... | |
| Preamp 6922 tube help I haven’t rolled 6dj8 equivalents in a long while, but I preferred to Tele to the Siemens, even though the Siemens was probably the more linear tube, the Tele sounded more 3d in the mids. I suspect it was the character of the circuit. I think the ... | |
| Audio repair in Houston Texas area? @dlcockrum --Albert is one of my favorite people. We've been talking and more for some years, but have yet to meet in person. Soon. | |
| Audio repair in Houston Texas area? Thanks, @tooblue. We've been coming here for winter-spring on and off over the last 4 or 5 years, but finally relocated in February. I love it here, people are great, lot's to do (in Austin) and I feel like I'm home if you know what I mean. (I was... | |
| Audio repair in Houston Texas area? Having recently moved to Texas (and loving it), I was surprised at how thin audio is on the ground here. Even in the road equipment area, it seems more retail, a la Guitar Center, or equipment rental than old repair facilities. High end stuff- eve... | |
| Samsung smart TV Do you have a freestanding Amazon Fire box? I have a newish Samsung TV and didn't bother to activate the 'smart' features. I just use it as a monitor. The Fire (separate box) goes into an input on my A/V pre-pro and that connects to the TV. I thin... | |
| Turntable and Rack vibration control I may be wrong, but @pani is trying to walk a fine line here- too much cushion and he loses the immediacy that these tables are known for (and the reason he presumably switched from the Platine Verdier, which is highly regarded table). I can’t rea... |