wlutke
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| What was the first system you heard that made you think the high end made sense It was 1975. My neighbors system:Philips 312 electronic TTShure cartridgeKenwood receiverBozak speakersAll for $1300. | |
| Amp for Acoustic Zen Crescendo 2 ? Here's the latest. I did an in-home demo of the Pass Labs XA25. The synergy is so good that I couldn't send it back! Rather than reinvent the wheel, here's a review. I wish I could white like this. http://www.xtremeplace.com/yabbse/index.php?... | |
| Need a new amplifier. Need a good match for my Audio Research LS7 preamp j200jr,The later Classe CA-200 with the heat sinks on the side are reported to be much better than the earlier model with the heat sinks on the back because of "distributed capacitance" - caps distributed over the circuit board instead of just at ... | |
| Amp for Acoustic Zen Crescendo 2 ? Update - I've saved up enough for the Line Magnetic LM508IA but I'm afraid I'll not buy a new one. I contacted Tone Imports for a price, shipped to San Diego. They forwarded it to a dealer in L A. who emailed me a quote. I responded that the $4... | |
| My Home Speakers, My Car, and Me...The Ballad of What's Going Wrong? evolvist -If you're stuck in the small room, some stand mounted monitors may work better than the floor standers.I used my old Vandersteen 3A's in a similar situation, without the glass and tile, and the ear fatigue (anxiety) was enormous at any b... | |
| Cartridge/tonearm shaking and other questions The HI-FI News test record has a resonance test. Playing the track causes the head to wag at the resonant frequency which should be 8-15 Hz. Damping, worn suspension and cartridge/arm mismatch are some possible causes. | |
| Shotgun with different cables Al,With both cables passing full spectrum signal, could the impedance mismatch create phase shift problems?Bill | |
| Amp for Acoustic Zen Crescendo 2 ? grannyring,Thanks for the heads up. I'm still saving up. I probably wouldn't go for that pair anyway. One looks like it was dropped in a parking lot! | |
| Amp for Acoustic Zen Crescendo 2 ? I've researched the Lyngdorf and the idea of room correction is appealing. God knows my room could use it. On the other hand the idea of sending square waves to the speakers and having them do the smoothing curbs my enthusiasm. No D/A conversi... | |
| Amp for Acoustic Zen Crescendo 2 ? wig,Thanks for posting. grannyring, Thanks for the battery of pertinent questions. I'm all ears! | |
| Amp for Acoustic Zen Crescendo 2 ? charles1dad -I dropped Wig a line in a current thread. Hopefully he'll show. There are a lot of fine amps mentioned here. The Devil in the Details is synergy. | |
| Line magnetic 508 with Tekton Double Impacts. Match Up wig - I'm glad you're enjoying that combo. I have the Crescendo MKII and the Line Magnetic is on my radar. https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/amp-for-acoustic-zen-crescendo-2 | |
| Amp for Acoustic Zen Crescendo 2 ? Thanks everyone for the responses. I listen to pop/rock/other in an 15x20x8 room at moderate levels. Just loud enough to energize the room, not rock the neighbors. It's a condo. The Line Magnetic 508ia looks interesting. Monoblocks are genera... | |
| 2017 ‘Keeper’ speakers under - $25K Acoustic Zen Crescendo MKII. Get it right and live the good life. | |
| Mint lp best tractor for VPI Classic P.S. - cleeds,I followed your link and the SRA is shown measured to the wrong side of the stylus. Surprised you didn’t catch that. Here’s a proper reference:https://www.vinylengine.com/turntable_forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=64477Yours:http://www... |