z32kerber

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Whats on your turntable tonight?
Duke Ellington & John Coltrane. Superb.  
Audiogon Is Still Relevent...Don't Listen to the Naysayers.
I have found Audiogon to be very relevant, informative, and useful. The naysayers don’t know what they’re talking about. Ignore them.  
Amp pairing questions
Thank you all for the great advice and education. MUCH appreciated. I think I'll go ahead with the XA30.8. I'm certainly not a headbanger person. Mostly jazz and some pop. 
Amp recommendations
@charles1dad My budget is around $4000.Preferably new but open to used.Room size 25' x 14'I mentioned Klipsch because others mentioned them as efficient speakers with good sound. But some reviews said they tend to lack at low frequencies (35Hz vs ... 
Amp recommendations
@charles1dad what speakers would you recommend to pair with the Cary 300B?  
Amp recommendations
@safebelayer Thank you for the response. My plan is to have my 300B amp accessed and hopefully repaired. I did find someone local to me that came highly recommended. After talking to him, he sounds like he knows his stuff. But if you could send me... 
Amp recommendations
@charles1dad One thing that’s always impressed me about the 300B amp is how "powerful" it seemed to me. I rarely had to turn the volume up much to get the volume I needed. 
Amp recommendations
@charles1dad thank you again for your fantastic insight. The 40 watt mono blocks I had were Cary 40Ms. They used EL-34 tubes. My preference in music is like yours - jazz.  Some history. In 2017 I did some retubing. I replaced the Cetron 300Bs with... 
Amp recommendations
@charles1dad I’ve had this amp/speaker combo for 23 years. I’ve always loved the sound. Before the 300B amp, I had a pair of Cary 40 watt mono blocks with these speakers. The 300B was a big step up sound wise. The pairing was suggested by The Audi... 
Amp recommendations
Thanks to everyone for the great feedback and recommendations. I’ve been doing a lot of research into things related to what’s been said. Here’s my plan. Start by having all the tubes tested. If it’s just a tube problem, then I’ll replace them. If... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Miles Davis-Kind of Blue. The best jazz album ever.  
Whats playing on your system today?
Mo Foster, Bel Assis 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Batdorf and RodneyDire Straights - Communiqué 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Dexter Gordon, Doin’ Alright 
Whats playing on your system today?
Miles Davis, MilestonesEnigma MCMXC a. D. (haven’t played it in a while, forgot how good it is)