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| Hard Wireing? Re the comment on insurance coverage- wonder how that would void first party coverage. If there's a fire, well, you, the insured didn't do anything to deliberately cause the fire. It was not the intent, ie, arson. It might be an unintended consequ... | |
| I'm in a preamp pickle: ARC Ref 1 VS CJ 17LS I owned a 17LS2- if you can find the "2" I would say go with that. It was hands down the best preamp I ever owned. Before buying it I compated it to a very highly touted $16,000 preamp. It wasn't even close- the 17LS2 trounced the other preamp.ARC... | |
| Recommendation for short RCA cables What's your budget for cables? Knowing that could help with making a suggestion | |
| Alternative AU24 'e' IC I've used the AU24e as well, and have also found the DH Labs BL- 1 MkII very satisfying. If your good at soldering, and willing to do diy, I recommend buying the BL-1 MkII in bulk, available at $6 a foot and terminate with Vampire gold over copper... | |
| Headphone amp for Sennheiser HD 600/650? Well, its been a while. I wound up buying and building a Bottlehead Crack and then added some bypass capacitors and NOS tubes. Sonic bliss- | |
| Allnic 5000DAC Another perplexing view - junk on the bench, fabulous in the listening room. | |
| Wyred 4 Sound W4S DAC-2 DSD I've found EJ to be exceptionally helpful and direct. He won't steer you wrong. | |
| Concerns purchasing Vintage System? It's all potentially very good gear. Mac supports everything they've made and Audio Classics in Binghamton is also ready to help. The MR80 is a nice tuner.The Maggie MGIII are also nice speakers, and can definitely be serviced by the company if ne... | |
| is 17ls2 a good match? I owned a 17LS2 from 2004 - 2009. Before that I had, in reverse order, a Pass Aleph P, 2 Bryston pre-amps and an Adcom pre-amp. I thought the 17LS2 was the best pre-amp I've ever owned. When I had the 17LS2, I also used a CJ power amp. Yes, it sti... | |
| Most enduring audio purchase I'm kind of thinking that if a product has been updated since purchase, it's not exactly been an enduring purchase. That's why I do not consider my tuner enduring- it was updated. I would think enduring would best be understood as 1- bought long t... | |
| Left to right cable mismatch I think my cross wiring was responsible for yesterday's election results. To any democratic audio buds, sorry. To any republican audio buds, you're welcome. | |
| Most enduring audio purchase I'll add some more- but my Zerostat still rules.LP12 1st bought in 1998 and in its present form (Ekos, Lingo, Arkiv B) since 2000Revel F30- owned since 2000. I do have aftermarket jumpers between the bi wire binding posts (Zu)Those are 2nd tier mo... | |
| Left to right cable mismatch So ashamed | |
| Earliest "MOST WANTED" gear Were those Studio Design speakers? I seem to recall that being the Tech Hifi house brand. | |
| Pioneer SX 1050 Recommended Speakers I still say the L100 Century. Yes, vintage Pioneer is warm (which is why I loved Pioneer in the 70's), and still, unless you must have bookshelf speakers, I still say JBL. If floor space were not an issue, I would have said Rectilinear. Bookshelf?... |