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| Jeff Rowland "Yes, anyone can have an opinion based on their experience; however if you not familiar with any of the components in question, why on earth would I take your advice? To my knowledge, Guido and Schacter are the only individuals that have direct ex... | |
| Budget Power Cords, which brand to choose? "06-13-15: Stringreenzd542....I have an all Ayre/Vandersteen system, and can tell you the stock cords are only a bit better than no cords at all."So, are you saying the stock Ayre cords are good or bad? Reading your post, it looks like it can go e... | |
| Looking for a new amplifier...Again. If you feel the need to keep upgrading your amp, maybe there's an issue somewhere else in your system. | |
| opinions I think its safe to say its the old version for a few reasons. 1. Its been serviced. 2. He's comparing it to a different vintage amp that has been serviced, as well. 3. There really isn't 2 versions of the amp. 3020 is the vintage NAD, and D3020 i... | |
| Balanced or fully SS pre with tone controls I do have one. Ultimately I prefer to listen without the EQ, but the reality is a lot of music I like is not recorded well I use the EQ to fix recordings that I would otherwise not be able to play on my revealing system. Its not that expensive, bu... | |
| Budget Power Cords, which brand to choose? I wouldn't get a PC for your Ayre without a demo first. Most people feel that the stock cord is the best sounding option. For other digital components, I would consider a JPS Labs Digital AC-x. For your amp, ESP Essence and the Richard Grey PC wou... | |
| Looking for Device to Boost Sound from a Home-Secu Why not just get a better speaker to replace your old one? | |
| Better 2-channel music "06-11-15: Bob_reynoldsI think the standard advice of replacing an AV type of product with an analog preamp is overly simplistic. Maybe if your music has limited bass, then electronics and such may have a bigger impact on sound. You need to get so... | |
| Purpose of white LED lights inside Wolcott amp. I forgot to mention that you should swap the tubes position. Take the tubes in the right channel and move them to the left channel. And move the left tubes to the right channel. | |
| Purpose of white LED lights inside Wolcott amp. I can't think of any other reason for a light like you describe. Even more odd is that its not in the manual. Check the amp again and look for any type of adjustment. Sometimes tube amps set their bias up so that 1 adjuster is used for 2 or more t... | |
| Need some thoughts how to arrange the speakers One thing that may help is to list how your system sounds now, and what you would like to improve. | |
| Need some thoughts how to arrange the speakers I think you're going to have your hands full with this one. I don't suppose you could remove the yellow rectangle? If not, the only thing I can think of is to move the left speaker further to the right and no tow in. I say that because in your pic... | |
| Balanced or fully SS pre with tone controls If you must have tone controls, you limit yourself quite a bit in terms of selection. McIntosh seems like the most likely choice. If your sources are digital, maybe a digital EQ like the Behringer deq2496 would be a better solution. The cost is lo... | |
| Better 2-channel music "06-10-15: Pkelly1504I would recommend a 2 channel preamp with home theater bypass."I agree. If you don't have a good preamp, get that first. | |
| McIntosh MA5200 "To Jimmymac, follow your initial instincts and be leery of this model. Don't listen to me but do take Effischer's advice seriously - he is a Mac owner and doesn't recommend it. Good luck to you Jimmymac."Now does that really make sense? You're pr... |