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| Why has focal raised their prices so much on Sopra line Fasten your seatbelt. This is going to be a regular thing in the coming year or two. There are a whole list of cost increases that manufacturers have had to cover and the latest one is shipping. Container rates have gone up over 400% in some shipp... | |
| Buying used vs new? The only thing I would add is that the age makes a big difference. You should figure on replacing the capacitors at somewhere between 15 and 20 years old. If the preamp is 15 years old (+/- 2005 vintage) you need to find out the cost to recap it a... | |
| Vintage vs New I think the real question here is whether or not speakers which were reference quality when they were new 20 to 30 years ago have similar sound quality to reference speakers of today. The cost difference between these two options can be a factor o... | |
| Tube buffer in tape loop@ I got a Yaqin SD-CD3 tube buffer and I use it in my tape loop with no problems. I have a Krell KRC-2 pre and and KSA 300S amp running Thiel CS6 speakers. I got this thing because it was a cheap way to see if inserting tubes in the signal path woul... | |
| Build a wooden crate or use a cardboard box for Amplifier. I have a Krell KSA 300S which I have built a crate for. This amp weighs 185 lbs which makes it particularly hard to handle. I have all the original packaging but I built a crate anyway. Here is my experience:I built the crate so that I could take ... | |
| Speaker suggestions please - going to the BIG city My advice would be to go to AXPONA at the end of October if you can make it. There is no better way to hear a wide range of speakers to help you narrow down the field. | |
| Do any of you kids , want your system ??? Even though I'm a relatively healthy geezer I have put together a Final Wishes document so that if I suddenly die my wife and my kids will have some guidance about what to do with me and my stuff.I'm pretty sure my kids don't want any of my stereo... | |
| Thiel speaker service I also had a great experience with Rob regarding rebuilding the woofer in my CS6. I dearly love these speakers and it was a huge relief to be able to repair them.Regarding Thiel's demise, there are different ways to look at it. Jim Thiel was a gen... | |
| New ebay payments require SS#? @mtrot In the case where you don't have the receipt for a piece of gear you simply estimate it's original value. In 99.999% of the cases you lose money on the transaction.This whole thing will only be an issue if you get audited. You will report n... | |
| New ebay payments require SS#? Thanks to the OP for this post. I was not aware of this whole issue. Several other posts have excellent information and thanks to them as well.As a former small business owner I can make a few points.The issue is legitimate and it is not some sort... | |
| transistor pre with the sound of tubes A low cost option is to buy a Yaqin SD-CD3 tube buffer for a couple hundred bucks and try it to see if you like what it does. I've got mine hooked up between one of my CD players and the preamp. You can also insert it into the tape loop if you hav... | |
| Soundstage A few thoughts:A deep, layered soundstage is fairly difficult to achieve IME. Choose a couple recordings to use as a reference that will give you a basis for judging your progress. "Coal Train" (Hugh Masekela - Hope album) and "Roughest Place in T... | |
| Holographic Soundstage ? @ mikekollarI also have a C9 and I've compared the two processors. I prefer the BSG because the effect covers a wider listening area. You can be sitting a couple feet to either side and you still get the soundstage effect with the BSG but with the... | |
| Holographic Soundstage ? There is a piece of gear that has the specific objective of giving you a more holographic soundstage. It's a processor from a company called BSG (no longer in business) and the model is a QOL (pronounced coal). It has been positively reviewed by S... | |
| Stereophile's 2021 products of the year I think it's interesting that nobody has mentioned the obvious - that the sound quality of modern gear is getting closer and closer. To us mortals with normal hearing modern components sound very similar to each other. In other words, they mostly ... |