avanti1960
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| Best Speakers for a MAC M5200 if you must keep a narrow profile the Spendor A7 would be an excellent complementary match for the Mac.my ultimate suggestion are a set of Klipsch Forte iii which sounded spectacular on your amp. | |
| Which is better for a DBA (Swarm); powered subs or unpowered? Hi cheeg, let me relay my subwoofer experience to you and a recommendation to use your $1K wisely. I have successfully and seamlessly tuned subwoofers in my car and home systems. I started out with one decent sub at home and it worked really well... | |
| Advice on setting VTA setting the headshell level is a great baseline starting point since most cartridges are designed to sound their best at that position. i use a small bubble level on top of the flat part of the headshell while the stylus is in the groove. make s... | |
| Short List of Amps I prefer over the Pass Labs XA25 or INT 25 @riaa. no padded cell here. rogue products are highly rated by stereophile currently class A and anything but garbage. my tube pre amp and tube power amp has that elusive combination of dynamics, high output, huge soundstage, transparency and worl... | |
| Short List of Amps I prefer over the Pass Labs XA25 or INT 25 tried to listen to a pass amp at last AXPONA. unfortunately their display was static and visual only. most unusual at an audio show and highly disappointing. i see a lot of them listed for sale, dis-proportionately so. compared to the bigger ... | |
| Chicago-area dealer recommendation Decibel Audio in Chicago. They are the best hands down. Super fair trade in allowance and pricing. | |
| Thinking of buying a pair of Splendor D7.2... i had the D7s for a while and they sounded excellent being driven with the refined, powerful output of a Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum II. The latest version III just came out and people love them. | |
| Benchmark AHB2 Amplifier, opinions and competition Recently researching for a new amplifier I read a long involved thread about the AHB2 that included a lot of technical discussion and some subjective comments about the sound quality. The AHB2 made my short list but I ultimately went in a differe... | |
| Beware of NAD M3 Fire Hazard The previous versions of my NAD C272 also had exploding caps (currently not in use but has worked well). Turned out to be cheaply sourced capacitors. Possibly they did not learn from that mistake. | |
| Preamp and Amp how much influence each contributes? since running a pre / power amp combo for the first time the sound quality is noticeably a little better compared to my very good integrated amp- slightly better transparency. what really blows me away is the massive increase in jump factor dyna... | |
| Speakers Don’t Matter As Much As We Think They Do? room is important but you can greatly reduce its influence by placing your speakers away from back and side walls by at least 24 to 36 inches and listening nearfield away from the wall behind you.it has worked well for every speaker that has grace... | |
| Best Buy Speakers at Best Buy under $1500pr kef r3 refurb | |
| To integrate or not... we all tend to like change for something new even if it is a move in reverse. proper separates are that way for a reason. typically a much more dynamic life like sound and a more true window into the music. having just upgraded to sepatates the ... | |
| There's a lot more bass in a 6.5" driver than most of you think agreed, smaller drivers can output impressive bass especially with the right amplifier and enclosure design. the spendor D7 has a transmission line enclosure and that single 6-3/4" woofer sounds amazing. most ported speakers do well but often it... | |
| Recent upgrade to Cronus Magnum the "whole amp" is really just (5) small signal tubes. Leaving the JJs in is not going to get the best sound. They are dark as to be opaque and unrefined. I spent 3 years perfecting the sound of the CM II with Harbeth speakers and tried many co... |