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| Keep McIntosh C2500 pre-amp or upgrade to C12000? You gotta get rid of the ... but ..... I suspect you need nothing except time to enjoy what you have. | |
| Keep McIntosh C2500 pre-amp or upgrade to C12000? I just remembered your turntable discussion, what did you end up doing? Are you still using the Sonus Faber Sonetto III speakers? They (and their ported design in your space) are making the most significant contribution to your system's sound ... | |
| Looking for a CD / SACD player. Also, tell me about Esoteric good point about repairs, I bought a belt kit and this being available helped me decide Complete xa5400es Laser Assembly Knowing you could buy another used one if it breaks, still hard to beat it's sound, and a few around $1k each add up to far... | |
| SUT for Ortofon SPU Mono CGDI MKII My gathered SUT Info here, with some Ortofon Specifics | |
| Looking for a CD / SACD player. Also, tell me about Esoteric Sony XA5400ES Discussion Here bought lightly used one 2-1/2 years ago I have re-discovered my too-many cd/sacds, I try not to, but actually buying used CD/SACDs they sound that good. Before hearing this unit, buying only LPs. confirm remote inc... | |
| SOS! Suddenly have a high-end turntable, need to upgrade Amp + Speakers Handy? Near Rhode Island? 3 Way, Horns, 12" Woofer, extremely efficient These would be a great sounding pair in the right space Electrovoice Aristocrat III Speakers, asking $499. Rhode Island With beloved level controls for the mid and twee... | |
| SOS! Suddenly have a high-end turntable, need to upgrade Amp + Speakers your budget, something enjoyable until you save more money and get lucky with a great speaker find. IOW, you will upgrade, so get listening pronto, the speakers the most important, let features help you choose electronics. USED yes, and LOCAL. yo... | |
| Why are high efficiency speakers preferred for low volume listening? low volume is a separate issue and there is no getting around the established facts that at the least low bass needs to be boosted at low volumes, ideally 'progressively boosted' as volume lowers. Where's Wally? Where's Ray? Play some Jazz, Ray... | |
| Why are high efficiency speakers preferred for low volume listening? OP, thanks for catching my memory lapse and I really am referring to port/no port, omni-directional, controlled directivity. here a KEF, there a Revel, any where you go ... you wrote "so I was thinking that if one was low level listening with ... | |
| Why are high efficiency speakers preferred for low volume listening? On Sale! I love a bargain, part of the enjoyment of anything I have is remembering the ’find’, trade, great deal each and every time I see/use a thing, but A bargain price is not the way to make a selection in an audio chain, especially speakers... | |
| Struggling in choosing Bookshelf Speakers and Amp for a Luxman PD-151 M2! Please help. Keep in mind, what you heard/remember was primarily the speakers, in that space. IF you limit your speakers to efficient ones, then any low power tube integrated will work (and work wherever you move it to in the future, think long). This Little... | |
| Why are high efficiency speakers preferred for low volume listening? You cannot generalize, but consider that highly efficient speakers are likely to involve horns, the throat/directivity of horns give dispersion control cones do not. i.e. smooth ’received’ frequency response curve at the listening position (not ... | |
| McIntosh tube amplifier diagram McIntosh site only shows owners manual download for your model (no schematics). I would write the factory requesting a service manual, see what they say. | |
| Reel to reel My advice, spend more now, get auto-reverse, far easier/thus more enjoyable/likely to use frequently than single direction, manual flip, rewind ... I progressed thru every Teac generation, bit by bit, ended up with Teac X1000R (6 head auto-revers... | |
| If you had to choose... I always recommend limiting your selection to efficient speakers. Think long, think future amps, think ease of trying tubes: get/keep yourself in a lower power needs situation which has the advantages of: more competition/availability new or used... |