fatdaddy2
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| What's the weakest link in my stereo set up? I live in a townhome, so limited on space. Agree with sub recommendation; for your budget you can't do much of an improvement in your TT setup. Cambridge is (IMO) a weak link, but since it serves multiple functions, may not be able to improve within your budget. Let you wife select a nic... | |
| No one talks about Purist Audio Design cables. Have had Elementa and Aqueous speaker cables for decades; Aqueous still in use in my living room system; Elementa in storage (replaced by much more flexible Morrow SP-4 cables). | |
| How often do you upgrade turntable ? ELAC Miracord 630 (ca 1970) Rega Planar 2 Rega Planar 3 Garrard 401 (currently in storage with broken tonearm and cart) Technics 1210D Hana ML Future? Another Technics w/mono cart | |
| Are Headphones Fit for Serious Music Listening? At 2 in the morning with family members still asleep for another 4 hours, it's headphones or nothing. Quite satisfied with my K801's with mod'ed cables and WA6 tube amp. | |
| "The room can totally wreck, or make, a system" This is why it is so difficult to get new entrants into this hobby; we keep making it more complicated (and expensive) for newbies to put together a system (including room) that is acceptable to 'us" and not subject to outright ridicule and scorn. | |
| New remastering of Steely Dan's Katy Lied review by Fremer IME, fidelity wise, Katy Lied is one of the worst sounding albums I have ever heard. Wow. Either not a lot of experience listening, or just making the statement to draw flies. Haven't seen a thread with this much overstated garbage in a long time. | |
| a 3 way design speaker with the ESS Heil type sound Look into Piega. | |
| Class A bias, speaker sensitivity, watts...? Yes; for.a small office you've got probably 10x the power you need for those listening levels. A, A/B or other, watts is watts. | |
| Retirement integrated amp for a “fiscal conservative”…..Part 1: I have a plan From someone in your age group (a couple of years older) and dealing with tinnitus and hearing loss (old age sucks!), I've found a Luxman class-A integrated to be my "end game" component. At your budget, you can probably get any of their gear, at... | |
| Such Great help before. Maybe some more help now I supplement my Forte IV's with a REL S/510 (driven by Luxman class A). One of the best extra investments I ever made; seamless sound and disappears as a separate sound source, once properly set up (and that part was easy). | |
| Class A\B or D for summer months (vs Class A) You can't beat.a class A for room heating during the winter! (Luxman, driving Forte IV's) | |
| Which inexpensive speaker cables... They may be slightly above your budget, but Morrow should be considered, even their 1-series. For me, replaced Purist Audio Design (PAD) as I needed long runs,, and appreciate the low profile and flexibility of the Morrow cables. No sacrifice in... | |
| Getting a Divorce and can now buy floor standing speakers Klipsch Forte IV or Cornwall IV. Just remember, these were the most expensive speakers you'll ever buy! | |
| 3k budget for Turntable and Phono Noob- do I need external power supplies? For that level of TT and cart, NO WAY! As suggested, get the best you can afford now, buy a few hundred albums, listen, listen, listen, then forget the power supply and upgrade your TT a few times before you ever think PS again. (Unless of cours... | |
| NEW Tekton Design Speakers - The Bonnevilles And it's not even April 1 yet! |