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| ???What's The LEAST Expensive "End Game"Amplifier You've Ever Heard??? Simaudio 700i V1 or 2 Coda CSib Krell 300i (surprised this one hasn’t shown up yet) The D’Agostino Progression too, but not exactly cheap | |
| Phono Preamp Selection If you like old vintage stuff, tubes are the way to go. As mentioned, look used. You can often find older ARC phono stages for a song. There are others. ASR tends to be full of blowhards that have little concept of actual music so it would seem. T... | |
| Would you still pay $10k or more for a turntable not full analog front end these days ? I think to simply put a 10k number on “just a table” is kind of silly. The better question is, would you spend 10k on an analog setup, full table etc, maybe even include the phono stage? To answer the above, yes I would. My analog setup is my go... | |
| ultrasound record cleaning machine damaged my records The Audio Desk units can be repaired. It’s the pump that dies. I’ve done it. It takes some doing and a bit of creativity, but it can be done. There are several threads here on Agon discussing the procedure. | |
| Anyone listen to entire albums? Rarely streaming, nearly every night on vinyl. At least one. | |
| Music first or sound first? Something to consider… if it weren’t for the music, we wouldn’t even be having this discussion. The music came first. | |
| Benchmark Media Systems. Right or wrong I have an LA4 and AHB2 fantastic combo for the money and expandable if desired. One thing about Benchmark that I like is they don’t use the word salad terms a ton of companies use. They actually test AND listen to their products and others. They c... | |
| Should we care if a piece of equipment comes from a pet-free, kid-free, smoke-free home? I’ve got grandkids, a dog all that. No worries. Smoke… no go. Period. | |
| Picture Discs Yeah, picture discs can be ok… but not much better. I’ve got multiple colored vinyl. Black chips are becoming harder to get. I like the fun factor and sound quality isn’t an issue if the pressing itself is worth anything. | |
| Music first or sound first? Being a drummer, music for me. Sound is important for sure, it’s all got to hit the buttons. But I enjoy music on my system, in the car, headphones, live, you name it. The thing providing the sound is not the end all be all. Music first. | |
| Has anyone tried to launch a for sale ad here, lately? I’m not sure I would go so far to say hostile, but not particularly seller friendly for sure. As others, I buy here, but don’t sell anymore. The fee structure is a bit “challenging”. | |
| The receiver was my intro to HiFi! What say you? I had a Fisher all in one setup as a teenager. TT and all, thought it was the best thing ever. When I was all growed up, my first “real” system was a Polk Audio setup with towers etc. Then Marantz/B&W (I still have as my second setup) and then... | |
| Should Amps be plugged into a power conditioner? It depends… it depends on the “conditioner” it depends on real world needs. I live in Colorado where lightning is very real, even in winter at times… (thunder snow) all of my gear is plugged into some sort of protected system. The big stuff a Shin... | |
| BAT VK3500 vs. Hegel H590 I did, it’s quite good. But I’m a tube fan when it comes to phono stages. The unit as a whole is excellent. I let it go as I needed a new cartridge and wanted the Hana Umami Red and a couple of other things, so selling it to TMR allowed me to cove... | |
| BAT VK3500 vs. Hegel H590 @macg19 small world… you bought mine! |