jasonbourne52
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| Britney Spears Let's hear a Britney Spears/Johnny Rotten collaboration of "God Save the Queen"! | |
| PS Audio BHK 600 Makes a great boat anchor! Plus you get TWO of them for a mere $32.5K! This stuff is for the audiophools who neurotically feel a need to upgrade from their $20K TAS-approved amps. | |
| Has this happened to you? How can it be stopped? @frankmc195 : I prefer my collection of vintage Altec and JBL's over present-day speakers! | |
| Has this happened to you? How can it be stopped? @jwei : I am out of room and money (almost). I have enough gear and guitars to equip a store! | |
| New user phono question. Comes with free story. An LP can sound wonderful and come close to a CD/digital file - but no cigar! The inherent problems/limitations of LP playback cannot be eliminated. Speaking from someone who has many LP's. | |
| New user phono question. Comes with free story. @noromance +1! I recommend the Pioneer PLX1000 ($699) as the best choice for a starter TT. I added one to my extensive collection of vintage TT’s. I put a Denon 103R ($340) on it. The Schiit Mani 2 ($150) is just about all the phono stage you will... | |
| New Dedicated Line - Almost No improvement @r042wal +1! | |
| Chord DAVE DAC At 4 kilos the DAVE DAC makes a great $14K door stopper! Spending more than three figures for a DAC is a waste of money. I'd take a Topping DX3-Pro ($250) any day over this Chord! | |
| Bang & Olufsen beolab 90 $115,000 Pair It looks like a Dalek from the Doctor Who series! | |
| Best "Budget" / "bang for my buck" 2-channel amp and speakers can I get new? Topping PA5 integrated amp. 110wpc Class D.$349! SINAD just below the $3K Benchmark amp. | |
| Krell anticipator circuits of the 1990s Just more marketing baloney! | |
| Proac K1, room size The Proac's will work well in your room. Get a good pair of stands! | |
| Can an ARC VM220 be upgraded to KT 150 Tubes? Don’t assume the power supply is over-speced! You could end up needing a new - and costly - power transformer! More current drawn = more heat - never a good thing for an amp's power supply! | |
| Can an ARC VM220 be upgraded to KT 150 Tubes? Stick with 6550’s/KT88’s. Both are excellent tube types. The newer KT types draw more heater current, thereby risking damaging the power transformer’s heater windings. Don’t make the assumption that the newer KT types are somehow sonically "better... | |
| What is a good turntable preamp under $500? +1 for the Bellari VP130! Add a real Mullard or Telefunken 12AX7/ECC83 and you'll have a killer phonostage! |