jmcgrogan2
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| Dennis Had Inspire SET with KEF LS50s Technically, Dennis Had's Inspire amps are SEP's not SET's, since they use Pentode tubes, not Triode tubes in the output stage. | |
| Recommendation for Improvement over McCormack DNA-225 There is a Coda CSX listed on US Audio Mart for $2600. Went back and looked at the posting that I mentioned. It was posted by Coda, @timlub , actually that one for $2600 was NOT posted by CODA.CODA has two ads on US Audiomart. One for a 0... | |
| Cables that cost more than good loudspeakers @audiofreak32 , great avatar! You are certainly entitled to your opinion, however, your enthusiasm does not make your correct. Yes, there is a source first camp, there is also a speaker first camp, there is even an amp first camp, and a cable firs... | |
| Help!! Purist Audio Design Speaker System I never heard of them before, but there is a guy from Dearborn Heights, MI who is trying to sell this exact setup on US Audiomart for $600!!! ;^)Good luck!! | |
| Priorities... re: integrated...although I don't think I could tolerate the compromise even for a week! not all integrated amps are compromises. Try a VAC 160i SE, or a Vitus Audio SS-101, you may be very surprised. | |
| A New Superstar Power Cord Thanks Neal, enjoy! I saw a used one for sale for $795, and was thinking about grabbing it, but it sold quickly. Maybe next time. | |
| What piece(s) of equipment would you most like to try? Magico S7 speakersVitus MP-L201 line preampVitus MP-P201 monoblock ampsDeVore Gibbon XVAC Statement Line preamp and monoblocks Complete dCS Scarlatti System: Transport, DAC, Clock & Upsampler Basis Audio Inspiration turntable with My Sonic La... | |
| A New Superstar Power Cord @nglazer , Neal, are you still living happily with your LessLoss Reference cords? | |
| Synergistic Research Atmosphere level 1 or ???? If you have convinced yourself to buy them without listening to them, don't let us stop you. Buy them, you will probably like them. Even more likely to like them if you do not compare them to anything else.Buy them, don't compare them to anything ... | |
| Question about neutrality and transparency in an amp @echobase, I have owned a couple CDP's that I would say sounded rich and warm. My Marantz SA-11S1 with Ultimate Tube mod by pcX, and a BAT VK-D5SE. Yes, both had tubes in them, perhaps that is a common theme. Though I have heard other Marantz CDP'... | |
| Question about neutrality and transparency in an amp I’m curious as to how you determined that both your Hegel amp and Dynaudio speakers are both colorless and neutral sounding. Have you listened to them both with other amps and speakers?I ask because though I have not heard the Dynaudio Focus 160 s... | |
| When and what was your last significant equipment upgrade? February 2016 - VPI Prime with Transfiguration Phoenix S cartridge. | |
| White power cords Stealth M7000.http://www.stealthaudiocables.com/products/m7000.htm | |
| Recommendations for IC and speaker cable I would seriously consider Bob Grost’s new Cerious Technologies Graphene Extreme cables. Check out the link below. Folks have replaced a lot of much more expensive cables with these cables.https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/cerious-technologie... | |
| What's going on with the audio market? With Brexit, now what will happen to British audio? A buyer's market ahead? @mapman , where you been? It's been as strong of a buyers market for the last 1+ years as I've ever seen, even going back before Audiogon was created.Sure. things can ... |