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| Music player recommendations? If your looking for pure quality...Beosound 6 is pretty tough to beat.http://www.bang-olufsen.com/beosound6 | |
| iTunes music for home and on the go? Ripped CDs that I wanted to FLAC and then moved them to iPod 120GB.Cherry picked songs from iTunes (only high-quality music with 256-Kbps AAC encoding) and then synced to iPod. | |
| Cleaned paint in front of speaker Refinishing is different than spot cleaning. Spot cleaning with 0000 steel wool being gentle...not aggressive.A good cotton rag will also work with Naphtha. | |
| Cleaned paint in front of speaker Naphtha and Steel Wool Grade 0000 should do it. | |
| 12AX7A and AT7 tubes Frepec might as well replace the cheap fuses with audio grade fuses like HiFi or Isoclean. | |
| 12AX7A and AT7 tubes Frepec finish the MC2102 and then later move to the C2200. In the MC2102 you have to replace 4 input and 4 driver tubes compared to 2 phono and 2 high level tubes for C2200. | |
| thinking of trying the arc ref 110 Send email to Elberoth2...he has the ARC Ref 110. | |
| 12AX7A and AT7 tubes Depends if your direction is wanting to extend highs and smoother midrange with very low noise floor. The 12AX7s will effect your sound the most compared to the KT88s.I would change the tubes in the preamp after you complete the MC2102. I put more... | |
| Size matters Smaller that is Good observation Nocaster. That is why I paired my Dali Helicon 300s with exceptional components (McIntosh tube gear... but it could be numerous companies with great tube components) to help provide the great listening experience.Yeah I don't have... | |
| Jumpers for McIntosh MC225s operating in mono Analysis Plus Big Sliver Jumpers with barrier spades. | |
| Dali Helicon 400 MK2 or Focal 1027be? 400MK2 sounds great with tubes.Focal is also good but I prefer the 400MK2 midrange with the ribbon tweeter combo. | |
| Preamp recommendation $2500-$3000 for ref 1000's All of these components are listed on the GoN:McIntosh 2200Aesthetix CalypsoJoule Electra la 150 mkii | |
| Sqeezebox 3, Apple Lossless or FLAC? Bamm!!Squeezebox3 Article | |
| Sqeezebox 3, Apple Lossless or FLAC? Do you have a iMac or Laptop?Digital for sure on the cables based on other audiophiles systems I auditioned.FLAC for better storage management of files.Think about using LaCie 500 GB or 1TB Networked Access Drive to free space on iMac for applicat... | |
| McIntosh MC7200 - fuse question Clarity!! You won't notice a huge change but it's a good tweak.HiFi Tunning?Isoclean? |