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| I Feel Overwhelmed....Please Help Reubent - That sounds like the perfect solution. I was unaware of this device but I think I'll buy one just to see what it does. Thanks. | |
| I Feel Overwhelmed....Please Help Feeling overwhelmed is going to cost you money. It will cause you to run straight into the arms of a waiting dealer. An audio dealer is just like a card dealer. His job is to take advantage of the difference between what he knows and what you know... | |
| Recommend me a bright musical Bookshelf speaker. Reference 3a DaCapo or Zu Tone. Both are crossoverless and full-throated. | |
| I Feel Overwhelmed....Please Help Since you have great headphones that you love, consider a Melos SHA-1. It was originally created to function as a world class headphone amp and wound up becoming a Stereophile Class A preamp as well. There's one for sale right now for $450. The OP... | |
| Vintage Turntables compared to modern? No question in my mind about the superior return on investment found in vintage turntables. While modern belt-drive tables may compete in the area of ultimate performance, they do not compete at all in "bang for the buck" comparisons. In the days ... | |
| Can tubes ever be as quiet Solid State Not so pathetic, Vic. I find myself factoring convenience into my planning more and more as I get older. I think it is a natural shift in priorities. I bought the tube amps I have because they are self-biasing and the tubes are supposed to last fo... | |
| Who does best SS preamp modifications? If it sounded the way she likes, would she be looking to modify it? Maybe, I don't know her, but I suspect the reason behind the question has "dissatisfaction" in it somewhere. Mod is short for modify. Modify means change. Change means make differ... | |
| Who does best SS preamp modifications? Better to sell what you have and buy what you want. At $2400, the Rowland Capri is very hard to beat. State a price and ask for recommendations. There are a lot of great used products for sale on here every day. Two names I would look at, dependin... | |
| Can tubes ever be as quiet Solid State Rowland Capri SS preamp into Audio Mirror tubed power amps into Zu speakers turned up to 95 on the preamp scale causes a barely audible hiss with my ear about 2 inches away from the tweeter. The midrange driver doesn't make a sound or vibrate to t... | |
| System advice Replacing the Anthem gear seems like a good plan. A tubed integrated is a great suggestion. I assume you must have a phono section in the Anthem preamp. So, if the Anthem is sold, you will need a tuner, a phono preamp, and an integrated with at le... | |
| speakers/turntable for Marantz 2325 Carbonti and Johnnyb53 have it right on turntable and cartridge and the OPPO 980H is a steal from Amazon at $169.95 with free shipping. The only other recommendation I want to insert is Reference 3a Da Capo speakers. Or Zu Tones.This system is goi... | |
| How Happy Am I Gonna Be?? How happy are you now? | |
| Wise audio aphorisms Music is best preserved in bottles -- fire bottles. You can't grind steak into hamburger and then reassemble the steak. Bit by bit by bit the the magic is dissolved. | |
| Wise audio aphorisms You pays yer money and you takes yer chances.Mod does not necessarily mean improve. The first one now shall later be last.Many preamps are called but few are chosen. A review is just an opinion.The difference between men and boys is the price of t... | |
| What tube monos for my Presence? Bass is greatly improved which is a surprise to me since I am still using the onboard plate amps in the Presence. One would not expect there to be any influence exerted by the introduction of the Mirrors but there is. There is more snap and snarl ... |