mceljo
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| What is your favorite budget audio component? I am continually impressed with my Yaqin MS-30L. It's a Class A push-pull amplifier rated for 25 wpc in triode and 50 wpc in ultra linear. You can get them new for under $1,000 which I think is an absolute bargain for such a surprising product. | |
| Options for Blu-Ray and 2.1 Setup For a little follow up. I will be returning the Harmon Kardon receiver back and see what kind of refund I can get. Even having to eat a 20% restocking fee will recover more of the cost than selling it. I also purchased a Cambridge Audio 840A v2 in... | |
| Is My Onkyo Receiver's Tuner Dead or Just Playing Posum? I started having issues with my Integra (flagship Onkyo) 50.1 where it was dropping the audio signal from multiple sources. I contacted Onkyo USA support and gave them a quick history of what my issue was and what I had done to trouble shoot. The... | |
| Does a new cd transport require break-in time? I have heard broken-in demo Focal 806v speakers many times and on one trip to the store identified a pair of fresh out of the box demo speakers that sounded a bit harsh in comparison. Break-in for speakers is real in my experience. I have a tube a... | |
| Options for Blu-Ray and 2.1 Setup Thanks for the recommendation. My price range is probably closer to 1/5th or 1/10th of that retail price. I would love to hear one though. | |
| Swapping Receivers due to 4K HDR passthrough - thoughts on Yamaha? If you had the Marantz hooked up to the Krell you already had “separates” so wouldn’t you mostly be hearing the sonic difference between the Marantz and Yamaha receivers?Did I look up the model correctly? Separates makes me thing preamp/processor... | |
| Looking to get into tubes on the cheap Sorry for a third reply, but your post sounds somewhat close to my experience. I think you’d benefit more from a better receiver than adding inexpensive tubes to your current setup. I would look for a receiver that has pre-outs and is also 4 ohm s... | |
| Looking to get into tubes on the cheap An EE friend of mine build me a speaker switch so that my Focal speakers could be easily shared between my Integra receiver and the Yaquin tube amplifier. It allows me to just flip the speakers while keeping a load on the tube amplifier so that I ... | |
| Looking to get into tubes on the cheap I have a Yaquin MS-30L and it’s simply fantastic. Get one. | |
| Best Usb A to B in $100 to $250 cost zone? I would have him do some reading on the Blue Jeans website and he would likely pick up one of their affordable cables. Great quality products advertised with pure science without the standard audiophile subjective advertising angles. | |
| amp or preamp to extend upper end Why did you go away from the Krell? Is there compelling attributes of the new gear that make it overall superior? | |
| Speaker Switch That Protects Tube Amplifier As I suspected, my buddy couldn't contain himself and I have the completed switch on my desk at work this morning. I should have time to install it tonight. One of our design criteria was to only use components that don't require a break-in period... | |
| Speaker Switch That Protects Tube Amplifier The box of parts has been passed to the EE in case he gets time before we get time to overlap. Two dad's with small kids means very little free time and even less overlapping free time. | |
| Krell FPB600 can it be bridge to mono Why not stick with Aestetix all around? My personal experience is fairly limited, but my local shop carries the full Focal Utopia lineup and the last time I stopped by they has Asthetix gear to go with them. Having said that, I was never that impr... | |
| Most enjoyable speaker you heard under $800?? ZD542 - I am not great with audiophile descriptions, but the results of the A5+ with my SACD player made me believe that I could be happy with the combo if something happened to my Focal 836v speakers. Using the Airport Express the sound is more l... |