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| Looking for warm tube preamp (should pair well with Pass power amp), budget $6000 @decooney There are any number of truly excellent tube preamps at far lower cost. How low would you like to go? The OP has a 10 year old reference preamp from Audio Research, which you’d like to think was pretty good. Has he updated the tubes or... | |
| Electric cars will ruin late night listening? This is the very definition of a First World Problem. If you weren't a guy, I'd swear your name was Karen. | |
| Looking for warm tube preamp (should pair well with Pass power amp), budget $6000 What is it with people who think they have to drop $6000 on a tube preamp? That somehow anything less just isn't good enough? P.T. Barnum was right. | |
| Speakers: Anything really new under the sun? Do a Linkwitz LX521 DIY project and you'll have your "Forever Loudspeaker." And it won't cost you $30,000. | |
| Looking to give Linkwitz LX521s a good home Your best move is to look for a local audiophile group and promote them there. If there is no local group, put them up on Craigslist. If you were in the San Francisco area, you'd have a crowd fighting to get to your door. That's a well known s... | |
| If money was and was not of any concern when buying speakers. "If money were my concern..." The best value in hi-end audio today is doing a Linkwitz LX521 project. Nothing else comes close. They perform in the same league with the $30k+ systems and you can do an LX521 project for less than $5k and that incl... | |
| How long do you or should you keep your gear. @bassdude My personal e-mail is: russ@russbutton.com Drop me a line and we'll continue the conversation in e-mail. Russ | |
| How long do you or should you keep your gear. @bassdude I've heard both the Orion 3.x, the Orion 4 and the LX521. I *LOVE* my Orion 3.3 system as I mentioned. I haven't heard them side-by-side with the LX521, so I can't tell you how the imaging might be different. My room isn't exactly ... | |
| What stereo equipment do respected musicians listen to? Most professional musicians can't begin to afford most of what y'all call audiophile grade gear. Certainly there is very good sounding, low-cost gear on the used market if you know what to look for, but pro musicians are not gear heads. Cost asi... | |
| Suggestions for a streamer only (I have a great DAC) Unbelievable! What is it with audiophiles that they feel they have to spend crazy amounts of money on such simple things? Any decent laptop PC can do all the streaming you want. Pick one up for $300 off of Craigslist and then spend the rest ... | |
| To Buy or to DIY, here is my question You've got the budget to do the Linkwitz LX521 kit. Not counting amplification, your cost will be around $3500. Your choice of amplification will have a lot to do with the final project cost. This will be your "forever" loudspeaker. Trust me.... | |
| Is Old Music Killing New Music? Good music stands the test of time. Most of what is new doesn't, but some of it does. Don't let others tell you what to believe. Enjoy it for yourself. | |
| Speakers for daughter Go to the Musicians Friend website and buy her some pro grade powered studio monitors. Affordable and engineered for exactly what you're trying to do. | |
| Why People Like Tekton Did you notice how there is a $5600 tweeter up grade available for the $3150 Double Impact? The upgrade costs more than the rest of the loudspeaker. If the stock loudspeaker is so good, why do you need an upgrade that costs 150% more? What you'... | |
| Beautiful listening rooms From the "Mine is Bigger Than Yours" school of audio design, |