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| Kef LS50s - great like me but need to come up for air Let me suggest a totally different solution. I assume you have a sub to go with the LS50 pair, and if you don't, you should. Get a miniDSP DDRC24 active crossover with DSP EQ built-in and the accompanying UMK-1 measurement microphone. Use it ... | |
| China built tube amps What? You mean that there are still amps NOT built in China? Seriously, a lot of very good circuits are now in the public domain and it's many of those circuits that the Chinese use. The Shure M65 phono preamp is excellent and will run you ... | |
| Share MYSTICAL, HAUNTING songs And now for something completely different... Maurice Ravel - La vallée des cloches | |
| Audio Research or Luxman? Your volume and balance pots can't be replaced because you've got the wrong tech working for you. Find a better tech. | |
| How long do you or should you keep your gear. I’ve been an audiophile since Nixon was president. Like most audiophiles, I’ve upgraded various pieces from time to time. I’ve always prioritized audio over other expenses, like cars. I’ve never owned or operated an SUV or other premium vehicle, b... | |
| Beautiful Music That Reduce You To Tears Sorry that y'all aren't hip to Wesla Whitfield. Even worse that you can't catch her live anymore either. I really did shed tears when she passed a couple years ago. I really did fall in love with her voice. This is someone who never gets in th... | |
| Why recordings made before 1965 sound better. Here's a great recording from 1958 of Victor Feldman, Scott LaFaro and Stan Levy doing "Bebop". Totally rips. From "The Arrival of Victor Feldman." | |
| speaker choice for new 20x30 audio room You can do the full Linkwitz LX521 project, with active crossover and amplification for as little as $4000 depending on what amp choice you make. I wouldn’t totally cheap out on the amp though. Probably would go with class D modules and build one,... | |
| Mc 240 vs. Prima Luna If you've got that kind of money to spend, pitch out the Mac and get a pair of the 120 watt M-125 monoblock tube amps from VTA. Buy as a kit ($2380) or fully assembled and tested ($3180). | |
| Tube Vs. SS Preamps I run VTA SP-13 preamp which runs an Aikido line stage. It was intended to drive a high input impedance tube amp. A Dynaco ST-70 had an imput impedance of 330k ohms. But I run my preamp into a solid-state active crossover, which has an input i... | |
| Great song to test bass Download Donny's Harley... | |
| Advice needed re: new CD player purchase The issue isn't your CD player. It's in the DAC inside your CD player. Take the optical output into a good DAC and you're done. Balanced connectors are meaningliness unless you're running long lines. But if you're totally intent on spending ... | |
| Why do my bass drivers shake violently listening to vinyl This is what sub-sonic filters are for. | |
| Need Impressions of SoundKaos Vox I saw this loudspeaker at the audio show 2 years ago, so I can’t tell you more than I liked it and felt it was one of the better loudspeakers at the show in terms of tonal balance. It was small and very expensive for what it was, but then being a ... | |
| How many watts?? The volume knob is just a gain attenuator in the preamp section of your amp and has NOTHING to do with understanding how much power your amp is actually putting out. You can't think that it's 1/4 turned, so you're using 20 watts. Your amp wou... |