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| Should I Switch Preamps? @timlub When you "roll your own", audio is a totally different, and more involving experience.It's kind of like the difference between buying a recording of a string quartet or doing a location recording of that same piece at a live date and liste... | |
| Should I Switch Preamps? If you're one of those guys who buys audio the way you buy a car or your furniture, then ignore me. But if you've really got the huevos to be a real audiophile, build an Aikido preamp with the boards from Glassware Audio.http://glass-ware.stores.... | |
| 8K for a one-time listen? What *IS* the point of being a billionaire oligarch, drug lord, 3rd world dictator or president of the United States if you can't have things nobody else can? You play that record as you open that 1873 Rothschild Pinot while entertaining the Sult... | |
| Richard Clark $10,000 Amplifier Challenge - Why Couldn't Anyone Pass this Test?? Everyone knows that the difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola holds more beer. | |
| Tube Watts Vs. Soild-State Watts? http://www.tubes4hifi.com/bob.htm#ST12060 wpc tube amp$ 929 kit without tubes$1580 wired, with tubes, ready to runhttp://www.tubes4hifi.com/bob.htm#M125120 watt monobloc pair$1778 kit without tubes$2795 wired, with tubes, ready to runPrices includ... | |
| Tube vs Solid State I congratulate you on considering bi-amping. Here's the gear I'd use for this effort. First off I'd get the DDRC-24 from miniDSP. It comes with a license for using DIRAC room measurement software. https://www.minidsp.com/products/dirac-series... | |
| low power tube amp The low wattage won't damage your speakers. The only question is whether or not you're getting enough level and do they sound good. If not and you love tubes, check out:http://www.tubes4hifi.com/bob.htm#ST120 | |
| Best Cheap Amps for Magneplanar Speakers Nobody has mentioned Hafler? Really? The question is "cheap amps", right? The Hafler DH500 is a good sounding, beefy amp and not all that hard to find. As I write this, there's one on EBay right now, in a "Buy-it-now" for $395. The descripti... | |
| Looking for preamp recommendations to go with First Watt J2 - Under $1K on used market Build the tubes4hifi SP14 kit at under $1000 and get something to compete with those $7000 tube wonders. Totally killer.http://tubes4hifi.com/pre11.htm#SP14For a modest amount more, they'll build it for you. | |
| Honing down the speaker shortlist ~$5K Build the Linkwitz LX521 or Orion systems. You can readily do it within your budget. You'll get a loudspeaker system to rival ANYTHING. Absolutely killer. Great imaging.AND it's a LOT more fun than just wandering down to the audio salon and l... | |
| Dual subs and room size What wattsperchannel said. | |
| Please help ...integrated amp under $1200 Is there some reason that you have to have an integrated amp? When you buy an integrated amp, you are committed to only having only that power rating and sound. What do you do when you change speakers? And you don't say anything about how much ... | |
| MBL omnidirectional speakers. How do they sound ? I think they're a very good loudspeaker. I also think they're not a good value. There are other loudspeakers I like as well if not better, for less money.In this league, I'd encourage you to audition the big Avalon loudspeakers. You can get so... | |
| Music Server Last comment. Though I'm a total Linux-head, if you're willing to live with a Windows machine, both JRiver ($50) and Banshee (free) run on that platform as well. And truth be told, Windows Media Player isn't bad either. If you know enough of ho... | |
| Music Server The original post was about the $7500 Antipodes server, which is nothing more than the Fedora 20 version of Linux with it’s own music management software. My little $250 Ubuntu Linux server does all the things you want from a music server and does... |