socalml528
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| upgrade path from my current speakers? (Dynaudio Special Forty) Re: Dynaudio; My at home experience was Contour 20 was a significant bass response upgrade from Special Forty. Plus you don't lose the excellent natural vocal soundstage. | |
| Does an upgrade make sense? All the above 😉, add getting ears cleaned! Listening late at night in dark environment, clearing the mind of distractions/thoughts. Listening as a skill vs. a passive activity. Trying a new artist or genre of music. All good things to try. | |
| Does an upgrade make sense? Ha! Me too! But I may have the cure for you. Change the way you listen; change something in the room, change the positioning of your equipment. Change before you buy anything. Read "Get Better Sound" and see if there’s anything in there that might... | |
| SabrinaX Sub-Crossover Additional note, I’m using AudioQuest sub cables with a splitter so that I occupy both L and R input ports on each sub. See the last picture (empty sound stage) in my profile for visual on set up. | |
| SabrinaX Sub-Crossover I found dual sub use with a two-channel set up to be more trial and see what works as opposed to a specific formula. So much depends on the equipment and room set up. I'm also using a pair of Martin-Logan subs to augment my DynAudio Contours (... | |
| Best place to buy Mcintosh Integrated Amp HiFi Haven Whittier CA If you are near Southern California; these guys are great and a throw back to another time. They have been selling McIntosh exclusively since 1957 in the same location. Its not a fancy place; just an old small shop and the... | |
| Is the Marantz PM8006 powerful enough to power my B&W 802 Matrix Series 3? As a former owner of a Marantz PM8005; I can say its one IA that I wish I would have kept for secondary use in another room or location. You can bi-wire the PM8006 if it suits your taste, and even output to two subs (pre-out) if that's in your in... | |
| Can an audio rack be that important? I found racks with cross-bracing and fillable tubes sufficient for tubed equipment, but the turntable was better isolated by a tri-pod style rack with each section separated by needle point connections. This virtually eliminated all resonance and ... | |
| Brand New Vinyl Static and Pops Had similar issue with Neil Young Harvest pressing bought brand new from Amoeba in Hollywood CA. Took it back but they wanted to only allow me another copy of the same. After negotiation I was able to get a credit instead and found a clean older... | |
| DId you get that paperwork from the IRS about purchasing? over $600.00 Couldn't agree with @bigtwin more; hence "see an advisor..." As for audits; not very prevalent these days, but I'm not advocating poking the bear or breaking laws. Or alternatively; to paraphrase from the movie The Frim; "I don't care about trig... | |
| DId you get that paperwork from the IRS about purchasing? over $600.00 If you regularly sell stuff (audio and other) I would suggest a business ID and checking account for all transactions. That way you could write-off all your audio subscriptions, audio conferences, travel, equipment you buy/sell as inventory plus ... | |
| DId you get that paperwork from the IRS about purchasing? over $600.00 recapping what's already been posted: The IRS is after income and not imposing a "Sales Tax." So keep note of what you paid for it (like stock transactions) and profit (income). If you sold it for $1000 but paid $1200; that's a $200 loss, no in... | |
| Advice on Integrated Receiver But first consider speaker placement in the room see Get Better Sound: https://www.getbettersound.com/ Before spending more money on equipment! | |
| Advice on Integrated Receiver Marantz PM8006 Had one of these (PM8005) and found it a great value for the price. Good power and nice MM phono input. Connections are quality of higher priced IAs and two sub outputs available. | |
| Do your speakers bite?? So many variables to consider here; not sure I interpret "bite" correctly but if the question is realistic vs. engaging then you could find an endless list of speakers claiming to be one or the other. First look at your room (Getbettersound.com) ... |