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| Inherited 21 piece of vintage McIntosh and need help building a system Condolences on the passing of your uncle. If you have any doubts about using the tube gear, I would also keep the MA5100 ss integrated and the best ss tuner. This way you can A/B tubes against solid state. If this were me, I would keep both solid ... | |
| Can upgraded power cords help my setup? I have Pangea power cords on my system and I am extremely happy. The AC-9 and the upgrades are for your power sources... amps, integrated, etc. The AC-14 and the upgrades are for your source components... turntable, network audio player, etc. It's... | |
| Power cable Go to Audio Advisor and check out Pangea power cables. There are three different kinds...AC-9 - For components that have high current demands (Pawer amps, integrated amps, and receivers)AC-14 - For your source components (Turntable, CD player, net... | |
| Ancient AR Turntable with NO anti skate What the OP is describing has to do with setting up the tonearm. The AR XA/XB original tonearm is designed to float towards the spindle. The only adjustment you have is the counterweight on the back of the tonearm. Once you swap the original tonea... | |
| Evaluating a system - what do you listen for? Our goal for building our system is to get the truest, the most realistic music we can within our budget. The starting point for me are the speakers and how good the sound quality is. If you don't succeed on the speakers, the music will not be as ... | |
| Budget Audiophile Looking For Amplifier Suggestions Another vote for McIntosh, and where to buy I would recommend Audio Classics. They are located very close to McIntosh Labs. They are a reputable and very reliable company to deal with. Steve Rowell is the owner and Ryan Kilpatrick is one of the sa... | |
| My journey to search for standmount bookshelf speakers... Wim1983 wrote... @4play The metal tweeters could be the concern for me, as I'm using a Yamaha A-S801, may sound bright on some materials?On the contrary they DO NOT sound bright at all. These are the best speakers I have owned. The 3D holographic ... | |
| My journey to search for standmount bookshelf speakers... If you can find a pair of Focal 706V or 806V, you will experience a 3D holographic sound unlike anything you will ever experience. I have a pair of 806V along with the Focal S700 stands, and these have been the best investment besides my network a... | |
| Mcintosh MA6700 Intebrated Amp frontage glass panel I would check with Tom Manley @ McIntosh Audio. I have bought two glass panels from Tom, a super nice guy, good communication, and fast shipping. | |
| TurnTable Quest Helomech wrote" Check out Dave's fully restored Thorens models at Vinyl Nirvana. These tables will walk all over many similarly priced new tables. IMO, the $1500 range is where one can begin to find reference quality sound. At least 1k for th... | |
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| Please help ...integrated amp under $1200 I agree with those who recommend you buy the speakers first before any other component. If you don't, you are playing russian roulette with your audio system.With speakers there is something within the specs that is called sensitivity. Sensitivit... | |
| TurnTable Quest For $1,000 you can get an AR turntable, XA, XB, ES-1 just to name a few, and have everything underneath upgraded with better parts, you can choose whatever wood you desire, a Jelco SA-750 tonearm with a Denon DL-110 moving coil cartridge, and you ... | |
| Your first component that was "special" For me it was two components. Back in the summer of 1976, I bought my first audio system... Harman/Kardon receiver, BIC turntable, and a pair of Advent bullnose speakers. I upgraded the BIC turntable for a B&O turntable. WOW!! what a differenc... |