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| Class D vs Class AB - Looking for best used budget amplifier for Magnepan MG12 I have the Magnepan 1.7s, currently driven by an HCA 1500a. I have directly compared the Parasound to a single Crown XL1500, two Crown XL1500s run in mono mode and a single Crown XLS2502. I also tried a B&K st50 just for giggles knowing it was... | |
| $10k Speaker Cables?????????????? I DIY'd a very similar topology with air insulation a few years back when I was in my home brew cable phase. The build was straightforward; clear poly tubing plus acrylic spacers and some solid conductors. Probably <$100 all in for a set of 3m ... | |
| My first visit to AXPONA Agree with the OP. Even allowing for the challenges of setup in such a venue, its apparent that system synergy and performance isn't a given above some price point.We didn't visit every room this year, but for me the highlight in the sub-mortgage ... | |
| Sophia Electric Baby Integrated Amplifier Yep, drives my DIY zigmahornets with very satisfying results. I've found their staff to be very responsive and helpful as well.At normal listening levels it is dead quiet right at the speaker. For the going price of a used unit its almost a no bra... | |
| Greatest Rock Drummers Bdp24 - I completely agree with you about Baker. Curious what your take is on Mitch Mitchell, to my ears his work with The Jimi Hendrix Experience has a similar 'problem' as you've described with Baker and Cream. | |
| Preamp with Tuner Have you considered a radio streaming app? Then you can use whatever you already have for your digital front end to listen to the radio. "Simple Radio", for example, has almost all the FM and AM stations in my local market. YMMV, but there are oth... | |
| Axpona Shout Outs Pmotz - Austin Acoustics was on the main floor at the far north end of the building. I will post a picture later.Agree the MBL room did not disappoint. Sunday they played Jump by Van Halen at near concert levels and it was eye popping, even if tha... | |
| Disappointment with Pro-Ject... I had the same problem, but oddly not immediately out of the box. After many rounds of troubleshooting with my local dealer I decided to do surgery and took the housing off the bottom and manually separated the leads and ensured they weren't touch... | |
| Krell Service Chicago Area? Contact Casper at Stereo Rehab. Great guy, excellent work. | |
| Is my room going to suck I concur with folkfreak. If you are prepared to adjust your listening position to the optimal spot in the room as opposed to trying to optimize your speaker position for your preferred place to sit, then you are on your way. My room is similarly s... | |
| Best solo piano recording...redbook CDs only...Jazz, easy listening, piano bar Perhaps Fiona Joy's, "Into The Mist", from Blue Coast Records. I have not heard the CD version but the DSD is very organic and lifelike. | |
| Best Pre-amp for $500?? Teac UD-503 can be found used for under $800. | |
| Axpona 2016 This show was my first exposure to Vapor Audio, that was the only room where I inadvertently slipped out of critical listening mode and just enjoyed the track. The Enigmacoustics room was interesting. The Questyle wireless technology looks promisi... | |
| Most unusual/mesmerizing female voice. Eva Cassidy | |
| Help With 60Hz Hum PLEASE Go get an Ebtech HumX ($50-ish) and try it on each component starting at the front and moving towards the amp until you find the offending device. Then an you can either leave the HumX in the chain, problem solved. Or, figure out why the ground lo... |