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| I need your help. I have an ARC Ref 3, ARC 110, Vandersteen 5As, but no turntable. If you're going the TT route, keep in mind that having a clean record is just as important as anything else. And I do agree that having everything in balance matters. The real question is whether you want vinyl to be your "serious" source mater... | |
| Best used integrated for under $5000 If you can find one, my 1st choice recommendation would be an Accuphase E-470 or E-370. But make sure its a US distributed unit. Second I'd suggest Hegel or Pass. Great gear. (I now have a Hegel Integrated, an Accuphase, and a Vitus (best of t... | |
| Road trip to demo $10,000 speakers As impractical as it may sound, if you are road-tripping, take your amp with you. Synergy matters and generally a retailer is going to match up their speakers with electronics that work with those speakers. So unless your planning on buying the... | |
| What were your humble beginnings on the path to high end audio? Age 15, a Nikko Receiver....Age 17, a marantz 1060Age 20, an Accuphase c200 and SAE ampAge 23, a luxman L-450 (had to downsize to afford grad school ha, ha, ha). Now older with my kids through college...have graduated to ARC reference gear (one ... | |
| Liquid Amps Try a hybrid amp. Tube front end makes a difference. | |
| Integrated Amp to match with Magico A3 So I have a vitus ri-100 and an rs-100, a PS bhk 250, a Hegel 160, and an accuphase e-470, driving TAD cr-1s, TAD evolution ones, Sonus Faber cremona ms, Sonus Faber luitos, and Vienna acoustic Mozart’s. Bottom line is i can mix up the amps with ... | |
| Soundcamera - visualizes sound - useful for our hobby? emailists: I saw your post on having PS BHK 300s with your TAD CR-1s. I just got a pair of used CR-1s (MK I) and have a BHK 250 have a question on what your using for the BHK tubes. I'd like to touch based with you....ThanksMike | |
| Y No YG ? I have Carmels as well. Once matched up properly with the right electronics (I use a vitius ri 100) they sound fantastic. One of the very special things about them is that they have a clarity and prescience at low volumes that I’ve never heard w... | |
| Looking for amp advice (punk, rock & reggae edition) For rock, I agree with both Plinius and hegel. Both will work. I have a hegel 160 for a system in my workout room and it’s sounds great. Good base. I’ve also had a Plinius 9200 that would meet the ill for your price range. I’ve had a Cary s... | |
| What's your investment threshold? The basic premise of these being “investments” is wrong. these are all expenses, not invest,ents | |
| Greatest Rock Drummers Carter Beauford....Nobody else can do what he does. And I've seen a lot of bands. Palmer is pretty far up on the list as well.BTW, seems that Audiogon should arrange for discounts with AARP now that I think about it.... | |
| Just retired and want to get back to vinyl listening Congratulation! I too got back into higher end gear and vinyl a few years ago. I've had a number of integrated amps (luxman, accuphase, Hegel, pass, Plinius, and now vitus). I too like the "retro look". My luxman integrated from the early 80'... | |
| ARC Ref 75 vs. Ref 75 SE Same problem? Didnt realize vinyl had a compression problem... Imagine that. I learn something new every day! And here I thought it had something to do with the larger electron plate in the KT150s... | |
| ARC Ref 75 vs. Ref 75 SE Dweller. Take note, it was all done on vinyl. Same gear except for the amp, same album.... MQA is a digital thing, isn't it? | |
| ARC Ref 75 vs. Ref 75 SE I generally don't add thing here, but I wanted to say that I just traded in my REF 110 for a REF 75SE. All I can say is that it more than exceeded my expectations. Truth is that I got it because I got a slamming good deal and I liked the fact t... |