mitch2
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| Mccormack DNA-225 platinum You are a lucky garage sale shopper.If the picture is your amp, I am pretty sure I see a Plitron transformer and a couple of Jensen (or Lundahl) transformers on the inputs. I can't see much else from the picture. | |
| Mccormack DNA-225 platinum Garage sale find of the year!Since SMc already confirmed it you know it has been upgraded but you might also pop the top and look for writing on the underside since Steve typically signs and dates all the upgraded pieces. If you post a picture of... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! Aw man.....you are really going to try the Block Audio amps! I would love to hear those. They sure look like cost was no object in the design or construction. Enjoy your audition. | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! The first amplifiers I have seen that truly motivated me to think beyond my Clayton Class A amps. Try these and report back :-)https://www.blockaudio.com/mono-block/ https://soundrebels.com/block-audio-line-power-block-mono-blocks-english-ver/ | |
| HAVE ALL SALES STOPPED ON AUDIOGON ??? I believe there is more to the current lull than our typical seasonal swings, or economic conditions, and that the high-end market may indeed be shrinking as @cooper52 pointed out earlier in this thread. The point is that the market does seem t... | |
| HAVE ALL SALES STOPPED ON AUDIOGON ??? With respect, "fair" listing prices don't seem to have much to do with selling used audio gear, which seems to be based more on what the market will bear at the time of sale than on any subjective idea of what constitutes a fair price. If a seller... | |
| HAVE ALL SALES STOPPED ON AUDIOGON ??? No problems @dyl71 , I try not to read too much "motive" into posts here and I don't need to defend Audiogon since they are what they are and have done quite well on their own. @elizabeth 's post below is a good example of "what the market will b... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! Correction: My JC1 vs. JC5 post below should have read,"with the older model spec'ing out lower in current delivery, power into 4 ohms, and Class A output."Otherwise, the two amps seem similar but from a specification basis, it appears the newer J... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! @whitecamaross Anyhow, I’ve said Parasound multiple times and now I might try a pair of jc5s for fun and see what these do that the old jc1s didn’t do.Just curious what the JC1's did or didn't do for you, sound-wise. If you didn't like the JC1... | |
| HAVE ALL SALES STOPPED ON AUDIOGON ??? @dyl71 I’m not cheap by any means, but if I sell a $3200 amp, and shipping is $80...do they really deserve a check from me for $328? Think of it this way, without the power of Audiogon's audience, would you be likely to capture the highest value... | |
| HAVE ALL SALES STOPPED ON AUDIOGON ??? @dyl71 I can see a 2% kickback, maybe...but 10% is over the topReally? Considering the marketing power of placing your ad where thousands of audiophiles can see it, the business process and computing power that allows your potential buyers to m... | |
| No one actually knows how to lculate what speaker cable they need Regarding your lead-out termination and the issue of going from 0 awg to a smaller gauge wire - why bother with crimping, soldering, or a transition of any type to a different wire? You could simply strip the insulation from the final 6 to 10 inc... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD @david_ten Any recommendations for an upper tier DAC with a very well implemented volume control? I can second the Metrum Adagio that was already recommended by @bill_k. I owned the Adagio as well as Metrum's Pavane at the same time and after s... | |
| No one actually knows how to lculate what speaker cable they need Below is a link to a not-so-secret calculator that can show how much your speaker cables affect your damping factor. The calculator is at the bottom of the article on damping factor.http://www.bcae1.com/dampfact.htm#demo | |
| No one actually knows how to lculate what speaker cable they need @b4icu No matter how good you get, beyond the standard purity of 99.90%. All the difference in conductivity is below 0.1% and no one would notice an audible difference in such a small difference in conductivity.The whole issue of hearing a diffe... |