roberjerman

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Any Love for the Pioneer PLX-1000 Yet?
@chakster :  The PLX1000 is a high quality DD TT at an affordable price! I have one! The $1800 Technics is overpriced! I doubt that the Pioneer and Technics differ sonically! 
$1000 should be spent for a NOS DAC or a turntable?
+1 mzkmxcv! The proliferation of DAC's (especially the expensive ones) is a marketing ploy to extract more money from the gullible and neurotic! I still prefer and use one-box CD players! 
Buy 12ax7 tube
Lack of separation and detail is an inherent problem with the trance recordings you are listening to. They are hardly audiophile quality! Try some well-recorded classical recordings instead: Munch/Heifetz BSO Beethoven Violin Concerto RCA Red Seal... 
Buy 12ax7 tube
Noisy tubes! And a high noise floor in that Chinese-made Vincent amp!  
Matching Klipsch Reference and Reference Premiere??
There is NO need for a center speaker! A properly placed L and R speaker pair will provide ALL the center fill needed! Reference: Alan Blumlein - the inventor of stereo! 
Matching Klipsch Reference and Reference Premiere??
Sell the RP440C and use only the other four speakers. I have never liked the sound of a center speaker! I find it ruins the stereo imaging effect. Just another way for the speaker companies to sell more products!  
Adcom GFA 555 II
Don't do it! The GFA555 is already putting over 200 watts into each speaker! Bridging will make each amp "see" a constant load of 2 ohms or less! NO GOOD!  Distortion will double, as will current. Too much stress (heat) on the output stage transis... 
Can one use 2 sets of monoblock amplifiers to one stereo set of speakers?
Don't do it! 
Buy 12ax7 tube
+1 yogiboy! USA-made 12AX7's are excellent value! +1 for the Baldwin's! 
What is the best HEAVY METAL speaker?
Altec Stonehenge 1's from 1972! I have a pair. 
Budget Music Streamer
Don't waste money on a different DAC! The Benchmark is as fine a unit as you will ever need! It measures and sounds excellent!  
Beware!!! Everyone and all American citizen, you must not buy anything from BH Hi-Fi
Thank you natpolly for the "heads up"! I too have been burned by Internet sellers.  
Whats your take on a NAD 3020, I truly believe it defined stereo and still does!
Even today I still could live happily with the original 3020! 
Whats your take on a NAD 3020, I truly believe it defined stereo and still does!
I had two NAD 3020's back in '78-'80! Used them with DCM Time Windows and Tangent RS2's. A favorite of Peter Aczel (The Audio Critic), who found them preferable to most $2K pre/power amps of the time! A home run for NAD! 
Is it time to upgrade
Your preamp/amp are fine! No need to change. Sell the ML's and buy a pair of the new JBL 100's! A far more lively and dynamic sounding speaker, especially for rock and jazz!