sonicbeauty
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| Search for miracle integrated A company that is spending little on marketing but mostly all on product and sound? I currently own a Norma IPA-140 integrated. Not cheap at around 10K retail ( less of course on the used market).Go to the website, read all you can on it, it is a ... | |
| Bladelius-Thor mk3/Leema-Tucana 2/Norma IPA-140? I own the norma IPA-140.I happen to think that there are no flaws on anything about this amplifier, and just commenting from specs and graphs can only get you so far, and is in fact, not very credible.The real test is of course listening, and lett... | |
| Inboard phono stage in a 7k+ integrated, how good versus standalone units? Thanks for your reply wspohn,Your comment "whatever you have will no longer be state of the art" is not the issue here. Owning "state of the art" is not a priority, good sound is, and I have heard many "state of the art" units (amps, preamps, what... | |
| Finally stepping into the hobby after 30 years of watching from the sidelines Hello, I am too late on this thread, but still I wish to share my recommendation.I have owned a truckload of amps over the past 30 yesrs. For a few years, I used the wonderful Pathos Logos integrated. They get it "right" with their hybrid tubes de... | |
| Question for Oppo 105 owners...digital out to an external DAC ? Sorry for the confusion, just wondering if the coax and optical outputs are direct off the transport and bypass the Dac inside. | |
| Turntable motor question help needed please ! Thanks for your help, I did solve the problem by cleaning around the shaft and putting a drop of oil at the base. Case solved!Thanks again! | |
| Why will no other turntable beat the EMT 927? Normansizemore:I appreciate your post, however your blanket comment "using only the finest in electronics and source material", please, this belongs to the museum of past over-used statements used in our hobby.By the way, through my business deali... | |
| What is Technics thinking? What was Technics thinking?Mainly that the same folks who are willing to shell out 3k for a record weight would be the ideal customers for their new TT.Check it out...incredible.Shun Mook Audio LP Clamp - legendary record weight - The Best of the ... | |
| Why will no other turntable beat the EMT 927? This thread is flawed by design:"I am still wondering why not one of the modern designs of the last 20 years is able to beat the sound qualities of an EMT 927"One set of ears. One listening room (less than perfect, maybe). So many variables from n... | |
| Tube Integrated Amp - Help Please Forgot, for what it may be worth here are other some good and not-so-good amplifier pairings I experienced with Verity:Electrocompaniet EC 5- warm but not detailedAudiomat Preluge - a detail-retrieving machine, but overall thinSimaudio - Artifici... | |
| Tube Integrated Amp - Help Please I know the Verity sound quite well. Also, I wrote my first-ever Audiogon review back around 2002 and it is still available, to my suprise.https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/review-verity-audio-parsifal-encore-speakerI went through a truckload ... | |
| I have seen some Interesting comments about Mcintosh lately Funny comparing the accuracy of Rolex to Seiko. Expensive mechanical watches are not about ultimate accuracy. If it was, any old $69.95 Timex will do. A typical $10,000 mechanical watch will get as accurate as +- 4 seconds per day (if you are luck... | |
| Upgrading - what amp to choose Hello fellow canadian, in all honesty, I have owned a truckload of amps in the past 25 years. Full tube, solid state, hybrids. The one I enjoyed most is my current Pathos Logos with a small collection of 6922 tubes that I roll for the fun if it. I... | |
| HEGEL - Is it really made in Norway ? Many here are totally missing the point. I have no reason to think Hegel is not excellent. And for all I know some world class products come out of China.The point is that when your are purchasing a high-end product of anything, be it audio, watch... | |
| Why do McIntosh come with cheap plastic remotes? Visiting this thread from 2 years ago. I still find it unjustified to have cheap remotes on mega-dollar gear.When you put your name on expensive audio, there should only be one quality standard across the board.However well a cheap plastic remote ... |