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| Pre Amp or Amp Best Money Spent Kumba-ya, Pubul57... | |
| Pre Amp or Amp Best Money Spent 12-04-07: Pubul57...the amp/speaker interface is absolutely critical and must be accounted for - the amp must have enough power to drive the speaker, but that should be easily accomplished.Simply having enough power is not enough to properly match... | |
| humming in my system The ubiquitous ground loop hum.Do a search of the threads for "ground loop", "hum", etc.Many suggestions and techniques will be found. | |
| Any ideas in speaker choices would be great ...yupBTW...the original Ampzilla tube amp was considered an ideal match for the DQ10. | |
| What am I missing??? You've got a great system. If you like what you hear, then relax and enjoy it. | |
| Any ideas in speaker choices would be great 12-03-07: Growler7I just wish the DQ 10s were not so large. That's known as an incurable defect (in the eyes of the owner). No amp is going to change the size of the speakers. :)In other words, I'll wager you sell them soon and buy something small... | |
| Pre Amp or Amp Best Money Spent Well, I'm going to go against the grain of the above suggestions and recommend you do some deep digging to find out what amp best mates with the Vandy 2CE speakers and put your money there. Amp/speaker match is critical for best sound. You can buy... | |
| Tube amp location I agree with putting them on the floor behind the speakers. It's really your only option, IMO. | |
| What equipment do you most regret parting with?? Lamm LL2 Deluxe.I'm presently running long balanced ICs and short speaker cables, so the LL2 won't work in my system. But, if I ever reconfigure to allow shorter speaker cables, a LL2 Deluxe will be under strong consideration.A silly bargain at th... | |
| Any ideas in speaker choices would be great 12-02-07: MechansSell your SS poweramps and replace them with tubed power amps.The fact that you have a tube pre doesn't matter the staging you want comes from tube power amps...The SS amps flatten the benefit of the tubes.I agree. My experience c... | |
| What's the deal with the Machina Dynamica Clock? This must be MD holiday guerilla marketing. It's always the same. Someone posts about an MD product. It causes a round of rollicking discussion. MD sales get a temporary boost.Genius! | |
| Tube Preamp Isolation suggestions I'd give the Rollerblocks or Boston Audio TuneBlocks a try. I also agree with Ncarv's use of weights on top of components to mass load them...and the scuba weights are very handy. I happen to use plain dumbbell plate-type weights. | |
| Stereophile Article - Holt telling it like it is. His home was a mess, cigarette butts and ashtrays everywhere, equipment laying literally everywhere and piles of magazines and newspapers. The sort of thing where you didn't want to sit down anywhere and you kept your hands in your pockets so you ... | |
| Add a Warranty section to Audiogon classified ads? 11-30-07: NarrodTvad, that's not how I read it. A seller is expected to deliver the item as described and fully functional. It's broader than just shipping damage.Because the language is under the heading of "Shipping Policy", I do not read it as ... | |
| Your 5 Fav Rock Concerts U-2 Madison Square Garden right after 9-11.. very emotional...just what the City needed..they deliveredZenblaster (System | Threads | Answers)Wow. That must have been an experience. Good for you! |