re-lar-kvothe
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| Seeking Bookshelf Recommendations @larsman +1 I have the same speakers running with a Luxman 509Z. Outstanding speakers. You can get them from Fritz on a 30 day trial basis. If you are not pleased you can send them back. Fritz Carrera BE Specifications (fritzspeakers.com) Mine... | |
| Should Speaker Manufactures provide a Frequency Response Graph? @deep_333 +1 The most important graph for me is the Impedance & Phase vs frequency graph. I want to know if my amp needs to drive 2 ohm loads with a difficult phase angle. I believe it to be the most important data when choosing a power amp.... | |
| Luxman L-509X as a preamp @erik_squires To be honest, there was nothing I didn't like about the Ayre pre/amp pairing. The sound was amazing. Likely the best set up I ever owned. However, I was looking for an integrated. I had a Boulder 866 which was very good but there w... | |
| Luxman L-509X as a preamp @erik_squires I ended up selling the Ayre gear (outstanding stuff by the way) and buying a new Luxman L-509Z in September 2023. I paired it with an Aurender A20 streamer/DAC. I also run a Thorens TD-1601 TT with an Ortofon Cadenza Blue cartridge... | |
| Are You a Swifty? Her music does nothing for me. Her writing/lyrics are great. I do not listen to her at all. However, the stink she created by dating Travis Kelce was incredible. The haters really came to play. I loved how it revealed the true side of a lot of peo... | |
| Don’t look for perfection. Curious, what else in your life do you immediately dismiss when you find a flaw? | |
| The molecular level explanation of "cable burn-in" "So it’s the plastic polymer (as dielectric insulation) to undergo some sort of molecular rearrangements to minimize the distortion. Probably one of the greatest scientific discoveries ever!" Just in case this was not meant as sarcasm... As a pl... | |
| Have Luxman 509x. Considering Pass Labs INT-250 or Dan D’Agostino Progression Integrated As usual, opinions are like buttholes. I may as well share mine. I owned and sold several pass labs amps of recent design. Why? I did not like the sound, period. This includes both class A, AB, monoblocks, and stereo .8s. For lack of a better des... | |
| Bananas rule, spades drool. End of discussion. FWIW...I use spades on both ends of my Venom-X cables. With a good "snugging" by hand I never had them come loose. | |
| DAC/Streamer/PreAmp I use an Aurender A20. I would urge you to find a way to demo it in your home. I currently run it through a Luxman 509Z but also have used it as a preamp with an Ayre VX-5 Twenty and a Pass Labs XA-25. I am very happy with its performance in eithe... | |
| Cable Break In for the Naysayers I am not here to argue this point. However, I do wish one of the cable makers or some audiophile physicist would explain the science behind cable break-in. | |
| Newer Blues Artists or Recordings Try a German version of SRV: Henrik Freischlader - Live at GuitarPoint (youtube.com) And his work with Layla Zoe: Dark Heart (youtube.com) As an enormous fan of SRV and The Derek Trucks band I was immediately enamored with this work. | |
| RCA Phono Interconnect Under $400 This one gets my vote Cardas - Iridium Phono Interconnect - Music Direct | |
| Robert Plant @dodgealum YES!!! I Love Plant but was always blown away by Bonham and Jones. They were the backbone of the music. When they showed up the fight begins, so to speak. Their contribution to the band's tone was demonstrative and emotional on an almo... | |
| Robert Plant Zep has been my favorite band since I was 10 (now 63) and have the tattoos to prove it. I was devastated when Bonham passed. I met Plant the morning after a show in Norfolk Virginia at breakfast in the hotel. He was with the entire band (Sensation... |