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| Who do you turn to when you have the envies for funk? This thread is a great reminder for me to dust off a few titles, and maybe explore some new ones. Let’s add Peter Brown. | |
| An Audio Amateur's question about McIntosh Audio @jfrost27 I never considered myself a McIntosh guy. Since my beginnings in this hobby in the early 80’s (as many of us in high end audio), McIntosh was never on my radar, mostly because of price, and the biased rep that they were more show than ... | |
| An Audio Amateur's question about McIntosh Audio Cool story, bro. | |
| An Audio Amateur's question about McIntosh Audio @amitb, McIntosh’s popularity among both lovers of music, and those who buy the brand solely as a statement piece are what drive the slanted negative “McIntosh sound” comments. A friend was a high end design/installer for Best Buy, and he told me... | |
| PS Audio PMG Signature Preamp or BHK Signature Preamp or Bryston BP-19 A friend went from a Krell to a PMG pre, and he said it is dead quiet. He’s a huge analog guy and loves the PMG. It’s apparent that PS Audio has had a philosophical change to their design approach, away from tubes, concentrating more on an absol... | |
| Equipment Rack Between Speakers I have my equipment on a side wall, but that’s because I have a fireplace in between my speakers that juts out from the wall about 20”. On the fireplace I have an 85” TV. While completely independent from my two channel audio, I also have home t... | |
| Chair I have a Stressless with motorized recline and built-in motorized foot rest. And yes, it has a headrest, but I’m an audio rebel. | |
| UHQR 45 rpm Vinyl "Kind of Blue" Going by my decrepit memory again, the original recorded speed defect was discovered decades ago and there’s been many “corrected speed” reissues made since. | |
| UHQR 45 rpm Vinyl "Kind of Blue" I just did a Google to see if my decrepit memory was correct. This pressing was known for defects. I’m surprised the history hasn’t been mentioned previously, other than a mention of this copy possibly being defective. There’s a history here: ... | |
| UHQR 45 rpm Vinyl "Kind of Blue" We don’t usually say “crappy” system, we usually use code like, “not fully resolving” system. | |
| Long Run of Speaker Cabling Here is a lower cost alternative if you are interested in a good valet/performance ratio. Yes, this company has its haters, but they are essentially no longer producing anything now. I have no affiliation with this seller (hope posting a link do... | |
| What decibel level do you listen at? What is ideal? I typically set volume to a level that I think approximates as if I were there, listening live. So yes, depends greatly on genre and setting of the recording. That often is on the loud side because of my rather large room (and my high school bac... | |
| Chair Stressless with battery operated recline and footrest. The footrest unfolds from under the chair, no issues with floor space. https://shop.stressless.com/en/recliners/stressless-magic/p/000000000001144706?pid=114470657981110 | |
| Tube preamplifier lifespan This issue just came up with me this month. I was interested in “daisy chaining” the balanced output from my McIntosh preamp output to my SVS subwoofer input, then balanced output from the SVS to a PS Audio BHK 300 balanced input. That arrangem... | |
| Has McIntosh Ever Decreased Prices (on new equipment)? @faustuss that’s great info, thank you. I know some dealers are quite willing to work with customers to get them into a new McIntosh piece of gear. I have not been a McIntosh owner for very long, so I don’t have a lot of history to go by. The t... |