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| How to fix my preamp dilemma 1. Fix the Parasound...least cost probably and gets you back to where you were happy.2. Schiit does indeed make fantastic gear for paltry dollars.3. Akitika is also a terrific value, but has way more features than you likely need and if you deck ... | |
| klipsh scala speakers Speaking as one who is no fan of Klipsch products, but who has sold them professionally, the latest Forte should be the ticket for your son...quite sensitive, and much fuller range and better balanced than La Scalas, and therefore more forgiving. ... | |
| Flipping record causing series of loud pops For many of my years in this hobby, static plagued my enjoyment of vinyl playback. I used to (carefully) remove the polonium strip from a Staticmaster brush and glue it to the underside of a Watts Dust Bug until I found the needle talk to be audib... | |
| Low power amps and speaker damage? I’ve seen my share of fused voice coils on all manner of drivers, from el cheapo to Wilson Audio, and the culprit is almost always the same...inebriation, ignorance, and raging hormones. Technically, it’s clipping that does it, as stated very cle... | |
| Why do people say low power amps should be good for bookshelf speakers? Salesperson speaking here...Noromance & aewarren are on the right track. The BB SP was making an assertion that contained an assumption, which is not great critical thinking, but the gist of it is that people who want big sound in big rooms s... | |
| Springsteen and Clapton on their favorite, heh, band. @onhwy61I so agree about 'The Band' being a masterpiece. The poignancy of 'The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" still brings a tear to my eye, and I'm no admirer of the Lost Cause. But if one is, this song speaks to why. They evoke "Americana" ... | |
| I had a few drinks and bought some speakers TBH, Sopra 1s might have been better for your room size, but if you like your bass response set to 11, you will have no regrets. Both are among my favorites. Enjoy, but keep an eye on your liver function... | |
| High expectations when listening to an orchestra Orchestral sound is perceived by each of us at each performance from the seat we have purchased, not from the location where the mics are suspended from the ceiling, so acheiving a facsimile of our memory on playback is a work of imagination, not ... | |
| What is your favorite album cover? Gentle Giant Octopus & Low Spark...unusual shapesTull Thick As A Brick...funny!Hendrix Axis: Bold As Love, Abraxis & Miles’ Live/Evil, Dead Blues For Allah...psychedelic Stones Some Girls...and TalkingHeads’ Remain In Light (b/c of what’s ... | |
| The Wand turntable Mijo dislikes unipivots on principle, so all of us with treasured unipivot tonearms (or memories of same) must be in error. I'll let that thought stay right there. That said, the new Schiit Loki turntable looks like a much more sanely priced tic... | |
| phase linear 500 watt per chanell amp Darn that auto correct and my Jewish upbringing! God’s gift. | |
| phase linear 500 watt per chanell amp Flame Linear, Fizzle Linear, blown Fuse Linear....according to Peter Moncrief, the 400 was G-D’Souza gift to audio. Back then I was an Ampzilla man. | |
| Older vs. newer REL subs I work for an REL dealer and we have been bombarded with propaganda from them explaining the new T/x model's design evolution. Nothing would lead me to conclude amg56 is correct about their being targeted at HT. They make HT-centric models. Thes... | |
| Where are the young audiophiles? I’m 69, HS class of same. HiFi boomed as the pot smoking generation came along...not a coincidence IMO! The High End arose as my generation matured and prospered. The store where I work opened in 1975 and rode the wave. We are now ageing out an... | |
| What Is The Most Romantic Song That You Have Ever Listen To? I can’t believe there haven’t been any votes for Van Morrison’s “Moondance”, “Crazy Love” or “Tupelo Honey”...For a time he was THE troubadour of stoned love. |