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| The Psychology of Constant (Equipment) Change @audphile1 No doubt! Why the heck do they do that?! They like my fireplace chimney cover! | |
| The Psychology of Constant (Equipment) Change I think we are over analyzing the whole thing. It’s pretty simple really, there are too many toys to play with! Few sound truly bad, most sound very good to amazing. Price point is somewhat irrelevant, play in the sand that suits you. There are pl... | |
| Integrated amp: Component weight Check out The Music Room. They currently have a 590 for around 5800.00. They are also Benchmark dealers. You’ll see a many other potentials as well. They have a great return policy which would allow you to sample some of these pieces. You might ev... | |
| Integrated amp: Component weight Just curious, where did you see the EX8 is 300wpc? It’s rated at 100wpc into 8ohm and 175 (tested it clipped at 170) into 4 which suggests a fairly lightweight current delivery that would get shaky into lower ohm loads. Do your Harbeths have diffi... | |
| Integrated amp: Component weight No need to complicate your setup with switchers and what not. Any device you put in the signal path has the possibly (likely hood) of degrading your overall sound. Keep it simple. Plenty of great options without all the goofy stuff. If you wire... | |
| Integrated amp: Component weight The Sim 340 would be a little under powered for the Harbeths. The new North Collection integrated would be a great option. The H390 sounds great and has pretty much the same overall connectivity as the H590. I’ve owned both. The 590 is currently m... | |
| Advice on next step for vinyl chain The problem is your preamp. ARC preamps are great but their gain structure is crazy high. The trouble you will have with any cart, phono combo is you will need to drop the gain out of the phono pre too much to get it to work well with the ARC and ... | |
| Integrated amp: Component weight Hegel H390 should fit the bill perfectly. Does all you want to do with the exception of HPs isn’t TOO heavy and hits the power needs with no issue. | |
| Differences in YouTube, Spotify, etc. Apple and Spotify here. Apple is now lossless and sounds surprisingly good. Spotify cuz I like the Spotify connect interface better than Airplay overall, plus I can use both in the car seamlessly. Streaming is for fun listening, discovery and band... | |
| Are there other people like me ? Amazed by their low cost system :) Wow, lots of brow beating and chest thumping here. Here’s the deal, it doesn’t matter what is spent on a system. If you enjoy it, then it’s all good. No explanation or justification required. But don’t judge someone who might spend more (however m... | |
| recommend PRAT Integrated amplifiers (not Naim) “PRAT” simply has too many variables to narrow it down to this or that integrated, or amp. Also, I completely disagree that the top end Simaudio gear lacks “PRAT” I’m talking about the 600iv2, 700iv2 and the new North collection. All are absolutel... | |
| I took Frank Zappa’s advice Geez, you guys are complicating this too much… let’s just be dancin’ fools! | |
| Seeking Legit Cartridge Expert? The Hana’s are a little fickle setup wise. Once dialed they are excellent carts. I have a Red. Great cart. Try the Umami Blue if you like the general vibe of the ML. Not sure a 3k cart on a 3/4k TT is going to get you your value for the money. You... | |
| Is toeing speakers a bad idea? Depends on the speaker. Some are designed to be toed. Sounds like you figured yours out… | |
| Besides the BBB how do you fight claim resolution against FedEx The only time you might have a case with Fed Ex is if you used the factory shipping box and system as they are designed to handle shipping stress. Not 100% foolproof, but you’ll be in a better position. Rarely will any of the big companies pay out... |