joekapahulu
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| Opinions on NAD please NAD has gone thru periods where quality suffered. I believe it was related to a change in manufacturing location or vendor. I know folks who have had great luck on vintage and new gear and a few who have had issues in newly launched products. As... | |
| Could Class D really be that good? Interesting thread as I too need to replace a now dead integrated in my office system that took up too much space. Right now I am using a backup ATI 1502 amp with a passive pre (also too big) driving Spendor S3/5s. I've been looking at Class AB o... | |
| The receiver was my intro to HiFi! What say you? Family system was a Zenith mini console. It was a large rectangular box. The doors were the speakers which opened out and hung on the unit. The TT was on a spring which you pushed so that it either receded into the unit or "dropped down". The top ... | |
| New SS integrated choice....Rotel 1572Mk2, Audiolab 7000A, Exposure 2510 Thanks SOIX for all your input. I am going to wait until I go back to the Mainland and check out the HEGEL amps. It means I will end up waiting a bit or will get an interim unit that can later function as a backup in its box in the closet. I was l... | |
| New SS integrated choice....Rotel 1572Mk2, Audiolab 7000A, Exposure 2510 Read the review referenced in the thread about the Hegel 120 as well as a few others. Curious about what those who might own this unit or others from Hegel can offer about 1) character of sound (I have read comments about "dark"...not sure what th... | |
| Questions about Musical Fidelity M5si Integrated This thread is interesting and a bit discouraging. I had over this weekend kind of focused in on the same amp after some good reviews online. I have never heard this line but I recalled that it has had a good reputation for a number of years under... | |
| New SS integrated choice....Rotel 1572Mk2, Audiolab 7000A, Exposure 2510 The feedback I got was that the number of issues/failures on the Belles amps had risen materially in the last few years unlike ever before experience. This was stated by 2 different dealers OTR. Both said they were concerned about this and so whil... | |
| New SS integrated choice....Rotel 1572Mk2, Audiolab 7000A, Exposure 2510 The BB store idea is one I hadn't thought of. The last time I was in the store they were blasting some Mac amp with cheap speakers. But, who knows its only about 45 minutes from my place and I need to go to town anyway. Will have to read about the... | |
| New SS integrated choice....Rotel 1572Mk2, Audiolab 7000A, Exposure 2510 Audiolab is unfortunately more real on the internet than in the real physical world. Tom the owner, is focused on home theatre not stereo. He is not open most of the time during his stated hours. He is listed as representing multiple brands but if... | |
| New SS integrated choice....Rotel 1572Mk2, Audiolab 7000A, Exposure 2510 I live in Hawaii. No local audio dealers anymore, not for years.Thats the issue. No techs either. The few other friends I had who were into audio were older and passed or stopped upgrading just due to age. I usually heard stuff during travels ... | |
| New SS integrated choice....Rotel 1572Mk2, Audiolab 7000A, Exposure 2510 I guess more detail, clarity and separation of instruments, more realistic sound of music. That's about the best I can describe as since I have had only limited exposure to other Amps. My old SAE separates seemed to deliver that detail and separa... | |
| Marantz Model 30 Integrated - first impressions Nice review. Im lokingt at a new amp too and can't hear any here either. I have a 6 or 7 year old Marantz pm 8005 which I've enjoyed. It was made in the Reference factory but was not part of that line. It's class AB. I have not previously been wo... | |
| Modern Speaker switch for use with banana plugs Thanks for all the responses. I have some options and directons now. Mahalo. | |
| What tier do you consider Anthem integrated? Fell over this thread because I had just read about Anthem in the Stereophile Year End Recommended Components list and remembered I heard one years ago and liked it along with an Ayre EX5 or something like that. The OP's situation sounds so much l... | |
| Integrated with jacks for 2 sets of speakers? JB71....the Adcom boxes are not made anymore. They are available on Ebay but they seem not to be able to accept modern cable ends. If that is incorrect, it may be an aswer. Mosch--never heard Vincent but will check them out. Most of the amps i fo... |