rmdmoore
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| Under my tower speakers -- Isoacoustics Gaia, other options? I'd kill for a concrete floor. My listening space is in an old room build in the 1890s and the floor is a little bouncy. I had my speakers on spikes but they basically turned the whole floor into a passive radiator. The house literally shook. I tr... | |
| Need advice for upgrading my analog setup As others have mentioned I'd strongly consider upgrading your phone stage as well. You can get a new Musical Surroundings Nova III for 1500, used even less. Dead quiet and linear. Great piece. There are others in that price range that will be a hu... | |
| Help me make sense of this - Midfi system sounding better hifi. I agree with @russ69 . My experience is that B&W speakers, while extremely highly resolving, tend to err on the side of brightness. Many people pair them with high powered tube amps for that reason, McIntosh being the classic pairing. The Krel... | |
| Candidates for best speakers in the $2000-5000 market I'm a vandersteen guy. You could get a new pair of 2s in that range but I suspect the wife won't go for the look of that. My pair of 2Ce are iny attic for that very reason. The Treo though is a fairly sleek looking speaker with nice wood veneered ... | |
| What's your favorite $5-7000 turntable? In that price point the clearaudio ovation is a great deck. I had the performance DC for a while and was thoroughly impressed. What I don't know is how good a fit the Schroeder arm is. If you can stretch a little you can get a brinkmann Bardo whic... | |
| Help recommend a good tube preamp If you liked the Rogue RP-5 but want balanced I have a Rogue RP-7 that I just haven't gotten around to listing yet but will be doing soon. I've done a fair amount of tube rolling and it current has all NOS amperex 12au7 in it. The tubes alone are ... | |
| Tube preamp options I want to thank everyone for l the input. This was quite a lively thread. As I previously mentioned I ended up moving the speakers as far as I could out into the room. This got the front baffle about 42 inches from the front wall. I toed them in a... | |
| Tube preamp options @wyoboy She's funny. She loves having the giant system with the turntable in that room but I think partly cause it looks cool. But it's gotta look cool with all the other stuff in that room. Worry not though, she is supportive of an outbuilding ... | |
| Tube preamp options @wyoboy My room is about 18 feet deep but I can't feasibly move the speakers further into the room than I just did. My wife is very understanding and tolerant but the room is not a dedicated listening space and I'd have to move all the furniture... | |
| Tube preamp options @soix I pulled my speakers out about Another foot. Now about 42 inches from the front wall. I haven't had a chance to recalibrate the subwoofers in them yet but will do it this week. My speakers are on 3" blocks of granite on a thick pile carpet. ... | |
| Tube preamp options There was a seller who had the last generation of Don Sachs preamp on the other classified site. It was a good price so I pulled the trigger. Seller has the newer one also and said the sound wasn't markedly different so I figured this is a small i... | |
| Tube preamp options @harrylavo I've read a bit about audible illusions but why would I have to buy them used? Do are they no longer in production? | |
| Tube preamp options Everybody who mentioned Don Sachs got me really interested. More than one of you said it bested ARC or CJ or crazy expensive stuff. I've emailed him and gone through my system. For what it costs, it seems stupid to not give it a try. I'm on his li... | |
| Tube preamp options @testrun did you get the ultimate upgrade package? | |
| Tube preamp options @testrun Cary is on the list though I didn't mention it. What in particular do you like better? |