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| Marantz AV7005 vs McIntosh MX-120 Most people who critique hi-end companies because they believe they over charge for their products, do know how to look at the big picture, they are only fixated on the price not considering all the aspects of why it cost what it cost.One reason f... | |
| Significant difference?? Denon and Marantz maybe "under one roof" but so is McIntosh but I believe most would agree that McIntosh is better made and has superior sound.D&M Holding owns Marantz, Denon, and McIntosh, as well as a few other companies. Before 2002, Denon ... | |
| If you had to choose: tube amp or tube pre-amp? I think I would go with a tube Pre-Amplifier first.I say this because of the way Tube Hybrid Amps are made with the Pre section being tube and the amplifier section being Solid State.I do not think i have seen it the other way around. | |
| How Do Digital Amplifiers Clip? With Scissors? | |
| Audiogon "RECORDINGS TO DIE FOR" list Chadeffect,I welcome any references to Hitchhikers!Belgium!The answer to the Ultimate Question is 42.If you put 42 into machine code it is 0101010, interesting if true.I don't know if Douglas Adams pick 42 because of its machine code or he just pi... | |
| Selling on Agon question Rja,I stand corrected concerning the USPS money order.I try to learn something new everyday. | |
| 30 Years of Perfect Sound? No audio product has ever succeeded because it was better, only because it was cheaper, smaller, or easier to use.Syntax,What you said is so true, I believe it has been said that Beta was better than VHS but we all know that VHS had won out becaus... | |
| Selling on Agon question I was just talking about purchasing a money order, not shipping.We all know each shipping company can and has damaged audio gear while in transit, however I would never, and I mean NEVER use the Post Office to ship anything that is fragile. I woul... | |
| Vote for best US made solid state amp For me personally, Jeff Rowland.I used to own a pair of his Solid State amps before I went to tubes. | |
| Selling on Agon question You can only Cash Money orders at the post office if the money order is an official United States Postal Service money order, which you can only buy at the post office.If I sell something or buy something it the only form of payment, other than ca... | |
| Speakers to hang on to for LIFE in my fifth year as an audiophile and having owned 29 different speakersWow! 29 speakers in Five years? That's like a different pair every other month, that's a lot of speakers. My wife thinks I am crazy because I changed speakers ever two years o... | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music "Beautiful" by Apocalyptica on their 7th Symphony album. | |
| Audiogon "RECORDINGS TO DIE FOR" list I have yet to hear anything that I would die for, because if I died I would not be able to enjoy listening to the album.I have a Motorcycle that I almost died with, a Ducati 1198.This is said sarcastically. | |
| Best drink while listening to your rig? Coca-Cola, the Mexican imported version in glass bottles. | |
| New but old fashioned looking speakers… These are probably even more expensive than the Tannoys, but they are some of the coolest and most beautiful speakers that I have ever seen.Vox Olympian ElysianCheck them out at www.livingvoice.co.uk |