Recent content by Al Garay

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I would recommend following ThomasW's advice. Focus on a quality driver like the RL-P 15" that he recommends. If the Nady amp scares you, you can still use the a plate amp like the PE 500Watt, HPSA500, for about $300. http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showd...number=300-806 Other options...

No question that John Hancock (JonMarsh) is well respected designer and a super nice guy. I know that since he has been extremely generous to me. And I will not judge his work based on the one set of speakers that I heard. The Extremis are very good as a woofer. In the LCR, Kit2641 and APEX...

Thomas, Have you had a chance to listen to the newer Adire kits... LCR, Kit61, Kit261 or Kevin's Kit2641? You should. You cannot judge it based on what you know of the Extremis 6.8 and Mark's measurements. I have listened to Jon's M8a IIIs, MT with M8a and Vifa XT25 design. And it does...

After a lot of complaining, looks I convinced the sales guy at Magnolia Hi-Fi to give me a refund. Glad I dont' have to play games. But I will think hard about going back to that particular store.

I'm trying but Magnolia is playing games. I'm talking to the manager today. I can get in store credit which I don't want but might take it buy something and then return it to a different store...

This is brand new, used 2-3 times as a preamp. The internal amps have never been used. Bought from Magnolia Hi-Fi on Aug 17th. Was gone on business for 10 days. So, very little use. Can provide copy of original receipt so you will have full warranty as Magnolia is a certified Pioneer retailer...

Where did you find a good deal? thanks, Al

Please contact me at [email protected]. Do you have picture? Does it have any scratches? I'm interested. thanks, Al

Let me know if your price is flexible. What did you not like about the AVR300? thanks, Al

Jesse, I hired mine out to Adire. They have technicians and engineers who will do a much better job than I can. And the fee was minimal. But for off the shelf amps using latest technologies, the Nuforce is appealing. Plus it has 30day free trial. So, does Squeezebox. Al

PC based audio or HT systems are going to become more popular. And the performance is already darn good. Thus, it makes sense to put your focus on speakers and amps which will work with standard or PC based systems. With your budget, research Hypex UcD based amplifiers in audiocircle and...

I have heard and had audiophile type transports and DACs. The SlimDevices Squeezebox is built for sound quality. As a music server and transport, it is excellent... doubt you will do better esp. when you consider the convenience. You need to use lossless formats such as FLAC. You can learn about...

Jesse, Amplifiers: 2 monoblocks Nuforce Reference 8 $1,600/pair http://www.nuforce.com/products.htm http://www.audiocircle.com/circles/v...ic.php?t=17913 Alternative: Hypex UcD180 stereo amp built by Adire or DiyCable for about $700 Digital source: Music server using Slimdevices...

Cacu, It depends what you are after. I know TG3 is happy driving his Tumult with a 380watt plate amp. So, even 90-95% of the output is sufficient for some. Al