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    Need your thoughts: DAC+streamer+volume control

    Hi everyone. Hope all is well. I need your help finding my next purchase. For the past couple of years I have been using Blue Node 21 DAC/Streamer as my primary source. Now, I am seeking to replace the Blue Node 2.1 with a combo DAC/Streamer/volume control. Budget is $12KUSD. This unit...
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    Lets have fun and create my new listening room

    Hi, I am moving into a new home with an empty 9' ceiling basement. Attached are photos of the basement and blueprints. I would like to get input on ideas for room location, dimensions, etc. A bit about my system and listening preferences: 1. I listen primary to chamber music at about 90-94...
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    EMIA LR Phono Corrector (review)

    What is an LR Phono Corrector? It's a phono preamp where the RIAA equalization circuit is completely capacitor-free, only inductors and resistors. According to EMIA's LR Phono Corrector ("LRPC") web page, "the inside of our chassis contains the best parts in the industry… 80% nickel output...
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    EMIA Elmaformer (volume control) review

    EMIA is a collaboration between Experience Music (Jeffrey Jackson) and Intact Audio (Dave Slagle). Over the past 2 years I have communicated with Jeffrey extensively. He is a first rate individual who goes the extra mile for customer service. Highly recommended. Per myemia.com, the...
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    Possibly selling my EMT JPA-66

    Hi everyone, Hope all is well. This past week a tornado hit near our home in South Dakota. 100mph winds, horizontal rain, etc. The window in my stereo room was slightly open which allowed some rain to get inside my beloved pre-amp (EMT JPA-66). I thought all was well and fully dried when I...
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    New idea for Bass mode treatment

    Please correct me if I am wrong, but my understanding is that bass modes occur when 2 parallel walls reflect bass energy to/from to create nulls and peaks for a specific frequency depending upon the distance between the walls. Historically, absorbers have been the most common method to tackle...
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    Boulder 2160 thoughts

    I am considering a Boulder 2160 purchase to mate with my EMT JPA-66 pre-amp. Hoping that the mix of tube pre + solid state power amp would be a nice combination. My current speakers are re-built Quad ESL-63s, but I am not wed to them indefinitely. I have a custom made tube amp that I enjoy...
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    Wanted: suggestions for SOTA 93db+ efficient speakers & less than $50k

    Hello, I need your help. I am looking for new speakers and quite honestly, I am wide open to suggestions. Please allow me to share my current system and room specs: Gates CB-500 turntable (rebuilt) EMT JPA-66 pre-amp Experience Music GM70 SET monoblocks (20W / channel class A) Quad ESL-63...

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