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    Solid State and Klipsch Forte II

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

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    I have a Leben 300, happy with it, but has tube amp are, but when I go to sleep, I turn it off, so with solid state, the last amp was "on" for the last 25 years. I only closed it, when a huge electric storm could arm it. you can't do that with a tube amp...

     

    this is why, i am looking for a solid state amp?

    Solid State and Klipsch Forte II

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

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    Good Evening,

     

    i lately listen to some Ayre integrated amp, sadly, it wasn't on Klipsch Speakers. So

     

    Question n1 - does Ayre and Klipsch sound good?

     

    Question n2 - What are the others options in Solid state amp, that will do well with the Forte?

     

    Thanks for any help, you could provide

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    Klipsch turntable?

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

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    Sorry for hacking my own thread, but

     

    Anyhow, price goes up on amazon.ca, this is how Canadian amazon work, so i'll guess i continue my search. Amazon Canada if full of overprice product compare to amazon.com. Lately we have mayfair that open in canada, but no pun intended, but they seem they may have more fair price... and to be more acurate price there. Amazon here, work like ebay in the old day, no control on price and manoeuvring to make you pay more than you should.

    FM Reception

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

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    1 hour ago, billybob said:

    Analog FM is a purpose made format for very close to and in some case, surpass other formats for getting the information. Realize it may be a matter of taste and convenience. Truth is for me, it is the only way to get the stations I want to receive. With a decent vintage tuner, and the local stations nearby, I do not need much at all in the way of an antenna to receive broadcast quality audio, which stays stable with no dropouts, generally speaking. Above threshold of the tuner for the stations I want. If I wanted more, I would go with an external antenna. Enjoy...

    Still, tube tuner is the best for signal, loved my Fisher FM90, but desert radio nowhere in Montreal...

     

    So I listen to web radio, like FM91 Jazz Toronto on streaming from Toronto and KJEM on Web or Radio Paradise (but that's another thread...)

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    FM Reception

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

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    1 hour ago, Peter P. said:

    I can't answer your preamp question but as to "FM sucks" I assume you mean content and not signal quality. Too bad you live in a musical desert.

     

    My two local favorite radio stations give me such a wide variety of programming that I'm constantly being exposed to new, unusual, unique, or just plain cool music. I don't have to like all of it, but it beats the pants off of commercial radio any day.

     

    WPKN, Bridgeport CT

     

    WWUH, University of Hartford

    Agree with them, Radio Desert is now in place in Canada, CBC radio 2, use to have great music by night and discover new music and new jazz, now it is a bunch of sound-alike commercial crap, the guy tries very hard, but not a good radio Dj, he is alone in his tower and they lost it.

     

    I prefer old radio style Dj, when they talk on the radio, they make you feel like you're the only one in the world and there's music choice is and presented like you we're the only listener. I remember traveling north for 5 hours and switch CBC Station here and then, New music was playing from Jazz to Rock and Man was like I was driving a spaceship on moonlight night just connected to earth-base...

     

    Miss that kind of radio Dj (they we're the superstar, and into the music, not just playing records for payola$) that have a sense of music and their listener? miss that a lot, now I have a huge playlist on Spotify with 1500 song, and some night driving, the Spotify solution bring the Alone in the world driving when you play memories with the songs but miss the Dj...

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    FM Reception

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

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    My tuner and CD player, don't do well when close to each other, also computer, is a no go with tuner. i have a computer near tv and lost digital signal on tv when it's on.

     

    Also, this week bought yamaha amplified speaker with bluetooth and wifi, for my bedroom music, result no more radio station on my radioclock...

     

    So i don't know for cd themself, but ifun, ipaul and cd player is a no go with tuner.

     

    Also leaving near airport didn't help or taxi stand....

     

    regards

    ps i forgot some new antenna are for digital tv, and do poor job with fmsignal...

    FM Reception

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

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    On 2017-11-21 at 10:39 PM, Peter P. said:

    I listen to a lot of FM radio.

     

    I live in a condo which is situated nicely at the top of a hill. My listening area is above ground. I have a 1982 Yamaha, lower end tuner. It pulls in the non--commercial stations I enjoy, but with some difficulty. I'm using a rabbit ear antenna.

     

    In my basement where I work out and wrench on my bikes is my other stereo. It's a more recent vintage, maybe 15 years old, lower end Yamaha receiver. Same rabbit ear antenna.

     

    Yet my below grade, basement system has better reception of those non-commercial stations than my above grade stereo.

     

    What gives? Is there really that big a difference between 2 lower tiered components? I'm more a believer that antenna location is more important than the electronics but am I being proven wrong?

    is there by any chance a DAC or apple TV near FM (even an iPhone), those suck the FM signal like crazy...

    Inexpensive headphone amp

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

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    On 2017-11-04 at 2:13 PM, bkevind said:

     

    Ha nice choice.  It's known to be a great headphone amp.  Worse case it sounds great but not like your CJ.   Remember class A will run hot - don't be alarmed.  They tend to sound best when left on and really cooking.  That's how my Asgard 2 is.  I'm going to fire it up now, been a while since I enjoyed it.

    Great recommendation, just loved this Burson with my CJ, very neutral and transparent, exactly what I needed, regards

     

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    Alternative to replace itunes on my Mac

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

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    2 hours ago, joshnich said:

    What was your issue with iTunes? Just curious. I now use Roon and think its the cats meow. I used JRiver for some time and quite honestly I preferred iTunes. That was probably due to the fact that I know my way Mac OS and I struggle with windows - I was using JRiver on a windows based server. 

     

    Itunes is fine for managing database, but too much add-on that you lost the sense of music. Roon will try, I am waiting for my AudioQuest butterfly that comes with a 6-month try of Roon. Then we will see/hear it and decide. But what I want is listen to music, not reading it...

     

    Also the third album I listen to Ecoute tonight an amazing clean sound, no messing around. 

     

    Same problem with both, not able to play album randomly, only songs. Well, you could do it on iTunes, but sometimes there's are no flow in the process.

     

    The only thing I miss is when I had a Music Membership, the genius part was really amazing.

     

    Also what I hate, there is no way to reset iTunes Match/Music, it always messes up my entire library, I had to go thru my 2000 album and make sure genre and info we're reset properly. But each update of Genius, it messes up again my library. Also since I am fluent in French I turn my mac in French for family visiting, so now iTunes has genre mix-up when I turn the thing back to English. ex: I have the Classical genre and Classique genre.

     

    iTunes Match is simply Frustrating and Match does not always match with the store, so sometimes in Match ex: Norah Jones is Pop and in Store, she's singer/songwriter, so now with Ecoute, it stays that way and there are even an apps for my iPhone working the same way with music.

     

    Well, this is my 2 cents....

    Alternative to replace itunes on my Mac

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

    Posted

    58 minutes ago, Krispy Kirk said:

    I'm a big fan of Media Monkey.  Try it out for free:

     

    http://www.mediamonkey.com/

    Wooh, too much, overkills for my need or my use, I am searching for an app that is easy to use as a turntable. take the vinyl, take the needle, drop it on the record and voilà. No cloud, no magic update, no synchronize only a clean simple app. For the rest, Spotify does the math with playlist and downloadable playlist. When teenager leave home, i will go tidal, but for now, it will stay Spotify.

    Good Radio Station, on the web

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

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    Good Day,

     

    i have recently listen to some jazz channel on the web, so far, i like jazz24 and FM91 in the jazz station, but could anyone could recommend good sounding radio in Jazz, Classic Rock, Blues and some Chamber music? i am looking for real radio, with a good radioman or radiowomen that help you travel the day or the night, like the old days of superstar radioStation diskjochey?

     

    Thanks

    Inexpensive headphone amp

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

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    inexpensive, so, maybe below 500$ or around max 1000$.

     

    After listening, many headphone, i prefer the closed one, and Beyer 770 is very good to me and play good with my audioquest on computer and ifun, but on CAV50, something for the saturday morning that will bring the CAV50 sound to and in my headphone...

     

    i prefer live sound, live album compare to scalpel and loudness studio sound...

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