Newbie amp reccomendation

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Submitted by dilippai on

Hi all
First of all, thanks for creating this section for newbies
I'm looking for a recommendation for a new budget integrated amplifier to pair with my Paradigm Mini Monitor speakers (I will be upgrading my (low end) sources -- lp, cd, tape, ipod -- incrementally)
Parameters:
- Roughly $500 or so
- Must have a phono section (NAD, Cambridge Audio won't do)
- Does not need to be high power; 30W@8Ohms is probably adequate for me

The Bamboozle Festival

The Bamboozle Festival

May 05, 2008

On Saturday, I accompanied my 14-year old sister and her friend to the <a href="http://www.thebamboozle.com/home.php">Bamboozle Festival</a>, held at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Saturday was cold, windy, wet, and gray&#151not the best circumstances for an all-day outdoor festival. On top of that, I had a shocking hangover&#151a gift from the previous night spent with my 26-year old sister and her husband. I wasn't in the mood.

Jazz CD (I Know That's a Dirty Word!) Recommendations

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Submitted by Rivcuban on

I'm fairly new to Jazz music. My new speakers are coming this week and I would like to play some really good Jazz CDs on them (musically and sound-wise). I only own 4 Jazz CDs...Steve Kuhn Trio - Live at Birdland, Miles Davis - Kind of Blue, Playboy Jazz: Love Songs After Dark, & John Coltrane - A Love Supreme. I love them all EXCEPT Coltrane's A Love Supreme (boy, is that CD overrated!). Any suggestions?

Building A Tube Stereo Amp (Kit Advice)

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Submitted by jedo1 on

Hello Guys,

First post, and I'm hoping to get advice from the experts. I've always been horrified at the cost of audiophile tube receivers, and was wondering if it is worth it to build one from a kit. (I've built a tube guitar amplifier already, and had a great time).

A few questions:

1) Are there any quality amp kits that you recommend?
2) I notice that the frequency response of most tube kits is very low. Is this something inherent to tube amps, or just cheap kits?
3) Is this a worthy venture, or should I just splurge for a good solid-state receiver?

most effective corner treatment for $0

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Submitted by crouser67 on

I needed to control hi-freq noise from the ceiling corners. I affixed 1 ft. square cardboard type egg trays with pushpins - two trays per front corner on the walls and one in each rear corner (rear wall). I only had six trays and I have a drop ceiling with a somewhat textured surface, so I felt I could forego placing them on the ceiling. The effect was well beyond my expectations. Photo is posted in DIY Projects gallery.

Maude Maggart

Maude Maggart

May 04, 2008

Maude Maggart finishes out a six-week stay at the Algonquin Hotel’s Oak Room near Times Square this Saturday. She’s an appealing throwback, including in her repertoire; her best album, I think, is a collection of old Irving Berlin tunes. Her voice is sultry yet sweet, laced with vibrato, pure in tone, mischievous in intonation. Her current show, called “Speaking of Dreams,” which I saw last night, is ripe with naturally passionate slow ballads. Her few shifts uptempo (Sondheim’s “On the Steps of the Castle” and a Jobim tune with acid-trip Marshall Barer lyrics called “Lost in Wonderland”) made me wish she’d do more, but I’m not complaining. Her swoon through “Isn’t It Romantic” was bewitching. Even the show’s one cabaret clich—a medley of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” “Look to the Rainbow,” and “The Rainbow Connection”—came off as anything but; it was even stirring. Ms. Maggart looks five or so years younger than her 32 years, and she’s been singing in public for more than half of them. Cabaret clubs are not usually my scene, but I’ll go see her again happily.

A question of hygiene

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Submitted by Pigpen on

Hello everybody,

I'm now a happy owner of a Rega Apollo.

Lately I could notice some dust deposited around the mechanism and around the lenses.

Despite my nickname, I try to keep the area around the gear as clean as possible!

I have no probs at the moment: the micro-fluff is very little, but it still makes me sort of uncomfortable.

I checked the manual and no maintenance is normally needed. If necessary Rega recommends to bring the CD player to an official dealer.

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