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@fooness - Did you finally replace the cartridge? model ? any noticeable change? Thanks

Great ! Enjoy your time in Amsterdam !! The cable pair currently being used are 10 gauge wires. So pretty thick. They are long though around 17ft since the room is big and shaped in a specific way so the audio rack is being kept at the side instead of at the center of two speakers. Once you...

There is a Diana Krall track called "devil may care" from "live in paris" album. The soundstage seems to be test worthy. Doc - Can you check hows the drum coming in your rig. Even though its a grammy winning album.. why do I feel that the hihat is wrongly placed (recorded). Jeff Hamilton the...

I think you will like Basia. Don't read up anything on her just listen first and form your own judgment. You will be happily surprised after that about her background. I listen to her on Tidal so I think she will be on Spotify or Deezer as well. Listen to the other two tracks I meantioned as...

@Infiniteloop : I understand what you are saying. But that might be also one reason why many folks like Planar speakers. The presence and soundstage is so vivid that it feels the band is right in front of you with the singer few feet away and you can hear every sibilance (depends a lot on the...

DocG - I had the demo. Room acoustics were not good and after 3/4th the time we realized that it sounded better when we reversed the polarity of the speakers. On top I did not have the bass tunes i am familiar with . Anyways, long story short, I was underwhelmed so asked the dealer for a home...

I did check online Colin's Class D amp. I am more leaning towards an integrated amp option since there is a issue with space. Thanks for pointing me to Parasound. The specs seems really good. I am especially liking the Halo Integrated 2.1 channel integrated amp option. Have you demoed it ever...

DogG - Yes. demoing the product is a big plus. In fact I probably would never have been so confident about the Mags had I not heard them in person at the dealer's showroom; despite the cult like following of the Mags. For example a Martin Logan equivalent of 1.7i was their hybrid Electromotion...

DocG - I live in Ohio. There is a Mag/GoldenEar dealer nearby who is going to give me a demo soon. I am doing my research now on what others are thinking. From my understanding The Elex-R is providing enough current to drive the Mags. From what I read I am assuming GoldenEar do not need so much...

Hello - I am evaluating options to couple a sub woofer with Magnepan 1.7i model. Currently the maggies are being driven by a Rega Elex-R integrated amp. Does anyone has experience of pairing Goldenear's Sub X subwoofer with Mags or other speakers? My concern is whether this pairing will match...

If you have TV sound coming through one line and say a DSD or CD from another line then there is a very real possibility that you might want to listen to music while TV scenes goes on with sub titles. What is the point of spending thousands of dollars on a speaker / amp system if it is just a...

Shadders - The faint music from the other inputs are comparatively much lower in volume. That faint Music is much more easily be heard from the empty phono input at even the 11o'clock mark in volume dial and obviously it increases as you turn the dial towards 3o'clock. So your theory that it...

Foobar - Right on brother :). After weeks of obsessively researching (as my wife puts it) I would like to think that I ended up with the best value for money setup. Penguin - Thanks for checking. That was primarily the intention of my post for you all to mock the setup and give me some feedback...

Thanks Shadders. So if I understand you correctly; the gain in the Phono input port (which is by design by Rega) is contributing to me hearing music coming from adjacent Input 2. Hmm... I wish Rega had a service phone number of email address. Their Contact page just tell me to reach out to the...

Thanks Foobar for the assurance. Yes it is a pain to take it back to the dealer and get into an explanation if it is a non-issue. And the weight of this Elex-R is way heavier than it looks. I just do not have enough experience with High end amplifiers to conclude a judgement hence asked for you...