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[Mather]

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Mather wait a minute…. Did you isolate your streamer????

I had extra feet... If you need me I'll just be over here in the corner quietly rearranging everything ad nauseum and muttering to myself...

 

[folsom_lives]

I had extra feet... If you need me I'll just be over here in the corner quietly rearranging everything ad nauseum and muttering to myself...

*whispers* put them on the dogs' feet.

Yeah, isolate the dogs from vibration. Do it.

 

[Mather]

*whispers* put them on the dogs' feet.

Yeah, isolate the dogs from vibration. Do it.

They ARE clompy motherfuckers now that you mention it.

-suspiciously eyeballs dogs-

Going to need more feet.

 

[HiFi Guy]

NAD C298 waiting for me at home. Will see if it’s the big jump from the C268 it’s touted to be. I’ll be home in 4.5 hours.

 

[BazookaTooth]

does anyone happen to have the pdf file for a (Baerwald) protractor to print out ? it seems that you cant register at vinyl engine at the moment. the protractor i got here drives me nuts because its like a mirror.

cheers

 

[dansomeone]

NAD C298 waiting for me at home. Will see if it’s the big jump from the C268 it’s touted to be. I’ll be home in 4.5 hours.

Just wondering, how big of a jump was it going from the C316 integrated to the C165/C268 separates?

 

[HiFi Guy]

Just wondering, how big of a jump was it going from the C316 integrated to the C165/C268 separates?

It’s a pretty damn big jump. The one thing is cold out of the box, they sound pretty bad. You need at least 30 hours for them to be listenable. I left them baking with cable TV music channels.

 

[Hollywood]

Review of the brand new not yet released Marantz Model 40n

 

[Hollywood]

Why the sad face @Joe Mac ]?

 

[Slimwhit33]

Sounds like the Jawas that sold you these droids gave you a good deal so I wouldn't sweat it. But, you did confirm that the protocol droid understands the binary language of moisture vaporators, right?

Gold Star for you.. hilarious!

 

[Slimwhit33]

NAD C298 waiting for me at home. Will see if it’s the big jump from the C268 it’s touted to be. I’ll be home in 4.5 hours.

Good luck and look forward to hearing your impressions!! Enjoy!!

 

[Joe Mac]

Why the sad face @Joe?

I love how you tagged someone completely different in the reply. That poor lurker Joe is going to be so confused!

 

[Hollywood]

I love how you tagged someone completely different in the reply. That poor lurker Joe is going to be so confused!

But there's only one Joe in my books

 

[Slimwhit33]

I love how you tagged someone completely different in the reply. That poor lurker Joe is going to be so confused!

Maybe the other Joe really is kinda sad today and this will make his day!

 

[tomheo]

Anyone ever dealt with Safe and Sound? They have the MF LX2-LPS for $349. Everywhere else is $379.

Hi @dbarila, I bought my refurbished Parasound HINT 6 from them a couple of years ago. I wasn't sure how legit they were 'cause of their cheesy name/branding, but they shipped it out super fast and everything came looking great. I'd buy from them again!

 

[HiFi Guy]

Anyone ever dealt with Safe and Sound? They have the MF LX2-LPS for $349. Everywhere else is $379.

Safe and Sound is legit.

 

[Joe Mac]

Speaking of safe & sound if anyone is after a phono stage thats a nice upgrade I really love this one and that’s a good price, a lower number in $ than I’d pay in € for one and they seem to have become quite scarce over there.

Musical Fidelity MX-VYNL Phono StageSilver

Musical Fidelity MX-VYNL Phono Stage The MX-VYNL is a Fully balanced, configurable, high performance phono stage.The MX-VYNL is a fully balanced, very high performance phono stage, able to operate with virtually any moving coil or moving magnet cartridge. With both traditional RCA inputs and our...

www.safeandsoundhq.com

 

[HiFi Guy]

The C298 is a pretty extraordinary amp, even for NAD. It’s a very different design internally from most of their “classic” designs. If I didn’t have a “classic” C272 that had just been serviced to near perfection, I’d be glaring at my credit card bill from my C298 purchase!

Holy shit! And it sounds great cold from the box.

First impressions:

1. It sounds like NAD. On steroids.

2. The Lintons are better speakers than I knew.

3. Damping factor. Part of the reason I went from the C268 to the C298. It’s worth every penny, and then some. Damping factor is a measurement of how well the amp controls the speaker. Most amps are <150. The C298 is >700. This is one of the reasons some amps don’t sound good with some speakers. The speaker is controlling the amp and affecting its frequency response. The C298 controls the speaker with a vice like grip.

4. It doesn’t sound like solid state. Or tubes. It’s the closest I’ve ever heard the recreation of a real musical event in my home. By a long shot.

5. The C165BEE preamp is really good too and uses the same input relay switching system as the PL.

Can’t wait to get more hours on it. I’m pretty burnt from work and I’m taking more vacation time starting Tuesday.

 

[OMC]

There are solid reasons to keep moving up the chain of great sounding equipment. The improvements are real and having a breakthrough moment like you are experiencing is affirmation of our quest. Wait until it is thoroughly broken in! Congratulations.

 

[Slimwhit33]

Looking forward to hearing some more @HiFi Guy impressions over the weekend!! Still can't believe this is happening!! Interested to hear how you think it synchs with the Lintons compared to the PL.