A good friend of mine has an AU-9500 integrated, SR-838 TT and Forte's with upgraded crossovers and it sounds very nice indeed.

[quote user="Mr. RF62"] OR, you could turn your speakers around to face the wall and see if he likes the sound better... [/quote] This will only work if he has an equalizer.

Allow me to revive a VERY old thread. I remember both of Flip's stores in Crestwood. I bought my original Mitsubishi DA-A10DC amp and DA-C20 tuner/preamp, along with my Mitsubishi MS-20 studio monitors from Flip in 1979. I used to spend hours in that place, and they were always willing to let a young kid ( I was 17!) have the run of the store. I listened to just about everthing they had in the store, and they never made me feel like I was bothering them. My first installment loan was not for

It's getting deep in here.

So far I'm very happy with my RIA 1911 A1. I plan on upgrading a few internals but all-in-all it's a very nice shooter right out of the box.

I understand your dilemma, it's just that mine sing so nicely with a vintage power amp and preamp. Good luck with the new gear.

So are you totally against the idea of a vintage amp/preamp?

It just seems to me in the threads I read, that most of the references are to what CD was used for a gear comparison. Many people's sigs seem to list all kinds of CDP's and DVD players. I don't see many with TT's in them. I was just thinking out loud. I've started a thread about Grado cartridges before and got not one response. I saw only 16 replies to the thread about "best bang for the buck turntable." If there is a great deal of threads about vinyl, I'd love to

It seems the majority of the posts I read here make reference to CD's. I have my fair share of CD's too, and some of them are quite enjoyable to listen to but my serious listening is almost always from a vinyl source. Am I in the minority here?

[quote user="kevinmi"] I was running my RF5's with a Pioneer Elite receiver rated at 80 wpc, which sounded great. I then hooked them up to a McIntosh 2125 amp that I had purchased for my Khorns just to see. What a difference! The reference series certainly thrives on a little extra power! I guess my point is that a more powerful amp will really bring the RF5's to life. [/quote] Agreed, I run my RF-3's with a Mitsubishi DA-A15DC power amp. 150 wpc @ 8 ohms.