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| Good Stuff Cheap Kublakhan - thanks for the heads up on the ELAD! The other components listed I have actually owned, or at least heard extensively.I occasionally see deals on older Conrad-Johnson pre's and know this brand more by rep than by audition, especially t... | |
| Good Stuff Cheap Marantz 4240 4-channel amp, around $ 250 used. Killer. This amp, a cheap table, medium cartridge and any four speakers is like Shaq w/any four players - a real team.Haffler DH-500 255/ch for Dahlquist DQ-10's, w/new driver surrounds or mylar caps.... | |
| Loudspeaker under 3000 new or used willyb:If you haven't bought anything yet, now looks REAL good.A quick perusal of today's classifieds shows some gems out there, e.g.:Newform Acoustics R645 $ 2000(great ribbon imaging, easy load and placement.(Best with Hovland cap tweak & le... | |
| Loudspeaker under 3000 new or used Rocky is right - one of my in-laws has an old pair of 801 Matrix speakers with s.s. amplification(aragon 8008 I think)and it sounds incredible. Admittedly, the system is tweaked all the way down to the power cord, but still shows what can be done.... | |
| Loudspeaker under 3000 new or used WillyB, Please let us know what you wound up getting, if you have gotten that far. If not, also keep an eye open for used buys on the following good matches:Gershman Acoustics RX-20( amazing imaging and coherence)Vienna Mozart(balanced, timbral ac... | |
| Help needed to set up an analog system Speaking of whores, why the h___ don't more turntable manufacturers acknowledge the vast library of 45's and 78's by including these options? Obsolete? Yeah, so was vinyl according to every idiot when the first excruciating CD players came out, an... | |
| 25,000 for the home theater If you haven't bought your system yet - check out James Loudspeakers - I heard an HT setup with them recently in Scottsdale, powered by Tag McClaren amp & processor(expensive but scary good on Gladiator, and awesomely musical on a CD of Dire S... | |
| Bob Dylan, have an opinion? Dekay, The closest I got to Joni was front row at the Pit in Albuquerque, a city that allowed one to see more great musicians up close and affordably in the seventies than the Fillmore East or Brooklyn Academy of Music combined(which were blocks f... | |
| Bob Dylan, have an opinion? Sd et al, I just remembered many years back a young woman(and contemporary) was arguing with her twin sister about the technical problems with Joni Mitchell's(!) singing, saying that she 'glided' wrong or something. I was amused and horrified to h... | |
| Help needed to set up an analog system Just looked at a few options out there you might want to consider...New: Basis 1400/Rega RB300 $ 1,600 + cost of good cartridge" JA. Michel/Rega RB300 $1,600 = cartridgeUsed: VPI HW19 w/ upgraded platter/clamp, Rega RB300 arm and Benz Glider cartr... | |
| Help needed to set up an analog system With 3K you can get some excellent vinyl sound, especially if you are considering used/demo. Some tables to keep in mind in that range:(buy the table/arm used if you are serious, then get a new cartridge from a local dealer who will help you set u... | |
| Bob Dylan, have an opinion? If you rate Dylan by his voice, rather than what he does with it, you can miss the whole point. Sure, Lightfoot or Don Mcclean or... have 'better' voices, but few if any, singer/songwriters can go straight through to your gut like Dylan. BTW, Nash... | |
| Good Stuff Cheap Vandersteen 1B's are available for Another bargain, for HT, would be the Adcom GFA 6000 amp I am using, which again is under $ 500 used, and will deliver all the high current juice you will probably need, especially if you run powered subs( a must... | |
| Help with speakers in 1500- 2000 range Also look for a used pair($ 3,500 new) of Dyanudio 1.3 SEmonitors. Incredible. I was clued into these by someone atSim Audio(who should know, don't you think?) The reviews on AudioReview and elsewhere back him up. Let us all know what you decide o... | |
| Help with speakers in 1500- 2000 range I think I saw a pair of R630's used on Audiogon for around a grand if they are still there, the 645's were sold the first time I even saw the listing!. Of course, at $ 2245 delivered new for the 645's(more efficient, better bass) youcan't go wrong... |