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| Best big flat screen under 4k Excellent website for this type of question...Spencer | |
| Speakers Corner QC? Anybody heard their Mingus!Mingus!Mingus! LP? Thanks, Spencer | |
| Tube Intergrated,Which One?Must be very Liquid 87db sensitivity, Bobby recommends tubes, but 30w minimum. Cheers, Spencer | |
| Speakers Corner QC? Doug,I have no conspiracy theory here about Music Direct or anybody else. Just looking for an explanation, as I've heard nothing but good comments here & on Asylum about Speakers Corner LPs. Hoping to get some myself.Spencer | |
| Speakers Corner QC? Doug, did you buy them all from the same dealer? Perhaps the dealer is getting their "Seconds"?Spencer | |
| best for home theater? revel or aerial acoustics? FWIW, I owned an Aerial setup for 5 yrs: 7Bs, CC3, SR3s ran it w/Sunfire amp & Classe processor. It was great, but was overkill because of all the points raised by the others here. I recently sold it all, bought an NAD receiver & Onix Rock... | |
| Tube Intergrated,Which One?Must be very Liquid If you can live w/only 2 inputs get a Berning DH270 OTL amp. That's what Bobby @ Merlin would probably tell you. They go for $4500 new(with a waiting list); the occasionally available used one can be had for around $3800, but there's a guy selling... | |
| Help I have not bought equipment since mid 80's If you want to keep the Energys, then I'd ditch the Krell and either go all tubes, or at least a tube preamp. To me, your description of what you want is often referred to as a "laid-back" sound, where soundstage often appears relatively behind th... | |
| Pre-Amp decision from a Newbie - Need Help Analog Shop in Victor has a CJ PV10B w/phono stage adv. on the website for $799. This is probably close enough to you based on the roch.rr. address. A nice shop with low key guys. Haven't been there in a couple of years, but they seem to be in the... | |
| Pre-Amp decision from a Newbie - Need Help Many all tube or tube hybrid preamps will give you better sound and a nice balance w/your ss power amp? If you're tube-shy, remember that tubes in preamps don't need biasing, last years, and are no harder to replace than swapping power cords. All ... | |
| Help I have not bought equipment since mid 80's 1. Budget?2. 2 channel or Home Theater(if so, what percent music vs movies)3. Happy to buy used & demo to save 40-50%?4. Where do you live...we can recommend dealers 5. Describe your sonic prioritiesSpencer | |
| Mom and pop garage audiophile caliber gear Eastern Electric Minimax preamp is creating a lot of buzz. Search the archives... | |
| Soundstage and the effect of the rear wall I agree with Elevick, but want to emphasize that getting great sound isn't always the most practical. Speaker placement is the most important issue relative to almost any tweak/isolation move you might make. To know for sure, try borrowing some de... | |
| Pass Aleph 1.2 monos- do they have any 'soul'? When I heard the 1.2s w/B&W 802s, they showed less of the typical ss steeliness, that Rayhall mentions above, than most other ss amps, but still fall short IMHO to many of the better tube amps as far as "soul" goes. Only other ss I've heard ex... | |
| VTL ST-80 EL 34 Feedback and experience I used to own one, about 8 years ago. It was my first tube power amp. It was easy enough to bias, utilitarian in appearance and sounded pretty good driving my Alon IIs. I later replaced it with a Sunfire amp to try to get more bottom end control o... |