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| Vandersteen 7 mark ll or big Kef blades Jim and Jamescurrent owner / operator of the following non-vandersteen speakers....Klipsch Cornwall, Apogee Stage, Real Quad ESL 63, Thiel CS 2.3, and Dynaco A-25......got to go flip the LP..... | |
| Vandersteen 7 mark ll or big Kef blades see you in Munich with the LegacyI suspect the Blade will be there without your help.and you forget, Vandersteen makes a concident driver speaker, with first order slopes because it strikes me ( and others ) odd to physically align the wave launch... | |
| Thiel Owners I might be interested in the sound anchorsso I am 3 sides into Hypnotic Eye on Vinyl ( if you want to know what’s in the system look at my Vintage virtual system )big fun, took two sides for the tube pre and power amp to smooth out..,,nice sound o... | |
| Thiel Owners @tomthiel. I took delivery today of a nearly pristine pair of 2.3 in natural Cherry veneer today from a great local Audiogon member.serial numbers 4341 and 4342They were original sold by Thiel to Fred’s Sound of Music in Portland, OR ( I have bee... | |
| Thiel Owners Yes another great lost way early... more reason to enjoy our passion of music and good sound NOW !!!! | |
| Best speakers in the 50-60k range ? @gdnrbob the Q will be the replacement for the out of production 5a carbon so they are speakers....might be called Quinto to differentiaterumblings have included a pistonic carbon mid, cabinet within a cabinet construction and an evolved set of sc... | |
| Best speakers in the 50-60k range ? OP you might also consider the field coil Classic Audio horns as well as more conventional horns they make Ralph from Atmasphere holds them in high esteem.I have heard them account themselves quite well. Not my cup of tea but I can see and hear wh... | |
| Vandersteen 7 mark ll or big Kef blades lets start with the basic...the spatial info ( what there is horizontal and vertical ) is already encoded in the source. the waveform is complex and includes both fundaments, harmonics and the time and phase information in the waveform.. IF you h... | |
| Best speakers in the 50-60k range ? you should consider the new in Fall Vandersteen- Qat your budget you could also get the M5 solid state high pass amp11 bands of analog room taming EQ and 600 wpc class B sub amps...i am pretty biased as i have 2-3 pairs of Vandersteen at any given... | |
| Where to Purchase New Tubes for Audio Research Preamp? Andy at Vintage tube for non Russian, RAM Tubes for the others...both of them have the best test gear on the planet and know how to run it..... | |
| Vandersteen 7 mark ll or big Kef blades @jetter yes and what if the performers were the Dead with 60’ high wall of sound ?????i do have some bootleg cassette from that era......will check after I build a 57’ tall stand for the KEF 105.2 I have lying around here...somewhere.....all good... | |
| Klipsch!. The worst speaker company, EVER? there were more choices than just Klipsch back in the day..many many McIntosh dealers also carried Bozakthe vaunted Concert Grand with a Mc275 could be magical in the room and next door....I know of this first hand circa 1965 with a Mc240 and B-30... | |
| Speakers BTW, i worked at a Sansui / Shahinian dealer late 70’s...yes we has other more high end gear....but the Shahinians may shock you for enjoyment.....especially w multitrack recordings of the day.....mixed with high eq, heavy hand on pan and a mostly... | |
| Speakers because of your Quad aspirations, i will veer from my very typical Vandersteen recommendation ( for great stereo, get 2C and up !!!! )but i will suggest some work for you.....try to find Shahinian Obelisk....buy a pair to start and add 2nd pair fo... | |
| Vandersteen 7 mark ll or big Kef blades speaking of music, just enjoyed 8:17 of Loggins/Messina - Same Old Wine at 39 volume on the ARC into the 1.2 KW a side 7’s w Vandersteen amps......holy cow......big fun.....also, so much for KEF dealer expertise......building a big speaker taller ... |