albertporter
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| Congratulations to Marco Marco, now that I've seen the ad I am truly impressed. You did justice to a great visionary-trend setter in audio. His designs set new standards for audio. Looking at them today it's easy to forget that this work was done before many at this site ... | |
| Good source for 6c33c-b tubes...and good price? Several choices follow. First, for $29.95 from the tube store (Available as unmatched only).http://www.thetubestore.com/bigpower.htmlSecond is a guy at EBAY selling 8 of these brand new for $89.95. Even if half are bad it's a bargain.http://cgi.eb... | |
| What small center will sound good with Maggie MMGs Well, the Vandy was there on width and depth, sounds great and reasonably priced. I was hoping the 9 1/4" high (Vandy) would fit where you allocated 7". Perhaps the suggestion by Timothyjk for the Aura? I found this "RCA" speaker at EBAy that has ... | |
| Gilmore Audio planars revealed Perhaps one of THE home dealers?I suspect I am OFF the list of possible as I failed to fall in line at CES with glowing compliments. One must not question any part of the plan. You must be a "yes" man with enthusiasm to be part of the chosen few.M... | |
| What small center will sound good with Maggie MMGs Fishcall, here are the specs on the Vandy, copied and pasted from their website.CROSSOVER: 3500Hz. First-order, 6dB per octave.* PHASE: The woofer and tweeter are both in positive phase.* IMPEDANCE:8 ohms nominal. 5 ohms minimum.* EFFICIENCY:86dB ... | |
| No Wires..... Ever Wifey Dearest Audio Riddle If you have pier and beam construction you can run long interconnect under the floor and with mono block amps behind each speaker, the only thing showing is the equipment face plates and the grill cloth.I have everything hidden in my system. Not b... | |
| What small center will sound good with Maggie MMGs I have not tried the speakers Fishcall suggested, but it sounds like a good idea.I'm running the Vandersteen VCC-1 which is a phase coherent two way, where the tweeter is mounted in a coax configuration. It disappears between my Soundlabs, creatin... | |
| Jazz Again I am a huge Jazz fan. I have a library of several thousands titles, many are what I consider mainstream Jazz. There are dozens of labels that turned out great music by well known Jazz artists. But if I had to direct you to what I consider the moth... | |
| Why Don't People Search The Forum Archives? I've been posting here since 1999. Most of these questions have been answered several times since then. Like Google, the person looking for information needs to think about how to search. If you want members experience with "Audio Research preamps... | |
| 3 Gang AC Outlet Plate??? If you can't find the cover locally I will mail you one. Home Depot, Elliotts-True Value and Lowe's all have them in the Dallas area and as Gregg wrote, there only a couple of bucks.Hope the Porter Ports are making you happy. | |
| Elite Preamps--Electon Images, Messenger, Tube Res Kevin. First choice is Aesthetix, particularly the new Calypso at $4500.00 retail. It offers (perhaps) 75% the performance of the Callisto in a smaller package and includes the ability to run single ended or balanced with remote control. I also se... | |
| what happened to cd player build quality ? So Nrchy, when do I get one of those burgers? I understand your place makes the best, but quite a drive from where I live. | |
| Elite Preamps--Electon Images, Messenger, Tube Res How much money are you willing to spend? I ask because there are some stunning offerings from more well know companies that have excellent customer service.I am familiar with Tube Research, although not the current version and have owned Sonic Fro... | |
| mono blocks for home theater? I use three mono blocs for two front channels plus dialogue. This in my dedicated stereo, plus home theater system. I use two stereo amps for the rear run in bi wire plus bi amp.Yes, it is overkill but it makes a huge improvement in sound. In my o... | |
| What is everyone using for dedicated AC lines??? Good to see you posting again Glen. |