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| Tube sellers Agree with Thorman. NOS should be taken with a 100kg grain of salt. The important point is the actual performance of the tube, not if it has or has not ever been used. In fact, I suppose its possible for a 50 year old tube to go bad even if it has... | |
| Pass 250.5 shuts down driving Magnepan 3.7 I'm not sure what the problem was with the OP's set up. Again, my Cary's are having no issues with my 3.7R's. They handle Mahler(front row loud)without complaint. There is not an inherent incompatibility between the Cary's and the Maggies. Somethi... | |
| U.S. Symphony Orchestras Learsfool,To your last point, the decision my wife and I made to cancel our subscription and donations was a difficult one. I remember telling my wife, "We may not like what is going on, but these musicians deserve our support. What happened is no... | |
| U.S. Symphony Orchestras Onhwy61,Thanks for the top 20 list. I'm not qualified to judge such things, but that never stopped me before! I guess the list as a whole looked about right to me, with one glaring exception. How is it possible that the Philadelphia did not make t... | |
| Magnepan announces the 20.7 Clavil,For me the significant improvement came when I angled my 1.6's forward to achieve a perpendicular between the top to bottom middle of the speaker with my ear. This produced a really significant increase in clarity and focus. The sound was j... | |
| Anything better than 1.7 Maggies Sammisra,I have 3.7's in a 15.5' x 19' room. No problem at all. The strange thing is that they integrate better in the room than my 1.6QR's did. I've been able to take about half the room treatments out of the room. I certainly didn't expect this.... | |
| Magnepan announces the 20.7 Exactly Nottop.I really value the opinions expressed in the forum. They are an extremely important contributor to my decision about what to audition and occasionally what to buy if an audition is not possible. I have found much better guidance her... | |
| U.S. Symphony Orchestras Rok2id,I do see your point. But I think you missed mine. I cancelled my subscription (and stopped making generous donations) to the local orchestra because of programing and other artistic compromises. I know others who did the same. Last time I w... | |
| Magnepan announces the 20.7 Exron,I'm guessing Mrschret will be able to find at least 11 people who swear by the Mye Stands. What is the point? I have no problem with you not liking them. I have no problem with someone insisting they are the greatest things ever. There is a ... | |
| U.S. Symphony Orchestras Part of the problem here is to define what it is we are trying to save. Save the whales by turning them into catfish? No thanks. It would be tragic if we lost the Cleveland, Philadelphia, or Chicago either by outright failure, by erosion of artist... | |
| U.S. Symphony Orchestras Its not really an overabundance of orchestras. Its the economy. Orchestras rely heavily on donations from corporate foundations and wealthy individuals. When the market crashes, charitable contributions contract. The protracted bad economy is real... | |
| Magnepan announces the 20.7 All of this is exactly why I would never buy speakers without hearing them. Clearly, people are coming to very different conclusions on the 3.7's. I've already articulated my thoughts on the 3.7's vs 3.6's etc, so I won't repeat what I've already ... | |
| Pass 250.5 shuts down driving Magnepan 3.7 I suspect there is a problem with the speakers. My Cary 500 MB's have never shut down driving my 3.7's. Do both channels of the Cary shut down? | |
| Fed up with people making noise at classical shows 94 posts ago I suggested this topic would be a can of worms. I wish I were this good at predicting the stock market. I am no music historian. I hope someone who is better informed will offer some insight about the evolution of concert etiquette. M... | |
| Fed up with people making noise at classical shows Interesting comments from conductor Mark Wigglesworth on audience noise.http://www.gramophone.co.uk/blog/shaping-the-invisible/disengagement-rings |