kotta
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| Best Full Range Speaker, 750- 1k Hi Eric. When you mention you value musicality and engagingsound, Spendor 3/1, 2/3 and Harbeth HL-P3ES2 comes to mind.The Harbeth's are the finest mini-monitors that I've heard. Later add a sub if more bass is needed. Glorious sounding speaker wit... | |
| Spendor S 3/5 with Antique Sound Labs Wave 8 I would be cautious using a 8 watt amp driving those speakers. (84db/8 ohm) I see no problem w/ a tube ampdriving those speakers, but, higher power would be required,IMO. Jolida has quite a few products that might serve yourneeds. The only concern... | |
| jumpers versus golden plates Positive + (high/low) to lower positive binding post. Negi-tive - (high/low) to lower negative binding post. Eliminatesone set of binding post and any jumper wires. Will sounddifferent, better or worst...your call! Many ways to experi-ment. Bill | |
| jumpers versus golden plates One other idea you might consider. Remove the box that houses your binding posts, connect the high and low freq.wires together on the lower binding post. (BE sure to markwhich wire goes where.) Depending on how the wires are terminated, relatively... | |
| Recommend speakers I would say give PSB Bronze/Silver a look. I've noticedquite a few ads at quite reasonable prices. Vandersteens/ProAc would also merit consideration. Buying pre-owned should save you quite a bit and if you were to decide toresale, you shouldn't be... | |
| VINTAGE AR2- RESTORE, SELL OR JUNK ? If you like this spks so much and the drivers a X-over arefine I would restore the finish/grills. How much could you get for them? I doubt it would be worth it to you. I doubtI will ever part with my first Int. amp/tuner (Kenwood KA-7100/KT-7300) ... | |
| Optimal Speaker Placement Look up this web site: www.high-endaudio.com/ Go to LINKSClick on Magazines/Etc. (The Audio Perfectionist) A veryinteresting/useful source of opinion. Bill | |
| Mini-systems Recently I purchased a Sony RB-5 ($199 retail) for my daughter and it looks/sounds very good in her bedroom. I'm not sure if it has an alarm. (I replaced the stock speaker wires. 24ga.with a single strand of Kimber Kable 4VS for +/- and thisreally... | |
| best 100- 200 used interconnect Phil, consider Van den Hul d 102 interconnects. A wonderfulproduct. I have used a Kimber Kable "Hero" in my system andIMO it will not provide what you're looking for. For the money, (Aprx.$120) the VDH is superb value. Bill | |
| Terminations In my opinion, bare wire sounds the best. If you're con-cerned about strands of wire coming apart, apply silversolder ay the very end of the wire. Make the point of con-tact on bare wire.(Especially easy on the spk. end.)If you're spks. are bi-wir... | |
| Replacing internal wiring. I have replaced the internal wires (Monster) of my Snell J/4's speakers with Kimber 4TC (using only three strands-approximately 15-16ga.) and the resulting sound was much better to my ears. I used KimberKable 4 TC from my int. ampto my speakers. I... | |
| How do I choose a decent system? I would look into Sherwood Newcastle products for your rec.and cd player. Spearitsound.com has a R-725 for $279. TheCDC-680T CD Player would most likely work with the receiver's remote.(Check w/dealer as the CD is current modeland the receiver is ... | |
| Which speaker for "bright" room? Brand A, B orC? A choice you may consider is Spendor SP-100. I've personallyhave not heard this model, however, I've owned the littleS 3/5. (A wonderful musical spk.) Another to consider,Harbeth Monitor 40. Dampen your listening room as so many others have sugges... | |
| Virginia Audiophiles - I Need Guidance I'll second "Down to Earth Audio" in Salem, Va. Also, visit "Sound Decisions" while in Roanoke. If you like chinese food, MUSTvisit "Red Palace" (4490 Electric Rd, Roanoke, Va. (540)725-8898. FANTASTIC! | |
| Naim -- Fatiguing? I owned the Nait 5 int.amp for a while(1-2yrs.) I had the NAC A5 wire w/chord interconnects.(DIN to RCA) I was using Spendor S 3/5's speakers. Personally, there was just "something"missing for me with this int. amp. It's very well built andsounds ... |