oneinthepipe
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| Wanted Preamp The Eastern Electric Avant pre-amp, particularly with an NOS rectifier tube and discreet op amps is a excellent and low-cost preamp. Not the best that I have heard, but you didn't list a price range. If price is no object, ask Frank Van Alstine to... | |
| DAC or no DAC? If yes, which one? I suggest an Eastern Electric DAC, a HiFace USB adapter with a BNC connector, and Pure Music. | |
| Monitors for $1500-$2000 with NAD320BEE Integrated Ellis 1801 from Salk Sound. | |
| best monitor speaker under $2000 Ellis 1801Salk HT-1 | |
| connectng CD player directly to amp, good or bad? My preamp is the heart of my system. An active preamp has a tremendous effect on the sound, IME. Proponents of passive preamps would obviously disagree. In your situation, you could use a direct connection and then, if you can borrow an active pre... | |
| Best speaker for vocals Salk Sound. Every speaker is built for the best possible mid-range. The HT3 has an F3 of 29hz. | |
| matching speaker to room size? A transmission line speaker, for a full range speaker, will likely perform better in a small room than a ported design. Take a look at Salk Sound's SongTower. | |
| Just Starting..Budgeting up to 1K for next upgrade Maybe consider some used separates to get you to the next level. There was a Dyna PAT4 that sold last week for 95.00, and there is a Hafler amp for sale for 250.00. Then, save a little more and get a decent preamp, then later, get a decent DAC, an... | |
| how big a speaker can you put in an 11 x 11 room? The problem in a small room is low frequency response. A small sealed monitor will work because there won't be a lot of bass. Otherwise, a full-range transmission line speaker will work. You will have bass, although you should have bass traps in a... | |
| Front wall treatment For absorption, OC 703 panels behind and between speakers. I've purchased from acoustimac.com with excellent results. Sal's prices are very good and shipping is inexpensive. | |
| Shelby Lynne Live I saw her last month in Fall River, MA at Narrows Center for the Performing Arts, a 280 seat theatre. She performed on a stage that was elevated about 18 inches, and we sat at a table about 12 feet from the stage and about 15 feet from Ms. Lynne. ... | |
| Best bookshelf monitor under $1000 new or used. When you say bookshelf speakers, are you merely referring to the size, because placement is very important? I have a pair of Spendor S3/5 that are very nice, but they wouldn't sound as good in a bookshelf. The Spendors play well about four feet aw... | |
| Small room, "budget priced" speaker advice, please Used Spendor S3/5 or S3/5se would be within or below your price range. They are leagues ahead of the Paradigm, IMO. The S3/5 has an excellent midrange and a large soundstage.In excellent condition, a pair of used S3/5 should sell for about 600.00. | |
| Skylan speakers stands-how much sand? That did the trick!I placed Herbie's small Fat Dots under the speakers (Spendor S3/5), Herbie's self-adhesive grungebusters on the Skylan speaker stands' .5" flat metal feet, and Herbie's self-adhesive grungebuster Extra-Thick Minidots under the a... | |
| Skylan speakers stands-how much sand? Sherod:Thank you very much. Those threads are very helpful. The stands came with flat metal feet, about .5 inch in diameter. I think that I will get the Isonode footers and the big dots.Thank you, everyone. |