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| amp or preamp most important I believe amp/speaker matching is most important. Preamp follows after an optimal amp/speaker pairing has been achieved.IMO. | |
| First Post, Looking to buy Amp& Pre, $7,000 01-07-10: MdpTvad,thanks for the links. As I suspected, Doug Schneider says in his review that the Synchrony One's need a lot of power to really sound their best.As I recall what he particularly emphasizes is the amp's ability to produce power int... | |
| First Post, Looking to buy Amp& Pre, $7,000 FWIW, in his review of the Synchrony One, John Atkinson preferred the amp/preamp combination of Parasound JC-1 and Levinson 380S with the speakers. These components can presently be found for sale in the listings for close to your $7K budget.Doug ... | |
| Which Tube Tester for 2A3 and 5Z3 tubes? Gentlemen, thank you for your suggestions. | |
| VAC Ren Mk III / Sig mkII Preamplifier with SS Amp ...as a general rule, the output impedance of the preamp should be at least ten times lower than the input impedance of the amp at ALL audible bandwidths. Raquel (Threads | Answers)I'm happy to see Raquel specify the importance of ALL audible band... | |
| Most overlooked LPs in the last 20 years I'd offer a suggestion, but I suspect I've overlooked the LP I would like to mention. | |
| Best way to couple monitor speakers to stands? BTW, I thought Sound Anchor supplied coupling discs of some sort? Maybe I heard this wrong or I'm thinking of another manufacturer.Tvad (Threads | Answers)Comment redacted.I reread that you have made some copies. | |
| Best way to couple monitor speakers to stands? There are so many options and so many opinions that you really have to try a few possibilities for yourself: Herbie's Big Fat Dots, DIY Sorbothane discs (from material purchased through McMaster.com), Nimbus couplers, Grand Prix Audio Apex footers... | |
| Which Universal Remote? Being a careful shopper and a contrarian, I looked up the Harmony One on Amazon.com and read the comments from users who had given the unit one star (there are 53 one-star reviews versus 630 five-star reviews). I find critical reviews often more e... | |
| Best way to couple monitor speakers to stands? I think the OP needs to clarify his question. Does he mean couple as in adhere or affix, or does he mean acoustically couple (which means something entirely different)? | |
| Best way to couple monitor speakers to stands? To experiment with an inexpensive alternative, you might consider Topstick Hairpiece Tape. Topstick is widely used in TV/Film production to secure all sorts of items besides wigs. It's removable, and in my experience leaves no residue that can't e... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century I agree with Snopro. My Cortese preamp was so sensitive to microphonic tubes that it would amplify the sound of my fingers touching the volume control knob if I had a microphonic tube installed. | |
| Which tube monos? So many choices.Very intimidated I suggest doing a search of the Audiogon virtual systems for WP8 speakers to see what other WP8 owners are using. FWIW, Wilson demo'd the WP8 with Audio Research tube monoblocks at CES in 2007 (?). It sounded tremendous. | |
| Bass reinforcement for very large room Ever considered Altec Model 19? | |
| Bass reinforcement for very large room They still needs lotsa help below 60 Hz tho.Paulfolbrecht (System | Reviews | Answers)Not the Classic Audio T1 or T3. They need no bass reinforcement whatsoever. |