veroman
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| Bose 901's with "highend ancillaries"?? I cant imagine how they would sound much better with high end gear. i heard them on mid fi and all i got out of it is a bunch of so so midrange, lousy high end and fat bass with no details. would be neat to hear some refitted with good drivers tho. | |
| Free $3K preamp to lucky listener who names it let me know when i win it. | |
| Speakers for a large room go with satellites and a sub | |
| Speakers for Office/Listening Room paradaigm offer good value for money. front ported and good bass for a bookshelf. | |
| Liquid Midrange' - strong side of which tube amps? My problem is never the tube amps but the recording quailty. You can play a chesky recording on a ss amp and it gives better midrange than most others on a great tube set up. just my thoughs. maybe you vinyl guys are on a different level and can r... | |
| Audiogon "RECORDINGS TO DIE FOR" list Just about anything done by chesky! | |
| Speakers for Office/Listening Room What color are the walls? I need more info. just one point. If you like to crank your rock music you need to consider speaker sensitivity. how many tube watts are you willing to pay for if you get a speaker rated less than 90 db or so. then again ... | |
| How close to the real thing? Obviously this is a silly question but..... What kind of live music and in what setting? a symphony? dont even get me going. the reflected sounds and omni directional noise coming form the instruments is simply never going to be replicated that we... | |
| Bad news for audiophiles? so the point is to drink while listening to audio? | |
| Advice about what to do with not-needed tubes? put them on your dresser and glance at them every time you pass, it works for me. i also put some in a box in the garage, this is also a good approach. | |
| Is 50 wpc SS NAD enough to power Spendor SP1? I'll take that Johnny...I owned various nad amps and i liked most of them. My point is simply that an 87 db speaker and a 50 watt amp is not the greatest match out of the gate. Thats why i recommended the same approach as you, up the power of the ... | |
| Is 50 wpc SS NAD enough to power Spendor SP1? if these are rated at 87db i would think you need more juice, in whatever brand you choose. obviously nad is more affordable so perhaps a larger nad would do. | |
| My stereo isn't doing it for me. Need advice Zd542 That might be true, but its still speculation. I could argue (successfully), that the problem may lie elsewhere. Unless someone has access to the OP's system and room, we can only guess as to what the problem is. Getting good sound is a hand... | |
| "Warm Sounding" Solid State Amplifiers maintenance factor for tubes? what is that? they last for a damn long time. | |
| My stereo isn't doing it for me. Need advice blaming a 500$ cd player is ludicrous. it is the room folks. beyond that the source is foremost. are they next generation cd's? redbook is very hard to get right unless the recording was primo, which many can be |