I sold a pair of Montana SP2 II speakers to a buddy years ago. I ended up buying them back. Sold them again. Then bought another pair. I eventually moved on to larger Montana speakers, the SPX and EPS2. But I never recreated the magic of their little brothers. Although the SP2 wasn't the most transparent or dynamic speaker, they had a way of making everything sound pretty good. Very easy to listen to. I don't really wish I had them back, but I do have fond memories of them.
a Hafler DH-220 that was in great condition for it's age. Cosmetically it was spotless and sonically it was great. Made a pair of Tannoy's I had sing with no listener fatigue whatsoever.
two pieces come to mind--first is my b&k avr-202, which had fantastic build quality, sounded great and had the best learning remote i've ever used. i "upgraded" to a more heavily featured denon, which sounds like shit in comparison. the second is a cambridge d-500se cdp, which was an essentially flawless player i sold on impulse. i've not been able to replicate it at anywhere near the price.
Original Keith Monks RCM. Thought it was too tweaky at the time. We were moving around then and every time we did, something would go amiss. Wish I could set the Wayback Machine to the early '90s
good to read this Audiofeil! The Apogees are indeed special speakers. Hope that you will find the money & the inclination to buy one in the future. There are many more places today to get one if you really wanted to.
Yes, I recall that aspect of the 312 as well. I think that's what led me to sell it to a friend who needed a table for $100 as I recall.
I'd still love to have it back now though. My system and table is on ground level on solid concrete foundation and very solid and heavy solid oak table. Nothing can be heard no matter what movement or SPL level. I think the old Philips would like it there!
Very underrated stylish, and cool looking. The tonearm looked cheap but the sound quality belied that.
I used to sell a ton of them at Tech HiFi. I think they cost under$200 if I remember correctly.
They were a bit more delicate than the japanese turntables that were mostly the rage back then but they were unmatched for the price as I recall.
I used to love operating that compact little baby with the floating suspension, strobed platter, touch sensor controls and the unique cueing mechanism!
Bizango1 was right, anybody who loves great sound would understand missing the bike. The C3's, iff'n only they just had another 10 hz on the bottom . . . .
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