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| Quad Esl 2905 reliability issues? It's more than likely a panel and not the power supply. It's going to have to go in for an eval and repair. Unless, your plan is to repair it yourself. There's a handful of quality repair shops out there. A simple google search will return the usa... | |
| Jolida 102b Speaker Recommendations ESL's like Quad, and possibly Martin Logan's are good choices. Single (full range) drivers are something to look into, as well as a few Tannoy's. Good luck. | |
| Quad ESL 57 - Which to buy Hi, Elizabeth's points are right on. If cheap enough I would lean towards the originals and budget for a rebuild at some point. I have a 989's and they are amazing, but each has required service. The services were painless, except maybe the shippi... | |
| Looking to get started. please help Consider looking at the Dared i 30 integrated with built in DAC. I believe it can be bought new for a reasonably low price, and will sound much better than the onkyo. As for speakers the wharfedale EVO (40's or 50's) are a good value. Quad 22L2's ... | |
| New turntable help Hi, hope you dont mind if I add another wrinkle to the discussion. If you like the clearaudio cart consider the marantz tt-15s. It's basically the clearaudio emotion turntable rebranded and packaged with a virtuoso cart. Now, I realize that you're... | |
| NEED HELP WITH A QUESTION Another solution is the NAD dac1, cost $200. Its available everywhere like best buy, crutchfield, audio advisor, etc... It's a wireless system with a small transmitter that plugs into your Mac/pc via a USB cable, the other component, the receiver,... | |
| HELP PICKING NEW TURNTABLE I'd add the Marantz (clearaudio) TT15 S1. Its priced competively and IMHO the kit provides high quality components, including the cartridge. Good luck | |
| Best redbook cd-only player ? IMHO it's the EAR Acute III. Before you buy any player do yourself a favor and audition it. Good luck | |
| Variable volume CD Players E.A.R Acute 3 Check it out at http://www.ear-yoshino.com/pdf/CD_Acute_III_Brochure.pdfI've seen them periodically listed here on Audiogon. Good luck. | |
| Speaker recommendations, budget $10-15K Check out the new Nola KO's. I believe they're listing around 10KOne you've listened to guitar solos and lead vocals on open baffles it's tough to listen to conventional boxes again. You can see them in action on YouTube -just search for Nola ko.D... | |
| Can a new amplifier affect speaker placement? The issue might be related to the nature of amp. The NAD is a digital amp, which I believe is called a class "D". The Creek is a hi-current type, probably "AB". From what I've been reading digital amps can be a bit thin sounding. Some of the posit... | |
| CD player with Tube Output or Music Server Think about the EAR Acute 3. It's an outstanding tube based CD player with the added convenience of being a DAC too. Just add a Mac or PC, or other digital front-end, as the streaming source and you've got the best of both worlds.There are other C... | |
| Turntable setup under $2000? Marantz TT-15 S1$1499.00 listYou might be able to find it cheaper than the list price. Look into this set-up, its got some great components bundled into an easy to set up system. Good luck | |
| CD PLAYER Do yourself a favor and audition an EAR Acute 3. It's remarkable, and well worth your consideration. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGI5pxkggrQ&feature=youtube_gdata_playerGood luck | |
| Best Tube Amp/Preamp combination with Quad 2805s Think about an EL-34 based amp. I'm using a Luxman with a set of 989 and it's quite good. I've read that the CS 300(xs) is also very good with quads. I believe that amp uses 7981 or EL-84 tubes. Lower cost systems are certainly available from many... |