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| Has anyone heard System Audio Mantra Speakers? Interesting thread and I've had my SA Mantra 50 since 2013 and only after moving to a house with 2-storey ceiling in 2017, did I have the need for the B&W ASW610XP subwoofer. This will probably be my last speaker in series of great speakers ... | |
| 300B amp, Shearwaters, 508.24. Any reason why this wouldn't I used a 30 W/pc Antique Sound Lab AQ1003DT and it was plenty loud and sounded great. 4 - EL34 tubes in ultralinear mode | |
| Arcam CD17 or Oppo BDP 103? Thanks for the response and I ended up getting the Arcam CD17 and very happy. | |
| Speakers to hang on to for LIFE Don't hang on to speakers for LIFE.Spoil yourself. New speakers may not necessarily perform better in any particular area than your otherwise excellent ProAcs, but you do get tired of looking at the same old two boxes day in and day out.I recently... | |
| Ideas for budget audiophiles Check out components from: Pro-Ject [turntables] NAD [amps + CD players]; System-Audio [speakers] and do research eBay, AudiogoN, Etc. for potentially great bargains on these recommendations. | |
| Region & Zone Free Hardware Hack for Oppo 105 I'm also eagerly awaiting a response to this question, thank you. | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music 1/ Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A major Adagio2/ The Holy City as performed live by Charlotte Church in Jerusalem [watch on YouTube]3/ A Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harum | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? That gotta be: "Hippy, Hippy Shake" by the Swinging Blue Jeans which truly and accurately explains the meaning of life as we know it! | |
| How do you determine how much to spend on speakers There are many schools of thoughts on this subject but I would spend twice the amont on [2] speakers that I would spend on amplification. Same principle applies to source components, again I would spend twice the amount on [2] speakers.With a $5,0... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Wolfgang [Arc]amadeus Mozart Concertos for Clarinet, Flute & Harp by the Wiener Philharmoniker. | |
| Album which you have listened to most? I'm kind of ashamed to admit this but Cliff Richard's first album, simply titled "Cliff" and recorded live in front of 200 screaming girls at the Abbey Road Studios back on February 9, 1959, has been played more than thousand times and everytime I... | |
| Speakers to hang on to for LIFE After 40 years of upgrading speakers in my sound system http://arcamadeus.simplesite.com/305336804 I think that my new System-Audio Mantra 50's are going to remain in my system for LIFE! | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? Large Magnepan electrostatic panel speakers at hi-fi shows always leave me with the impression of best sound at the show; and they are actually relatively inexpensive.However, I would never want to house these huge 'room dividers' in my living env... | |
| What audio components are heirloom quality? Hands down any ProAc Tablette mini monitor and I still regret selling mine back in 2005 http://arcamadeus.simplesite.com/305336804 when I got fed up with constntly having to fiddle with the volume on my wayward Velodyne subwoofer and wanted a full... | |
| Your First System Coming from Denmark my first system was truly a designer show piece consisting of Bang & Olufsen Beomaster 1200 receiver with a Beogram 1200 turntable. http://arcamadeus.simplesite.com/305336804These components have been on permanent display a... |