armstrod
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| RB300 with broken finger lift Rnm4:I bought an RB250 from Curtis (Audiophileanswers) a few months ago. It had the finger lift intact, but was a demo. It arrived in perfect condition and exactly as described. The broken finger lift problem is pretty common to Regas, as the allo... | |
| 'great' bookshelf speakers for under 500? I love my Epos ELS-3s. They're terrific in my 12x12 room. | |
| What to do about speakers? Along the same lines as the SB2, I can recommend the Epos ELS-3. They 87db and 4 ohms, so they should be okay with your Marantz, and they are outstanding in my 12x12 listening room. Surprisingly smooth high end for an aluminum tweeter, and very ti... | |
| DL103 vs. DL103R I also own the 103R, and find the top end very smooth, not overly bright at all.David | |
| Modding Hafler Amps? If you're going to mod your DH-500 yourself, I highly recommend The POOGE Chronicles. They outline modding in general, and the DH-200 specifically, along with a number of other pieces. The principles they use could be applied to anything you were ... | |
| Vintage Advents too big for small room? I wanted to revive this thread just to thank everyone for the great advice and provide an update. The depth of knowledge and helpfulness here on Audiogon is truly humbling.After exhausting my possibilities with placement and room treatment, I brok... | |
| Who will survive? One last table til I die. Anybody notice how Raul's English improved about an order of magnitude in that last post? Interesting... | |
| GMA Europa vs. Soliloquy 5.3? You'd do well to heed Seandtaylor99's advice to wait. In my last move my listening room went from 14x16 to its current 10x10. I was convinced my beloved New Advents were ready for the scrap heap - they were absolutely overpowering the room. Some o... | |
| Shure V15VxMR to be discontinued Last week I managed to pull the diamond and cantilever clean off my V15Vmxr, sheer stupidity, of course. I sent it back to Shure with my tale of woe, and they called today offering to replace the stylus assembly for $50 including return shipping. ... | |
| Computer interferance-how close is too close? The computer and monitor that I use to digitize my vinyl and stream stations from the Internet sits in the same cabinet as and directly below my amp and CDP. As long as the monitor is asleep, things are fine at low volume. However, if I turn up th... | |
| Large/New Advent crossover schematics Thanks Rich,That's a better schematic than I was finding, provided the Advent "Utility" uses the same crossover as the Large/New Advent. I searched their discussion forums and links for recommendations on rebuild parts and saw only that electrolyt... | |
| Vintage Advents too big for small room? Okay, I got the Advents out of the corners and up on stands, and I'm beginning to remember why I fell in love with them 25 years ago. My next question is about spacing and toe-in. The only general rule I can find is that the distance from the spea... | |
| Vintage Advents too big for small room? How much room do monitors typically need? I can only get the Advents about 6 inches from the wall due to their size and my room constraints, but smaller monitors could be 12 inches or more from the walls. Would that be enough, or would monitors ne... | |
| Vintage Advents too big for small room? Rich,I'm already working on the stands. I agree that physics works against smaller speakers, but obviously the room is part of the physics too. Isn't that balancing act part of why we all love audio and spend so much time debating it here? :-)One ... | |
| Vintage Advents too big for small room? I love Audiogon. No matter where you're going, someone's always been there before.I'm definitely going to experiment with the Advents first. Rich, those sound like beautiful stands. If I can get the Advents to sound right, glass stands would be gr... |