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| what speakers do the best "disappearing act"?? Excellent points on quality control, Subaruguru! Ultimately, I found driver-to-driver inconsistencies to limit what I could accomplish on my own during my years as an amateur speaker builder. Now that I think about it, the three speakers I mention... | |
| Best speaker cable for Martin Logan Monolith II's?? Greetings!I sell Sound Lab speakers, which include full range as well as hybrid electrostats. I like the Martin Monoliths quite a bit - too bad they discontinued that model, as I think it does some things better than its successors.I've devoted qu... | |
| Can anyone help me to decide which pre-amp is better ? Jeff -Of the preamps you mention, I would go with the CAT. When I was shopping for the best preamp for my demo system, three brands stood out to me: CAT, Lamm, and Thor. I chose to become a Thor dealer, but think highly of the other two. | |
| what speakers do the best "disappearing act"?? Two of the three best disappearing acts I've heard were by speakers that are no longer in production. The first was the Meridian M2. This little beauty used a pair of 5 1/2" KEF woofers and a 2" (that's not a misprint) KEF dome tweeter. This was a... | |
| Speaker vs. Room Size Greetings Bin,You bring up a classic dilemma - namely, how to get natural sound in a small room at an affordable price. I take it you're willing to position the speakers as needed to get good sound. One of the major hurdles in a small room is gett... | |
| Tweeter for Fried C3/L? I am under the impression that at least some Frieds used Hiquphon tweeters, and perhaps that's what's in the C3/L. You might try www.zalytron.com. By the way, congrats on being a Fried owner. | |
| "Fast sounding tube amp" with plenty of power? any? In my post above, that should have been "Spectral" instead of "Spectron". | |
| "Fast sounding tube amp" with plenty of power? any? Among the fastest amps in the world are Atma-Sphere's line of OTL tube amps, which includes the 220-watt MA2 MK2 monoblocks. Atma-Sphere amps boast a slew rate of 600 volts per microsecond! Very few amplifiers even list their slew rate any more, b... | |
| Why aren't these on the "recommended list?" Streetdaddy -If you want to do something really fun in January, ask your local dealer to get you a pass to the CES in Las Vegas, January 8-11. Then go hear for yourself all this cool high-end stuff. Last year was my first year, and my first love i... | |
| Avalon Eidolon for nearfield listening? A speaker that works well close to side walls, provided you can give it breathing room behind, is the Sound Lab Millennium-2, a full-range electrostatic. The larger Millennium-1 won't give you quite as wide a soundstage in your room, since its gre... | |
| Recommend Higher Power SET Amp SET's that actually do over 30 watts are quite rare and I don't know of any that are less expensive than the Cary. The reason is, very few tubes can deliver over 30 watts.You might consider an output transformerless tube amp. OTL's do some things ... | |
| Rogers Soundlab Nevada, any experience ? That should have been "ignorance", not "ingnorance"! Ha! Momma always said I shoulda stayt in skewl. | |
| Rogers Soundlab Nevada, any experience ? Pardon my ingnorance, but what is a "Rogers Soundlab Nevada"? I can't figure out what speakers you are asking about. | |
| Speakers for my Golden tube SE 300B II SE 9w Please help Three lines you might consider are Soliloquy, Coincident, and Reference 3A. These lines have models that should work well with amps like your little 300B SET, and you can find them for sale used right here at Audiogon. | |
| The right amp for Martin Logan Ascents Of the amps you list, I'd go with the Plinius. I own and sell electrostats, and in my experience the Aragon is a rather steely-sounding amp when mated with electrostats - I really don't think that would be a good choice. You want something a touch... |