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Need speaker for a small space and close to wall
The New Revel performa -3 The f-105 and 106 Have gotten a lot of attention at the Audio shows and finally is available . I bought the $ F-106Itis everything they have said and more. I cannot think of any monitor in the $4-5 k. Range that is this ... 
Revel Performa 3
Yes the f -208 is a superb loudspeaker. My uncle is good friends With the head of engineering and the f-206 was so outstanding I bought a pair their waveguide and lens together with their slotted mid-bass driver is outstanding the High gloss Walnu... 
How much can be measured -- and how much cannot?
Albert Einstein said it best in regarding technical scientificSpecifications, Not everything that counts can be counted,And not everything that can be counted counts ! 
Any Experience With Conrad Johnson ET3 Preamp?
The Rogue Athena can be bought for $4 k and change and get the Mundorf Silveroil cap upgrade.one killer preamp even without the cap upgradeMundorf Supreme caps come stock. 
Parasound Halo a-21 , One overlooked great amp
Yes you are right ,you get more out put for the impedance is 66 which Is 2x the Single ended, and therefor more outputThe point I was trying to make is that it is not a true balanced amplifierPull the cover and see if you have a transformer plus a... 
Gallo Reference 3.5 Speakers. Now Looking For Amp
Ihave found the Passlabs 250.5, as well as the excellent Plinius 301Both are the best that I have ever heard. 
Short Gallo 3.5 review
The Gallos like power unless you are powerering the Bass separately if so then the small Pass labs or 30 wpc tube amp is ok.no 5 watt amps the tweeter likes the extra juice.i am running a Parasound Halo A-21 which is around 300 wpc actual wattage ... 
Best Electrostatic loudspeaker?
Actually this newer company GT audio works makes. Excellent Magnetic planer .in som ways better then Maggie's I have owned then nd ML. For one their Cabinet is 3x thicker and dissipates vibration much better from my observations at th N.Y show. Th... 
magnestand owners
Whom ever that says the Magnestand is not much better then stock Maggie'sEither has not heard them or has an agenda.his hardwood frames are Night and Day better then the cheap mdf they come with as well as the Total rewiring quality Vampire connec... 
Maggie 3.6 Interconenct Upgrade
Th ultimate mod is the Magnestand mods this complete transformationThe best proven rebuild .send your maggi in .totally rewire,A totally custom hardwood frame of your choice, external Xover using the Jupiter flat stack capacitors nd Mundorf Silver... 
Review of Tekton Pendragon-Se Loudspeaker
I forgot to mention my room is 18x 24 and the slightly smaller Pendragon -SE is more then enough in volume as well as soundstage size to give you a great audio performance. 
Tekton- HOT- Pendragon-SE First Impressions
Custom color is between $350 and $500 depending on the cost of the Type of paint. 
Best subwoofer for music under $1,000
Check out the SVS sealed 12 for $650. It is exceptional very good articulation punch and detail buy 2 and it just makes the whole room Part of the event and balances out any room nodes .if you buy 2 they even lower the ost $1100 for the pair allwa... 
little known Great capacitor
The Duelund VSF is noticably better then the amp ohm. The amp ohm Is much richer at the cost of detail and separation.After much experimenting th new. Jupiter flat stack Capacitors are starting To get noticed Humble homemade Hifi did a review of t... 
Parasound Halo a-21 , One overlooked great amp
Balanced is really no better ,Because the A-21 is not a true balanced amplifierTrue balanced means you have to have transformer for each channelPlus and minus. This amplifier RCA -balanced still connect together down stream