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Klipsch FII's with mods vs. FIII's
@ozzy62, did you build out your GR Research Super V’s yourself (with one of the H-frame flat packs that were available), or buy them from someone else who had done it? I didn’t go for the Super V (I’m a diehard planar man), but did for the OB/Dipo... 
Takes one to know one
Thanks t, I'll look for it. 
Whats playing on your system today?
@slaw, thanks for the report on the new version. And thanks to you, reubent and all other Lucinda fans for getting me back into her. I loved her from the first time I heard her s/t Rough Trade album in 1988 (damn, 30 years ago!), through Sweet Old... 
Takes one to know one
THAT one I missed, tostadosunidos. 
Takes one to know one
@2channel8, I saw Carney when it was in the theaters, and thought Robbie did pretty good. Levon appeared in a number of movies, doing a fine job in Coal Miner's Daughter (playing Loretta Lynn's daddy) and The Right Stuff (playing the plane mainten... 
speaker cable prices
Clear Day pure silver speaker cables in an 8’ run are priced (including shipping) at:- $135/pr for Single (for high efficiency speakers)- $270/pr for Shotgun (medium efficiency)- $450/pr for Double Shotgun (low efficiency) 
Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners
OMG @pegasus, the Infinity 1001! That was my first pair of what I guess would be considered high end speakers. It’s price in 1971 was $139/ea, at that time about as much as I had the money for. It’s big brother, the 2000A (which contained the then... 
Eminent Technology ET-2 Tonearm Owners
@pegasus, the Decca/London's are also incredibly dynamic. Think The Who with Keith Moon live! I liken the D/L sound in comparison to others as like the difference between a direct-to-disk LP and one pressed from a tape recording. They have that he... 
Magnepan mmg vs .7 . Real world experience opinions requested
If you’re not married to the idea of Magnepans, look into the Eminent Technology LFT-8b. It too is a planar-magnetic, but while the smaller Maggies are single-ended (magnets on only one side of the Mylar), the ET’s are push-pull, which affords low... 
Any new speakers that sound like infinity r.s. 2.5s?
Eminent Technology LFT-8b. I prefer it to the RS-1b’s I previously owned. Push-pull magnetic-planar midrange (180Hz-10kHz!) driver, ribbon tweeter, 8" sealed dynamic driver. An outrageous bargain at $2499/pr. VPI’s Harry Weisfeld considers the LFT... 
McIntosh MC501 or Audio Research DS450M for Magnepan 1.7
Have you considered the Sanders Magtech amp? It's very popular with Maggie owners. 
Tower Records
I would drive from San Jose up to San Francisco in the late-60's/early-70's just to go to the Tower store in North Beach. Lots of British pressings of current LP's. 
Old or new gear
You can get a used Music Reference RM-200 Mk.2 for $3000, $2500 if you get lucky. The lowest-maintenance 100w/ch tube amp on the market. Only two output tubes (6550 or KT88) per channel, run conservatively for long life. Read Michael Fremer’s Ster... 
Turntable Set-Up
@rwanda, I talked to the guy at Pearl Audio who does their table/arm/cartridge set ups (sorry, I didn’t get his name), who told me he does Linn and Rega, the lines Pearl sells. His problem with doing other brands is that he does not have a general... 
Favorite Dylan?
Right, @offnon57?! I think of "Love And Theft" as one of Bob's (it's okay, we're on a first name basis ;-) "recent" albums. That's being old. I too dig the swing in that album, and I don't know who to credit for it---him, his band on the album? It...