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| Pre-amp recommendation EAR 868, line only/no phono. | |
| Good Subwoofer recommendations Rythmik has their E15HP in matte black on sale right now for $1024 plus shipping. 15" Servo-Feedback woofer, 600w amp. Best deal in subwoofers. | |
| Quad ESL-63 and low-powered amps; Sun Audio, Atma As has been said, a low-power amp is not the best mate for the 63. If you want an Atma-Sphere amp, you'll need at least a pair of M60's. Also look into the Music Reference RM-200 tube amp (Michael Fremer "Class A" listing in Stereophile, if you ca... | |
| Clean new recording? A new LP needs to be cleaned to remove the mold release residue every new LP comes from the pressing plant coated with. The LP pressing stampers are coated with a substance to make the LP more readily come off the stamper after it is pressed, and ... | |
| Going old school Contact Brian Berdan (son of analog master Brooks Berdan, and an expert himself) at his new shop in Pasadena California, Audio Elements. He knows all about vinyl and shellac formats and the equipment required to play them. | |
| Addendum to If you want a well built transport, look at Esoteric. They're pretty expensive, but can be found used. | |
| Do wooden arms warp In 1972 I was at Audio Arts in Livermore, CA, the new hi-fi shop of Walt Davies, now of Last fame. Walt was just becoming an Audio Research dealer, and Bill Johnson was at the shop, delivering and setting up a complete ARC system. SP-3 pre-amp, D-... | |
| What is your favorite furniture maker? Barry Kohan of Bright Star, whose Rack of Gibraltar I still use. | |
| last night a dj deck saved my life Art Dudley has discussed the issue of torque and turntables in his column in Stereophile. | |
| Most enduring audio purchase Quad old ESL's. | |
| Help picking a tube preamp, please Don't ya love asking for suggestions of tube pre-amps to check out, and getting lectured on the obsolescence of tube pre-amps?! | |
| Speaker Set Up...Math/Geometry Experts Please Help Even after you tilt the speaker cabinet back, the resulting time-alignment is good for only one listening height, is it not? Does anyone sit exactly the same height the whole time they are listening to music?! | |
| Brands w/ first order x-over, time & phase aligned Eminent Technology's LFT-8b crosses over from it's 8" cone woofer to it's Magnetic-Planar midrange panel at 180 Hz, via a symmetrical first-order crossover. That panel hands off to the speaker's Magnetic-Planar tweeter strip at 10K, also first order. | |
| Quad ESL 57 with subwoofer The best sub for any dipole is an OB. In the 70's a company named Gradient made one for the ESL63, with two 12 inch drivers facing in opposite directions in an OB "H-frame". A company named GR Research now offers a similar design, but with the add... | |
| What sub under a grand? You can get a new Rythmik F15 for under 1K, plus shipping. An F12 is even less. |