bgross
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| New cartridge ideas... Don't have to be afraid of a pre-owned cart as long as you do your diligence. I might shoot for a Van den Hul "Frog" or "One Special" - Frog is out of your budget (new) but only by a little. The One Special is right in the middle of your range. Do... | |
| Tune of the Day Ray LaMontagne "Paper Man" off Part of the Light | |
| Tune of the Day Curtis Mayfield "Curtis Live" - entire album cover to cover 2x - so great & really recorded well | |
| Integrated Amps @bipod72 - being the main Billie guys in the US I'm sure they can get you one too. And the place is Holt Hill Audio | |
| Integrated Amps @gano should call these guys at Holt Hill in Andover. They are the distributor for Heaven11 in the US. I think they would be the guys to reach out to 1st | |
| Tune of the Day Beastie Boys, "Sabotage" off III Communication - Now wake up to that! | |
| Integrated Amps I took a demo Billie MK II home from my local dealer to try with some Harbeth P3ESR after reading some fantastic reviews. After 2hrs of listening at home I called them and ordered a new one in gold finish no less, lol. I swapped out the JJ ECC99s ... | |
| Tune of the Day Earth Wind and Fire "Reasons" off That's the Way of the World - brought me right back to my Jr High Dances. So fun | |
| Primare/ Vincent Adio /NAD /Rogue/ AVA /Hegel...- need a simple and reliable integrated Might also want to look out for a pre-owned, Heed Elixir. You can find something wothwile for $800-ish. Be patient | |
| Are REL the most Musical Subs? +1 @mijostyn - the finest sub I've ever heard was from the “Bass Exciter” in a classic JBL L212 (3) piece package - it provided clean, even, low-end reproduction from 70Hz to ultra sonic frequencies. Didn't play at all like a newer “thumpy” subwoo... | |
| Tune of the Day Ryan Adams, "Invisible Riverside" off Ashes & Fire. Playing the Montille tonight. What a special amp. | |
| Tune of the Day Sure... fun stuff! | |
| Tune of the Day Chuck Prophet, "High as Johnny Thunders" off The Land That Time Forgot - slinky cool album front to back | |
| Small speaker advice LS3/5a - if you've never owned a set you should seriously consider these little wonders. Maybe go new with Graham Chartwell or vintage Rogers 16ohm. Shockingly great & one of the only speakers I've owned that totally live up to the hype. Just ... | |
| High end bookshelf speakers for Small room gryphongryph +1 Graham LS5/9... I use an Aesthetix, Calypso Sig & Chord SPM-1200e on mine; no sub required in my med 18' x 26' size room. Been through a ton of standmount speakers & these are my jam! (today anyway, lol) |