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| Your First System Pioneer 8 Track with matching speakers from 1973. Listened to this to death. In college, my Dad got me a pair of pro JBL monitors matched to a Dynaco Amp and a pro Sony cassette deck. | |
| Monitors for Extreme Near-field listening Also try the Audioengines above and the Blue Sky Audio EXO if you listen off an iPod environment. Both offer killer sound. | |
| Monitors for Extreme Near-field listening If you want the classic KEF driver BBC sound, I would recommend the new mini monitor by Spendor called the A1. I owned the original KEFs and this is as close to obtaining their sound in over two decades of waiting. | |
| Monitors for Extreme Near-field listening ATC 16As. These were developed for professional studios. You can buy them for approximately $2,800 and they are actives, so you get the amp as well. ATC is found in over 1,000 professional studio environments. | |
| Beatles Remasters? Check out Purple Chick on the web. The best sounding Beatles catalogue not released by Apple. | |
| New Rega R1 - Recommend an Amp? Cambridge Audio 540 and their Phono Stage | |
| WHAT'S THE BEST SOLID STATE PREAMP FOR $3000 ?? Bryston. | |
| dali vrs. harbeth I have a live event music company and am no way tied to the consumer electronics industry. With that said, there are a wide variety of "smooth" speakers in this price range that might sound right to you. It is really picking the right electronics ... | |
| which is your favorite inexpensive stereo system? An iPod with Audioengine 2 or 5s is a wonderfull nearfield stereo.For a true stereo:Cambridge Audio 540 v2 integrated amp ($400) with a Sony Playstation 1 CD ($40) and DALI Lektor 1 speakers ($300) with Chord silver cables ($200).Cambridge offers ... | |
| LFD zero vs plinius 9200 vs MF A5 for spendor 8se Luxman was a great legacy brand from Japan in the day. Good to see it get resurrected after two decades of neglect. | |
| LFD zero vs plinius 9200 vs MF A5 for spendor 8se Both as very high in musicality. LFDs seem to work well with English speakers that love the mid ranges, like your Spendors. Very clean sound with nice soundstaging. Vocals integrate well. McIntosh will power through any music with real slam, and u... | |
| Harbeth 7es-3 Sound Ryder, if you are actively auditioning small speakers, I can also recommend ATC7s and 11s (which pair well with NAD, Chord, Bryston) and Neat Motives (which pair well with Exposure, LFD and NAIM). All are top tier Canadian and English companies. T... | |
| Heard McIntosh 275 For The First Time. AudiofeilNot getting any? This last post is a little snarky. | |
| Anyone compare Devore and Harbeth speakers? I am in the professional music space and have used very precise sounding ATC products. With that said, I do like smooth sounding speakers. Both Harbeth and DeVore Fidelity are amongst the best of these in the market.Harbeth is the classic English ... | |
| Heard McIntosh 275 For The First Time. My father had the original from the mid 60s until he died in 2004. Never a sick day off--ran like a champ. Remarkable products. A true classic. |