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| Tonearm suggestions for my Nottingham Analogue Spacedeck I have a 12" Thomas Schick tonearm and it's great, especially considering the cost. Despite the claims made in Schick's new website that these arms support cartridges up to 22 µm/mN in my experience this tonearm definitely works best with very ... | |
| Speaker selector app. IMO the Niles speaker control is not the best solution. If you want to seriously compare speakers I suggest you get one of the Luxman speaker selectors - see here: http://www.luxman.co.jp/product/#accessory (turn on Google translate). I use th... | |
| Speaker selector app. An app might narrow down speaker options, but it can't tell you what speakers will work in your room and sound best to you. Unless you don't really care about all that. | |
| The best speaker for a small room...at any price point. I was recently in Miami on business and visited a great audio dealer: Deja Vu South. They had a pair of Harbeth P3ESRs setup in a very small room and they sounded incredible. The speakers were well forward of the front wall in a nearfield positi... | |
| KD 500 w/ Grace 707 arm. Stylus type. That tonearm is only going to be happy with a high compliance cartridge. New Ortofon 2M series, some Grados or a used Grace cartridge. Said from experience. | |
| Larsen speakers: 4.2 or 6.2??. Has anyone heard or own them?? I have owned all three models of Larsen speakers, 4/6/8 and I used to be a dealer for these. I think that Larsen speakers provide excellent sound, excellent value and are very easy to live with due to the easy placement options: 1- find the longe... | |
| Upgrading form Pass integrated amplifier to a better one Sorry, chiming in late. It's your speakers, not your amp. Speakers are where the main difference in sound occurs, not at the amp. I'm not saying that all amps sound the same, but the effects you specifically mention (explosiveness and drum kick... | |
| used Integrated tube amp under $1500 for Klipsch Cornwall III's? ellittbnewcombjr wrote: "I want hard facts"https://www.vintageshifi.com/repertoire-pdf/pdf/telecharge.php?pdf=Harman-Kardon-A-224-Owners-Manual... | |
| used Integrated tube amp under $1500 for Klipsch Cornwall III's? My $0.02 worth: look on craigslist or hifishark for a used Harman Kardon A224 Trio integrated amp for approx. $300. It's an EL84 unit made in the late 50s/early 60s and built like a tank. Very colorful and snappy. Have the caps replaces (all of... | |
| Klipsch KG2 Speakers- Crossovers Needed- Where to Purchase? In all honesty, for what a pair of KG2s go for I would just buy another pair in good working order. Or consider trading up for a pair of KG4s - very under-rated speakers | |
| Best pre-amp with a C-J Premier 11a Amp Years ago when I had a Premier 11A I tried several CJ tube preamps: Premier 14, Premier 16, CT6. The CT6 was the best of the bunch IMO. The CT5 might have been better but it was >2x the price.Later I acquired a "lowly" PFR as part of a whole ... | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure All speaker designers know what their speakers are and are not capable of, and all speakers are a collection of compromises. There is no perfect speaker - that's why there are so many speaker types on the market.Whizzer cones are a useful tool to... | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure I love single-driver and coaxial speakers and have owned several. IMO whizzer cones are a compromise and cause as many problems as they try to solve. Ex: (again IMO) the Omega 3 series sounds much better than the larger drivers. But they won't ... | |
| Opinions and recommendations on active loudspeakers All good recommendations, above. Now for something completely different:You should probably go listen to a pair of Meridian speakers. Everyone thinks of them for home theater but they can sound very, very good for music. One of the best 2-chann... | |
| Apogee Centaur Major + cary cad 805AE?? I would counsel no. I have tried to run tube amps on various Apogee ribbons and hybrids over the years and never found a combination that worked. The amps overheated and clipped, the bass was flabby - these speakers were just not designed for tu... |