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| Best Amp for Klipsch La Scala Speakers? Xmas Gift As others have indicated, you can use almost any amp to power a K-horn. The classic audiophile pairing is either a 300b, 2A3 or (if you are more adventurous) a 645 SET amp. Personally, I prefer EL84 but different strokes.I would suggest that you l... | |
| Why are dealers so scared to sell product out of I have a couple of questions for all of you guys who are buying all of your expensive audio gear on the web:1- Just where did you go to hear this gear before you decided to buy it, or are the completely accurate and unbiased opinions on Audiogon a... | |
| Dave Brubeck...RIP I saw this early this morning. It's sad for us, but he lived a long and wonderful life and he will continue to bring joy to jazz affectionados for generations to come. I have seen Dave play maybe ten times, from the 1970s until just a couple of ye... | |
| Why are dealers so scared to sell product out of Taters wrote: "Why are dealers so scared to sell product out of state..."Spoken like a true consumer, i.e. one who has no idea of the competitive pressures and costs associated with being an audio dealer in today's web economy. Why don't you spend... | |
| CJ CT-5 vs. CT-6 Ah, the one of the joys of being an audiophile... the luxury of arguing over which great preamp is "better".I have heard the Premier 16 (not a MkII) on several occasions, and I concur that it is a great amp. Without having heard them together, I w... | |
| Replacement for Squeezebox Touch? Bama214,I have a couple of Squeezebox IIIs around the house. They still work fine. Due to the FUD re: their demise, I am thinking of replacing them with Apple Airport Express or Sonos, neither of which support streaming hi-res files at this time.A... | |
| CJ CT-5 vs. CT-6 LOL. I presume that you are wearing the requisite fake arrow-thru-the-head while you typed this? | |
| CJ CT-5 vs. CT-6 Jafant,You will have to ask Bill or Lew the specific reasons why these two products were released in the same time period at the upcoming CES show in January. I believe that they were appealing to two different markets: the CT-5 to the A.R.T. incl... | |
| CJ CT-5 vs. CT-6 Yes, there is a difference. But as wonderful as is the CT-5, the CT-6 sounds pretty darn good and is the better value of the two. In my opinion. | |
| Which tonearm for vintage Micro Seiki BL-91 Tgaral, please don't misunderstand my previous comments. The BL-91 is a great deck. But turntable technology (or our perception of such) has changed a bit since the late 1970s. The BL-91 is constructed of veneered plywood. This was quite good in t... | |
| Direct drive vs belt vs rim vs idler arm Of all the DD turntables I have owned, I would say that three stand out as "best" in my mind: The Luxman PD-441, PD-444 and the Teac TN-400. The two Luxman decks share the same drive system, but the latter with a larger plinth to accommodate two t... | |
| Direct drive vs belt vs rim vs idler arm I agree with Viridian and (mostly) w/ Albert - execution is everything. I own (and have owned) all three types of decks, and I have had enjoyed some and others less so regardless of their drive type.I would not necessarily agree with Albert that D... | |
| Which tonearm for vintage Micro Seiki BL-91 I have to agree with Bpoletti, the MA-505 is probably the best overall match for this deck; the MkII for "standard" cartridges or the MkIII version if you want to use a high compliance cartridge. The BL-91 is a little resonant, so IMO a dynamicall... | |
| Made in America Humbuster,FYI - while it's true that McIntosh gear has been continued to be manufactured in the U.S. (mostly), McIntosh Laboratory has not been a U.S. owned company since 1990 when it was acquired by a Japanese car audio manufacturer (Clarion), un... | |
| Does fair trade still exist Fair trade laws were enacted on a state-by-state basis, but they were deemed unlawful by the FTC and in a large number of actions in various Federal Courts in the early 1980s.So, manufacturers cannot dictate to resellers at what price they can sel... |