br3098
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| What percentage of audiophiles use a sub ? I agree with most of what Byroncunningham said, above. I have not had good experience with integating subs into my 2-channel system. I dislike overbrearing and, more especially, one-note bass. I have never heard a sub-based system that delivers th... | |
| Questions about room size and speaker choice What gear - SS or tube? | |
| Questions about room size and speaker choice What electronics? What type mof music do you play. How is the room furnished? (bed, crammed full of furniture or bare).No doubt about it, 9 x 11 is pretty small - floor standers notwithstanding. Good monitors and subs would certainly be the easy w... | |
| Amp not enough power Get more efficient speakers. | |
| Tube Power Amp Recommendations around $2000 My suggestion would be to try a pair of Quicksilver Mini-Mites and save $1000 for other toys. Actually more - I have seen them selling new for under $900. | |
| Phono preamp selection I have found the Sutherland PH3D to be a very good SS phono preamp. It is extremely neutral and honest, and has absolutely no background noise whatsoever. By honest I mean that well recorded LPs sound great, and poorly recorded LPs sound like crap... | |
| Looking for the Honda S2000 of turntables Sorry I came in late. The Technics SL-1200/1210 and/or the Rega P3 are good choices, but if it were my money I would look for a good condition used Micro Seiki DD-40. Good deck, on par w/ the Technics (IMHO). Much better arm than either the Techni... | |
| small room... tube amp... summer I am curently limited to a very small listening room (10' x 12.5'), and have a few comments to add:1- all electronics get hot and will heat the room. Bif power tubes are worse but if you leave your SS gear on all of the time the net effect is the ... | |
| Manley Snapper Monoblocks or Mcintosh MC252 Sometimes I think that there should be a mandatory basic audio education couse (and test!) required before anyone can be allowed to buy high-end audio products.But then what would we do for fun? | |
| Recommended Speaker for Triode Amp There are lots of good choices, and even more opinions. I would suggest either the Audio Note K or the Zu Tone. The Ks are going to be light in the bass region, but Js or Es would almost certainly bee to much speaker for your room size. The Zu Ton... | |
| Kilpsch KG4s or JBL L40s? Sorry, I forgot to mention that speaker placement is critical for good bass response with the KG4s (as with all Klipsch Heritage speakers). Start about 6'-7' apart and about 1' out from the back wall. They can be tiltled back a little if you are l... | |
| Kilpsch KG4s or JBL L40s? I bought a pair of KG4s for one of my daughters. They sounded very good mated to an old Luxman receiver. They sounded better after I switched her to a Golden Tube Audio SE-40. The sound improved even more significantly after I rebuilt the crossove... | |
| Conrad Johnson ET2 + MC275? Rayooo,Well, my recollection is that they sounded quite a bit different. Both good, but the Classic was a warmer and less detailed. But as I mentioned I did not hear the units side by side, or at the same time and place. | |
| Conrad Johnson ET2 + MC275? Comparing the ET2 and the Classic SE is problematic because they are very different; designed for different purposes. The Classic is just that - a classic "no frills" preamp. No remote. Think of it as an updated PV-10B. The ET2 is a completely dif... | |
| Mating an AR LS3B with a CJ Sonographe sa 400? Great speakers, assuming that you have the right room for them. As much as I like the Sonographe SA-400, IMHO you will need both a better amp and pre to get the most out of the VR4s. They can be tough speakers on electonics - VERY detailed and rev... |