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| An encounter and lesson in speaker prices ... That lad is furniture shopping. That's all that is. Perfectly fine.I once know someone who insisted on buying top model B&W speakers since they are great furniture that his banker buddies love. The green meters from the McIntosh are icing o... | |
| I am sure this has been discussed but want a fresh take. Mapleshade / Timbernation racks? Sound Anchor is my fav. | |
| VTL MB 185 My suggestion to you is to contact the manufacturer, or it’s authorized dealer, whether they would still service it in case of trouble.Do not buy if you got no response, or just an ’no’ or ’may be’.My past ownership experience with classic VTL tub... | |
| Goldenear One.R .........who has them? I do not have golden ears to appreciate the proclaimed GoldenEar products. Sorry. | |
| What's happened to the used high end market recently?? Sales are tough....:0( Some sites were over-protective of buyers. I understand that there are questionable selling practice by some.But at the same time, I dealt with more and more buyers whose expectations were unrealistic. Expect everything perfect, a tiny thing you m... | |
| Can you get good quality sound on the short wall axis of a room?? It depends. The Maggies and ribbon speakers (Newform Research is the one I remember) prefer a very wide room in my experience, the short-axis wall placement that you mentioned.Traditional box speakers, ribbon-tweeter only speakers (Coincident Vi... | |
| Do posters intend to hurt the feelings of other members? LOLThe most offensive posts I found are typically the ones that people failed to agree to be in disagreement. | |
| Preamps What do you feel strongly about the Corus?Would be real nice to hear from your experience. Thank you(I don’t like Rowland, for the record) | |
| Who makes great active preamps ? Tube or solid state or hybrid. (I am in humanely affordable range only.... in no specific order)HOT: Shindo, Lamm (except LL2), Jadis (except the entry level ones), Viva Audio, Wavac (except MD-811), Allnic (L-3000 and above), VAC (Statement), Boulder, Sonic Frontiers (Line 3 S... | |
| Best new or used intergrated amp or separates for Vienna Acoustics Mozart Grand Speakers VA loves more forwarding, assertive, amp-juicy amps. They are power hungry even they ain’t that difficult to drive to big volume.Don’t worry about utmost transparency of the amps (the VAs wouldn’t give you that sound anyway).I’d be careful with lo... | |
| Questions about NBS power cable (Are you currently in Hong Kong?)Wouldn't it be better to buy the American made NBS cables from NBS authorized distribution in U.S., especially if the price is the same?I asked, since I was from Hong Kong and I still travel there annually. Typica... | |
| Hate to do this again. Start over. Class d Let me help you from a different perspective.....With my past experience with non-subwoofer Class D amps, you could get a lot of performance at a much lower price. But the very best class Ds are still nowhere near the reference level that I experi... | |
| Dealer Behavior This is good thread!I rarely walk into any dealer --- I am such a cheap guy who kinda use ’green’ (re-use old equipment) as an excuse. :-)BAD DEALER: An Summit NJ dealer (you know which one it is) didn’t bother demo a brand new Rotel I wanna buy. ... | |
| Could-care-less Manufacturers and Authorized Dealers Bash @ tuberist Which brands gave you such outstanding service? We could all benefit from the information.Thank you | |
| Ayon Triton integrated or Primaluna Dialogue preamp / Parasound Halo JC1 monoblocks I have not heard the Tekton Ulfbherts. My only encounter with Tekton was the entry level model, so it's irrelevant.But here's my 2 cents:1) (based on my Infinity and Pipedream owner experience)This kind of mass driver arrays require tons of power... |