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Any Anthony Gallo Strada Owners?
New Strada owner here,and very very impressed. 
Life after Maggies?
I was about to suggest what the last fellow did, keep the Maggies and get DEQ to fix bass anomalies.The other issue is their spacial presentation. Dipoles like space behind them so that the rear wave reflection off the wall behind the speakers is ... 
Ani Difranco
nice to see miss defranco geting some mention on these pages. i have maybe 8 or 9 of her albums. apart form up up up up which i rate highly, i think my favourite is revelling/reckoning. all her albums really are are sonically impressive. cheersb 
Zu Druid or Tone + sub
thanks very much to all of you for the input. I'll be in contact Warwich.cheersb. 
Spendor S8e, Dynaudio Focus 220, VA Grand Mozart
I'm running Focus 140's with 40W KT88's and they sound magnificent.If youre using a sub I'd advise getting the 140's over the 220's. You'll be missing out on nothing IMHO.B. 
Top Ten Electronic/alternative Albums
I'm familiar with about 90% of the artists listen on this thread.To my mind there is one artist that is head and shoulders above the rest both musically and sonically. O.K maybe just a head if I'm being concervative.SHPONGLE 
Which is Best loudspeaker in the $1000-1200 range?
i second spendor(maybe s5e), for its outstanding midrange performance and polite though extremely tunefull bass. 
Dynaudio Focus?
yeah, anyone heard these and can compare to audience and contours?thanks for any input