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| Best Integrated for 400 dollars Musical Fidelity 75 wpc X-A2 is more powerful than Creek. Sold for $700.00 new. Thus would be near the top of my list if you can find one. They usually sell in a couple of days. What Hi-Fi compared it to ~$1,600 X-A1000 and said it was BETTER.It i... | |
| Best Integrated for 400 dollars Arcam and Creek are way better than Cambridge and Denon. Creek is more lively like Naim. Arcam more button down sound. I thought uninvolving. But Creek does not have much power despite what the ads say. | |
| Why was Audiogon started? Buscis2, thanks for the invite, CA is a great place. No more snow, cold, and 2 months of decent weather, hmmmmmm, I feel your pain :-). | |
| I have a confession to make This reminds me of my friend who worked in Saudi in the 80's. If I got the story straight, every citizen was given $45,000/year they suddenly got so much money from the oil. The old timer, driving his new Cadillac said he could go back to living i... | |
| Why was Audiogon started? Buscic2, sorry to hear you're moving. But Audiogon is always a click away. | |
| I have a confession to make This is a personal issue and there isn't one cure-all for everyone. Here are two key turning points to my audio nervosa:I spent a lot of time making the rounds to dealers to check out the "makes heaven come alive" systems. Finally I'm driving home... | |
| Efficient Bookshelfs on a budget? Newbie13, the W3-871s used in the ELF's has rated power of 15 watts and maximum power of 30 watts. I think this means they can handle 15 watts continuous and 30 watt peaks.I ran them with the 22 watt Denon UD-M31 and they broke up but I don't know... | |
| Best overall Speakers for $2,500.00 or less, New? Snell E.5 are $1,400.00 have a rear firing tweeter to add spaciousness. It's a floorstander with 2) 6 1/2" woofers and a 1" tweeter. 43" tall and 46 lbs each. Side by side, much better than Monitor Audio silver 9's.Polk Lsi 15's are about $1,500 a... | |
| TAS Total Victory Review Thanks Drubin, I gotta take another look. | |
| Mapleshade Records Tweaks-Silclear & Micro-Smooth Micro-smooth puts very fine scratches on the CD. Like any of the automotive polishes people recommend. This did not help my system. I'll stick with a non-abrasive polish like Novus. | |
| need more smoothness Cellorover, February 2004 Stereophile says the B&W 705 has a PRE-resonant notch at 25 kHz and resonant frequency is "just above 30kHz". Not bad for a metal dome tweeter. | |
| What wire to use /"upgrading" internal speaker Hoover and Strong (800) 759-9997 dead soft pure annealed silver wire.14 ga. $2.17/ft16 ga. $1.33/ft18 ga $ .86/ft | |
| Bringing out the lows in my AP Virgo's? I heard the Virgo II's with Blue Circle. Definitely big bass and takes some of the analytical, cold sound out of the Virgos if that's a problem. | |
| B&W 804 with ??? Musical Fidelity A300 150wpc integrated for ~$1,000 used. Rowland Concentra is also nice but it costs $6,000. | |
| my $686 stereo system, laugh if you want... Well for $689.50 you could upgrade to Radio Shack magnet wire speaker cable. For $746 you could get some single driver ELF 1.0's. Don't stop now, just think how much happier you could be ;-) |