cedargrover
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| From tubes to SS amp : Ayre, Belles, Pass or else ? I own an Ayre v5xe and love it. Super musical. No urge to “upgrade” whatsoever. | |
| Full Range under $5k-ish OP, I appreciate the inconvenience of disconnecting your amps, but consider bringing just one amp and biwiring to get virtually the same performance. A Carver TFM-35 is a powerful amplifier and doubt that the impedance characteristics of your spe... | |
| Full Range under $5k-ish I think Audiotroy's questions are legitimate, his dealer status notwithstanding. Loudspeakers really are a matter of taste; one person's neutral is another person's boring.My best advice to the OP is to demo as many speakers as you can, and bring... | |
| Vandersteen VLR CT Awesome. Thanks @gdnrbob! | |
| Vandersteen VLR CT Ohala, you may be right; I have no inside information on that front. My interest stems more from the fact that the mid/woofer driver operates up to 3500 Hz (with a 1st order crossover, of course). I know the carbon tweeter will be pistonic, but ... | |
| Vandersteen VLR CT Thanks guys. Will keep an eye out for your updates. If Johnny has a pair I will have to find time to hear them myself. Anyone know if there are any changes to the mid/woofer driver in the VLR CT? | |
| Sub recommendation to augment Klipsch La Scala's ??? Vandersteen Sub 3 | |
| Anyone up for a group visit to Audioconnection? Keep me in the loop; I’m just down the road from JohnnyR. | |
| B&W 802D tweeter replacement $2200 is a small price to pay for a pair of 802Ds (assuming you like the sound!), so my suggestion is to grin and bear the premium of the original part. B&W makes their own drivers, so anything you try to replace the original with will be a de... | |
| Speakers with the most detailed midrange? (non-ESL/planar) Look for speakers that use drivers that are actually pistonic throughout the midrange (and treble, too). Price no object, Vandy 5 and 7mkii, as well as most of the Vivid Audio stuff. It is likely that the new Paradigms with the beryllium midrang... | |
| Ayre K-5xe or Pass XP-10? I have the K5xemp, and can’t give you any cons. It sounds great and measures about as well as a preamp can measure, a real feat given no global feedback. I wish you could demo them, as that’s the real test. But since you can’t, I can’t imagine... | |
| Need Preamp and Amp to Match Vandersteen 3A Signature Speakers I have the same speakers paired with an Ayre K5xe(mp) preamp and Ayre VX5xe amp. Great, great combo. I can vouch for Johnny Rutan's ability to build systems, so he's definitely worth contacting--especially if you are in the NJ area and can visit... | |
| Best Preamp New or Used up to $3,000 ?? Love my Ayre K5xe(mp) | |
| Still looking for an amplifier upgrade- but with a new twist..... Aesthetix leaps out at me. | |
| Curious what people think is the best "value" high end speaker (~5K to 15K) Vandersteen Quatro CT. |