celtic66

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Help with first tube amp
Trying to wrap my head around that Cambridge piece supporting both power amp AND subwoofer.  I see ONE preamp out on the back panel.  If correct..... you know the rest.  Hopefully, I'm wrong.  
Well this link will start many arguments!
The so called ‘search for truth’ is exhausting, confounding, fraught with human frailties and will eventually rob you of valuable time and too much capital.   Unless… unless you make it fun, casting off expectations of others and simply play the g... 
Well this link will start many arguments!
@larsman is on it!  Yes, the 5 minute argument.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLlv_aZjHXc    
Isolation footers for ATC SCM100A
Right, standmount, not towers.  Good call.  You got it right!  
New house, wife reveals she hates my Maggies- looking for stand mount speaker suggestions
https://www.sonusfaber.com/en/products/olympica-nova-i I’ve no idea how these sound, but oh my.  They look fast standing still.  And isn’t that half the fun?  Really, check the WAF box, check the Italian box.  Done.    
Isolation footers for ATC SCM100A
S3 is mine, but whatever works for you.  Measure twice, order once.  Load I'm not sure of, sound correct.  I had piano movers bring mine upstairs. Not much overhang from tower base.  S3 looks right from my perspective, but that's just me.  Have l... 
Flat Response? Yes and No.
Not really an epiphany here, however he is correct addressing the direct affect of room acoustics on the overall aural picture.  It speaks indirectly to why a legend such as the Rogers LS3/5A was so loved, yet so far from flat response it's silly.... 
Isolation footers for ATC SCM100A
Correct!  Having owned both ATC 40A and now ATC 50A, will add that they do profit from power cord upgrade.  Seems logical.  I started with Patrick Cullen Crossover II, eventually ended with Furutech 4.1.  Cullen was good, Furutech, gooder.  I know... 
Isolation footers for ATC SCM100A
Perhaps you’ve arrived and should stop listening to anymore noise from us.  You’ve only one party to satisfy, you.  Have tons of fun!    
Isolation footers for ATC SCM100A
Townsend Seismic Podiums, it must be so.  I’ve ATC 50 active.  Started with Isoacoustic Gaias, ended with Townsend.  The difference not staggering, but easily palpable.  You owe it to yourself.  Cheers  
Do you have a speaker that’s not a big name maker but punches above its weight? Why?
@rsf507  Is that dealer Sounds of Silence in Nashua, NH?  Finding info on COLIBRI LABS ELECTRUM S SPEAKERS scarce to say the least.  Thanks  
Sugden 21SE and Harbeth P3 ESR XD?
Sugden A21SE ís a special piece not run by numbers alone.  I own one.  The 33 wpc may seem paltry until applied to the real world.  Stand back.  I've run original Rogers LS3/5A with ease.  There's a naturalness to this amp and it is scary dynamic.... 
I got a pair of ATC SCM10 A2? Something like that
Welcome to active.  Been living there for 7 years.  It's my flavor.  Do not do missionary work, so if others are not in, so what.  Enjoy the ride.  Ciao  
Help identifying mystery amp
Wow!  Definitely a repository of audio knowledge.  Cheers  
Fritz carbon 7SE MK 2, Upgrade
https://atc.audio/hi-fi/loudspeakers/tower-series/scm20aslt/ Could well be end game speaker, the active that is.  When it comes to dynamics and immediate attack, it’s difficult to match active.  Soldier on.  Good hunting.