celtic66
Responses from celtic66
| The British speaker sound: Tannoy, Harbeth, etc... I've owned several British speakers and recently come to love the small Spendors and the ATC SCM 7s and SCM 12s as most open, detailed and simply musical. | |
| Best Jimmy SMith/organ masters..... Further Adventures of Jimmy and Wes. | |
| Shipping between Canada and the States My understanding and experience is that USPS is best as UPS always uses a broker and charges often around $50 per transaction. I've paid this before with speakers coming from Canada. | |
| $10 / foot speaker wire Audioquest Slate is somewhat smoother than Type 6 which is also very nice. Audio Atlanta was offering older stock for $6/ft. Good deal. | |
| Advice on Totem model ones I agree with previous postings. The Totems are quite good, but only when preceded by great source and power. They reveal deficencies in the front end. | |
| low cost integrated amp for newbie I've already seen the NAD C320BEE used for $300 on Audiogon. This is a no-brainer. Simple, easy to find and cheap. If you upgrade later will be easy to sell. Go man!! | |
| what's the best "mini monior" these days ATC SCM 7s and SCM 12s. These are simply amazing and I would put them up against just any passive cone speaker for dynamics, soundstage and imaging in their price range of $1100/pr. and $2,200/pr. Vocals are truly natural. The smaller SCM 7s blew ... | |
| Tips needed for best FM reception Magnum Dynalab for omnidirectional beaten soundly by the Reflect (ccrane.com) for unidirectional. Own both. | |
| speaker recommendation Axiom floorstanders should be considered. Particularly since you can return them within 30 days. | |
| Office Separates System???? ASL Wave AV-20 monoblocks, small ASL pre, Proceed shoebox player. | |
| has anyone used the linn movie classik? Listened to and viewed for over an hour the Linn Movie Classik. Excellent picture quality and very musical in stereo all through B&W speaks. An excellent piece overall. I settled on the NAD L-70 because of respectable performance and $1,000 pr... | |
| Suggestions for my first turntable All good suggestions. Might contact needledoctor.com in Minneapolis as they have great info and selection of units. | |
| Speaker advice: $1200 budget Andrew,I like your system, but it lends itself not towards heavy bass material. For great detail, quickness and soundstage;Spendor and ATCs will work well here. I love old Totems like the Sttaf which can be found for $1200/pr. used and will delive... | |
| Good, warm, musical, under $500 used monitor Can't say enough about the ATC SCM7s at $1100/pr. May well be the sound you are looking for. | |
| Doug Sax remaster guru question While Doug Sax will be forever connected with great work on the Sheffield Labs direct-to-disk work and is one of the very best in the business, Bernie is "The Man" time and time again. His work provides the best imaging, soundstage and is the most... |