celtic66
Responses from celtic66
| Experiences, good and bad, with VTL Could not disagree more with the previous feedback. No mention of the reader actually ever owning VTL. I own the 25 TT and they sound great with no reliability problems. They run my Reference 3As. Cost of retubing is around $100A friend has owned ... | |
| Best Receiver Ever Made short of the MD-208 That's easy. Luxman 1120A. Smoother than Yamaha and with a superior tuner section. Also better looking...and I've owned several Yamahas because I like them too. | |
| Speakers for small listening room ATC makes a wonderful speaker for $1100. Great British sound. | |
| Best 1,000 complete system for girlfriend ideas The NAD L-40 is a great suggestion. DMC-Electronics.com offers B-Stock for $360. I own one as a travel system. At that price it frees up money for better speakers, stands if wanted and decent speaker cable. It's a great piece for the money and per... | |
| Pros and cons of belt drive Versus direct drive Dlh, It's not that simple. There are basically three designs with many variations: direct drive, belt and rim drive. All are actually quite viable if done properly. The argument of motor isolation is correct. I owned a very nice Denon direct drive... | |
| Has anyone tried Nakamichi Soundspace 3? The Nak is respectable for what it is. Quite listenable, but not very dynamic. It's what it is. | |
| Help with new speakers Totems have very nice midrange. | |
| Under 1k integrated recomendations The Audio Refinement keeps coming up and that is a very nice unit. Might also look at the Luxman 491 hybrid with tube preamp and solid state amp. 90 wpc. Some coming through Canada. Hawthorne Stereo in Seattle brings them in and places them on Eba... | |
| Bookshelf Speakers The NHT SupeZeros are great as they are non-ported and really do fit on a bookshelf. | |
| Acoustic Energy and Totem Johnny, I've owned Acoustic Energy and auditioned Totem extensively. There are no mistakes to be made, only choices. Both are fairly revealing, especially the Totems, so you will need a decent front end or the flaws will be revealed. I would recom... | |
| Help me find this sound KP,This is a strange mixture. The music bank as a transport is on the weak side, but if you must you must. Never have liked Adcom preamps and am not familiar Spectron amps. The Analysis Plus I use and love, so do many audiophile friends with bigge... | |
| Int amp help Audio Refinement is oft the champ in the $1,000 new price range. | |
| Help needed. Erik,In all of this discussion, nobody has mentioned alternatives in the realm of tube preamps. Have you listened to VTL, Audible Illusions or the price champ Antique Sound Labs?I find CJ over-rated and I used to sell it. Very good gear, just not ... | |
| GRASS ANYONE? David99,The past 7 years have seen 'Bluegrass' move far from its centrist roots and adventure into all sorts of genre. 'String Cheese Incident' is probably the most bastard child of all with electric mandolin complete with distortion pedal. They r... | |
| TOTALLY CONFUSED about analog Waxcylinder, Make it easy on yourself. Find a used Rega for around $600, add a Grado cartridge for $100. Great learner table and quite respectable. |