celtic66
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| BIWIRING Dilemna Purchase some open stock Audioquest Type 6 or other decent cable, strip it to the core with NO insulation, shape into a small U and bridge the two sets on each speaker. Tighten down the connections and use bananas on the speaker cables. I just did... | |
| Need monitors with a BIG sound Totem Sttaf with a 12" X 12" footprint. Very dynamic, image well and have weight in the bottom. Also, Coincident Triumph UHS which is a large monitor and quite beautiful in cherry. Believe there is a pair for sale on Audiogon right now. I run mine... | |
| Which components knocked you out on first listen? Original Martin Logan CLS IIs with VTL monoblocks. Yes!!! | |
| Axiom M22ti Previous posting is dead on. I've owned the M3Ti for awhile and they were great. Very quick, great imaging. Disagree with the Boston cherry finish, I found black to be nicer. | |
| Which Integrated? You are ready for tubes. VTL integrated or the Aronov suggested will do just fine. | |
| Low level detail's Within genres of jazz, classical, Celtic, some blues, some folk one can find very good to excellent mastering. Outside of these, one usually finds poor production and mastering techniques. Thus the complaints about MoFi masters of the Rolling Ston... | |
| Starting out for about 1000.00 Used Rega table and arm, Benz cartridge, Creek phono section. | |
| Speakers for very near-field listening? Rogers LS3/5As again!! | |
| Best hi-fi salon 'round Primus Audio Kansas City, MO. | |
| How do you find BEST classical recordings??? Try avguide.com/filmmusic/music/supercdlist2002.jsp for HP's listing. | |
| which Holly Cole? She can be a strange one. "Don't Smoke in Bed" is consistent and very good. | |
| Great Small Speakers w/ high WAF? The Gallos really do sound very good and have decent WAF. | |
| How to copy cassette to CD Wow!! This sounds complicated. Maybe just purchase a used Philips CDR 880 or other high quality stand alone burner and run directly into it with mini-plug and RCAs. | |
| Help with Martin Logan Aerius Speakers These do need an amplifier with decent dampening factor to control woofer movement. You might follow all the direction given previous and experiment with rope caulking found at Home Depot. Around $5 for a box which you peel off and push into the s... | |
| Great Imaging Speakers Working against a wall? Gallo Micros with powered subwoofer is really a very fine system. Graceful with choice of colors and gets vocals right with great imaging. Used with wallflower stands can be found for around the $1000 |