chuck
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| Aerial 20T as front speakers for surround system Pig,Depends on your expectations. If you value music over music you will love the 20T's. If you prefer your system to sound it's best with music then you would want Aerial 9's all around.Johnny | |
| Need help to trouble shoot the noisy amp. Zt000,Unless you are a qualified technician i would not recommend rewiring the amp yourself. As stated by others power supply capacitors can store electricity for months. Unless you know how to drain them i would recommend you defer to someone els... | |
| 'warm' cables? I found the PRO 9 Plus to be a nice warm cable | |
| 'warm' cables? Cardas Cables are warm sonding particularly the Golden Cross.Harmonic Technology cables are warm sounding | |
| Upgrading my system? Levinson to. . . . ? SGR,You seem to like the Levinson sound. I do not know what you currently have for a digtal front end, but as far as amplifiers go if you have a chance to swap 4 levinson 436's for the 33's then I would do it. I have owned 436's 33H's and currentl... | |
| Hum Isolation Suggestions. Hello,I would try calling Classe and asking them if you could lift the ground on the amp. Seems to me you have a ground loop.hope this helps,Johnny | |
| Top resale value speakers Whoa there fellas,You need to reread the posting. He is referring to new speakers not classics. I know Quad ESL-57's demand a high price. But as mentioned the thread was discussing current production speakers.S7horton,Maggies are great speakers, b... | |
| Kharma Mini or Avalon Eidolon diamond Tuboo,Very interesting. I had a pair of avalon Eidolon's and found the opposite to be true. The speakers presented a near holographic soundstage. Sounds came from beside and almost behind me. | |
| Top resale value speakers AudioRichard,You are correct that some speaker have high resale value. The speakers that do not have high resale value tend to be of the Electrostat or Planar design speakers. They tend to lose their value dramatically. I guess the membranes are m... | |
| Seeking hot running amps The hottest running amps that I have had areAtma-SphereConrad JohnsonMark Levinson 33H & 33 | |
| Another Dealer sets the Bar LOW Patriot,I agree that a lot of high end dealers have become akin to snake oil salesmen. I understand the need to make money, but the way some dealers conduct business makes me wonder how they stay in business. The only issue i have with your transa... | |
| Kharma Mini or Avalon Eidolon diamond Emigene,You picked two fine speakers and to be honest i feel the most critical factor in determining which one would be right for you would totally be a room issue. If you are considering the Avalon Acousics Eidolon Diamond then the Kharma ceramiq... | |
| 6550 vs. KT88: What's different about the sound? I have limited experience with the Svetlana KT-88 and Svetlana 6550 C. The immediate differences that I noticed were the following: The KT 88's were more refined sounding. They resoved inner detail better and presented music in a smooth textured m... | |
| Crazy? Lamm ML2/ML2.1 on Avalon Eidolon? Some very nice points in this thread. I have not had the privelege of hearing the Lamm Amps, but I have owned Avalon Eidolon speakers. I was immediately struck by the fact that the Eidolon's character was unchanged at any volume level. This was ra... | |
| B&W 802 S3 losing snare drum snap Wil,I have owned some adcom amps before. You may want to pop the cover and check the fuses on the outputs. There should be some fuses on each of the ouput transistor boards. Use a meter and check for continuity across the fuse. As best as I can re... |