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| Help shipping a speaker over seas Use Bax Global. I shipped a pair of Wilson Duettes during the Winter to Hong Kong. They arrived without issue in 2 days and cost less than shipping via UPS ground to California (from Michigan). The shipment was one crate at over 100 pounds. This i... | |
| Give up on Thiel 3.6 or try another amp again ? Thiels are great speakers that are not only power hungry but also quality hungry of all upstream components. I loved my thiels run with Mark Levinson amplification and direct from the Audio Aero Capitole CDP (no preamp). Based on your statements, ... | |
| Power cord upgrades for Krell amps Of course Krell recommends using the provided power cable, which is a Belden for their amplifiers. While I can't (and wouldn't want to) dispute other's claims (as above), Krell has stated that additional improvement has not been proven by changing... | |
| Do any speakers image/sound-stage close to walls? Wilson Duettes. Great speakers, easy placement (close to the wall), not too large and very good overall. Can perform fairly low, into the lower mid 30s as well.Lots of flexibility with these speakers - multiple sets of cross-over to speaker cables... | |
| Totem Mani-2 and Adcom 555/2 I can't speak toward the B&K M200s, but I can tell you that I did run both Forrests and Arro with a B&K 507 S2 and it was aweful. JuNora Jones was so bright it hurt my ears. I honestly thought it was the recordings until I bought different... | |
| Totem Mani-2 and Adcom 555/2 Rubber, If you are happy with the Adcom, why change anything? If you feel you need more power for the Manis and like the Adcom sound, then just go to a larger Adcom.As I indicated above, I had previously owned Adcom 565 monoblocks thta had gobs of... | |
| Totem Mani-2 and Adcom 555/2 I think the following amps would be good with the Mani's:McCormickBrystonBoth of these are likely to be the most affodable of my listPass Labs 250.5+Mark Levinson 23.5 (which I think is a great old amp)Krell FPB 200+There are probably many, many o... | |
| Pros and cons for loading Totem Forest Don S., thanks for your comment on the lead and reference to my statement; "get the lead out". As indicated earlier in my post/comment I did indicate that the "shot" that I used was not a lead shot, but one of the commonly available alternatives. ... | |
| Totem Mani-2 and Adcom 555/2 I have owned the Adcom 565 monoblock amps and also, many, many years ago had a pair of Mani speakers in my system for about one month, but not both at the same time.I can tell you that the Mani speakers are some of my favorite all time speakers! F... | |
| What would you upgrade next ?? Preamp or CDP in my opinion. Of course the room is paramount over and above everything else. The preamp has a fair amount of room for improvements, but it will cost more than the amount you indicated would be acceptable for a DAC. I have not heard... | |
| downsize from ARC CD3 MKII to $1500 CDP happily? Pehare, the Prima is a pretty good CDP. I owned one for 6 months while my Capitole was being serviced and destroyed in shipping on the way back to me. The Prima is an excellent CDP with the following understanding:It excels with small performance ... | |
| Pros and cons for loading Totem Forest First, I got just the opposite feedback from Totem when I owned my Forrests and Arros (no longer own either). FYI - they stated that kitty litter was a good alternative to sand and or shot, or kitty litter/sand combo. I ran both pair unloaded for ... | |
| CDP caused tinnitus? Arkprof, from a sufferer of tinnitus (as you have stated) it surprises me that you are making such a statement. My wife is an audiologist with 10 years of undergraduate and post graduate training and another 15 years of practice. The idea that tin... | |
| What are those extra tube inputs for? ouch!!! Very nice. | |
| VAC Ren II, VAC Phi, or ARC Ref 3? Tvad, I can appreciate what you are stating and it does make sense. While this may certainly be the case, I have also purchased items directly off the floor in person after listening. So yes, probably in some cases, but not all. Regardless, it sti... |