clay49

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Suggestions: Best speaker/sub combo for Desktop PC
Ed...thanks for your very informative response, I do appreciate your inpute greatly! I'm going to do some investigation into the NHT system. If it works for me, I may even unload my new LSA 2 speakers and ARCAM Solo that I recently bought...I'm al... 
Suggestions: Best speaker/sub combo for Desktop PC
I am using for playback only for score study, and sometimes for pre-editing of recordings my choirs and orchestras have done...I don't do any editing outside of the studio and an SSL Console. I'll check out Orbaudio.com...thanks for the lead.... 
Suggestions: Best speaker/sub combo for Desktop PC
I actually am a professional musician (orchestral and choral conductor), so music is my life's work and passion, so a sub is important in the equation to get full-range sound...this will not be for casual background listening, but critical imaging... 
Polk LSi9...good integrated amp to drive these???
The reviews I've been reading on these speakers are basically saying that since the speakers weigh in at 4 ohms, you need a good bit of power for bi-amping. I've never bi-amped before, so I'm counting on you pros to help me select an integrated am... 
Comparison of Amphion Argon2 & Focal Chorus 807V
...yes, the Profile 908's aren't even on my radar...I've heard comments similar to yours from several folks who've A/B those...similar to what I hear about Gold and Silver series in the Monitor Audio line. The 807V's can be had for under 1K new, t... 
Comparison of Amphion Argon2 & Focal Chorus 807V
My main quest, as is the case with most who show up in this arena, is to get the best sound for the money, especially in a bookshelf speaker. I actually have a brand new set of LSA 2 speakers on the way to me (just shipped from the factory), but I... 
Comparison of Amphion Argon2 & Focal Chorus 807V
Oh, hey...here's my take on these speakers.... 
Speaker recommendations in the $3,500-$4,000 range
Any thoughts on Dynaudio Contour 1.3SE as opposed to the newer 1.4s? I see some Contour 1.3SEs available and was wondering if anyone has compared the two.... 
Paradigm S4 Signature Series Speaker owners....
Thanks for your response...this is actually a continuation of an earlier thread where I was requesting speakers suggestions for my listening area in my office...the room is basically 20'x11' with painted concrete block walls, 14'ceilings, berber c... 
Speaker recommendations in the $3,500-$4,000 range
Okay...I'm officially overwhelmed!!! I've spent sometime on the web looking at the sites for these wonderful speakers you guys have suggested.Looks like a book-shelf-type, near-field monitor with decent bass is going to be best for my situation (a... 
Speaker recommendations in the $3,500-$4,000 range
Guys...thanks for your input...I am overwhelmed at the number of responses. Thanks for putting up with a "noobie"...I've searched the classifieds now for about a year, but never posted a thread.Now the hard part is going to be finding demos of som... 
Speaker recommendations in the $3,500-$4,000 range
Aktchi,I don't need earth-shattering bass...just decent clarity and fullness of reasonably low notes that you would hear on say Schubert's "Unfinished Symphony", movement 1. Since this is just for pure stereo music reproduction, I don't need super... 
Speaker recommendations in the $3,500-$4,000 range
Duke,Thanks for your response and for the questionaire!!! Here are my responses:Listening habits: All kinds of music from classical (orchestra + choral) to jazz (David Benoit) to classic Rock (38 Special, Foreigner, Elton John, etc). I listen at m...