creekmaster
Responses from creekmaster
| Why the hate for mcintosh amps? Most people I know and have listen to my system love McIntosh! | |
| Are Bowers and Wilkins speakers overpriced? yes new b$w are overpriced but they are exceptional speakers in all respects,as a former owner of 802 d’s ,now focal 1038 Be’s I will be looking to pick up a set of 800 d2 ‘s soon ,mainly because my wife and son (25 y) miss them a lot.in mho I wou... | |
| Mcintosh xr 100 speakers Forget about the xl100 ,the xl 200 sound very good to me ,almost bought a pair before purchasing focal 1038 be’s .plus you can get a very good deal on them as well around 6-7.orig. 20 k new ,they play loud and also sound excellent at low to med, v... | |
| How much difference will a phono stage upgrade make? I was using the tube box ds as well and my problem was low output ,rega rp 8 ,alphea mc cart .i purchased a used Mac mc100 and wow that solved my problem! Mac 601 mono’s, focal 1038 be. | |
| Please help me clean up this stupid speaker cable mistake I was able to use my rocket 44 bi wires on a set of focal 1038 be ,I put one lug in the horizontal hole and the other in the banana plug socket ,not sure how the magico’s are set up .i could send a pic if you like . Mike | |
| One Amp To ‘Rule’ Them All.... I love my McIntosh 601 monos . | |
| Who are some of elite sub woofers? SVS ,they get stellar reviews from professional reviewers ,there for the smart masses | |
| What are the best speakers you have ever owned and why? Klipsch for 30 years then decided to leave the hornschorusbellethen b&w 802 d ,loved them but just would not put out the volume I wanted 10 % of the time ,ie listening to The Who loud ,driving with a Mac mc 602.now I have focal 1038 be ,love t... | |
| Why so many used focals? Another reason is this,Focal from the manufacturer level instituted a massive price drop on the Electra series 1028 and 1038 ,1038 dropped from 12,500 to 6995 for the pair at a lot major online players ,music direct ,world wide stereo,etc .other l... | |
| What to do when the preamp you were ripped off on shows up online ? If it’s ebay there’s no problem at all as long as you paid using pay pal.i got hit twice during the last 2 years 1700$and1500$ and PayPal handled it well and I got all my funds back. | |
| Curious what people think is the best "value" high end speaker (~5K to 15K) B&w 800 d-2 ,having just sold my 802 d’s because they where not quite large enough,I have the focal 1038 be for a temporary fix on the way to either the 800 d2 or focal sopra 3.driven by McIntosh 601 mono blocks .skip the 100’s ,you can get th... | |
| Speaker Recommendation: 20K range Hands down Focal sopra 3 ,actually I think you could get by and be very pleased with the sopra 2’s unless you have a Hugh room . | |
| For those of us over 60.. The WHO | |
| How much power can a pair of Klipsch La Scalas take ? You say you upgraded tweeters and crossover ,what about the mid range drivers? I replaced all components in in set of belles from Crites and it was a big improvement.im driving them with McIntosh 601 mono blocks,which is extreme overkill,only beca... | |
| bose 801 speakers I concur with roberjerman ,Pa spaeakers ,high power class d amp. |