ctsooner
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| The best speaker you ever heard? I used to love the Quad ESL's with warm tube amps. My tastes have changed greatly over the years, but I do have great memories of that speaker. | |
| Proac D48R that's interesting that you can get that speaker driving the way it can with only 33 watts. I know it's only a measurement, however I ended up getting a larger Quick and AR amp as they just opened up big time with more current and higher power in... | |
| What makes an expensive speaker expensive Syntax, the thing is that not all products have 'cheap fluid'. I brought up Vandersteen because I am intimately familiar with the tech, R&D, product costs etc... I also look at the points a manufacturer gets when selling wholesale. I won't ... | |
| What makes an expensive speaker expensive Great topic. Some folks don't want to hear the truth, but marketing is a huge reason so many speakers cost over 60k. Folks like to make big cabinets and there are people with plenty to spend, who want the biggest and the best. They feel that bo... | |
| Proac D48R I have had many pairs of Proacs since the early 90's. They do love tube gear. I ran AR and Quicksilver much of the time. If you want something different, Primare is a GREAT match also. For some reason, they have synergy. Worth a listen if you a... | |
| Has biwire speaker cabling become "old" ? Wolf, you just put a smile on my face. Love that post, lol. | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Sounds great Matt. Hope you are doing well. Really looking forward to how things go here! | |
| Has biwire speaker cabling become "old" ? Dave, sorry, lol. I've been called unreasonable by way too many over my lifetime, lol. I can argue if you want, lol. I often just hang out on the boards to find ridiculous comments by folks who have never been in a certain situation, but are mo... | |
| What used speaker would you buy with $20,000-$35,000 and why? Congrats, nice to find a pair of speakers you love. | |
| Has biwire speaker cabling become "old" ? First off we should all listen before buying. I was all bout MIT when I had my Quicksilver/Proac system. It was years. I'm actually shipping my 330 shotgun CVT cables out tomorrow as I finally decided to sell them. Bruce B actually rewired my p... | |
| Has biwire speaker cabling become "old" ? Nice Dave. I don't need to kiss anyones butt. Been around audio plenty and there are some who's ideas I align with as they make sense. Well before I even liked his speakers, I was into MIT cables. I loved them and even had my Quicksilver preamp... | |
| Has biwire speaker cabling become "old" ? no romance, how can you make a statement like that? There is so much that goes into any cable that you can't just make a blanket statement like that as fact. The real fact is that any bare wire will start to 'gas' over time and that will degrade... | |
| What used speaker would you buy with $20,000-$35,000 and why? I used to really like the Avalons. I noticed many of the dealers have dropped them (and the value has gone down tremendously). One dealer told me that he had to drop them as the new owners won't advertise and he can't give them away. It's really... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Sorry Matt. Have you tried the new AQ Niagara Power station? I've only talked to one person who has used it and he was blown away at how low the noise floor became and how strong the dynamics are now. He claimed he had all the top conditioners i... | |
| What used speaker would you buy with $20,000-$35,000 and why? Can't go wrong as Atlanta has some great dealers. Vandersteen has a top dealer there and they know the products well as long as others. You should also check out the Maggies and KEF's while there. All three are so totally different, but musical... |