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| which speakers, under $2K used? You might want to look into the Dave Ellis 1801 or the Jim Salk Verity monitors. These are custom made of gorgeous woods with award-winning drivers. I'm having Jim Salk build me a custom sealed pair of Ellis 1801s than will fit seamlessly with a V... | |
| Warm sounding cables - non fatiguing You might want to consider the Cardas Golden Reference ICs. A tad pricey but can be had easily on AGON used. I've tried AUdience AU, TG audio, and Luminous Ref, and still return to the Cardas with my Joule/Berning tube setup. | |
| which monitor isn't lacking in the bass dept.? You might want to consider a pair of Dave Ellis 1801 monitors with cabinets made by Jim Salk (www.salksound.com). Absolutely gorgeous cabinets in custom wood with award winning driver design. Add a Vandersteen or VBT sub later on to pick up the lo... | |
| Towards a Tuner Hierarchy My suggestion would be to visit Jim's rankings on www.fmtunerinfo.com. A real cornicopia of tuner ratings and rankings! | |
| best all around monitor Totem has a new monitor called the Rainmaker. Sounded very nice at CES. Also, you have to include Jim Salks Veracity or Ellis 1801. You won't find a more gorgeous monitor esthetically, never mind the wonderful sound. Visit his website at www.Salks... | |
| Anyone using subs with Merlin VSM-ME's You might want to consider the VBT Magellan VI sub. Uses an incredibly fast six inch driver. Reviewed highly by 6 moons. | |
| Top Ten Tuners of all Time?? The Mcintosh MR-80 is commonly mistaken as a digital tuner because of its digital readout. It is in fact an analog tuner. The MR-80 has a wonderfull full sound with great stereo separation. It has the classic McIntosh sexy look and cost $2500 when... | |
| Whats the best used tuner for under 1000 For less than $500 you can pick up an Accuphase T100 if you can find one. Absolutely the finest sounding tuner of my collection, especially after alignment, which includes:Sansui Tu919Marantz 150 kenwood 600Tkenwood Kt8300McIntosh MR-80The hard pa... | |
| Cable Suggestions for my system? I use Cardas Golden Reference ICs throughout my system for listening to New Age (Vollenveider, David Arkenstone, Kitaro, Secret Garden, etc). My system consists of Ayre CX-7 CDP, Merlin VSM-ME speakers, Joule LA-100 Mk3, Sim Moon W5 Amp. Silent So... | |
| A great full function preamp. for Berning 270 ?? Bobby at Merlin recommends the Joule LA150 to be used with the Berning 270. He feels this combination along with his VSM-ME will produce "one of the finest systems in the country". His words, not mine. | |
| The best sounding FM Tuner is..... For full reviews of just about any of the older FM tuners visit www.fmtunerinfo.com. |