dayglow
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| Elac Loudspeakers? I have a Valve Audio Predator which is a true overachiever. I upgraded the tubes(Mullard cv 2493) and I don't have any treble grain with the FS8. I realize the superior JET tweeter could expose this(grain) along with added tube hiss from the pream... | |
| Elac Loudspeakers? Kclone-I appreciate your Elac update and keeping this thread alive since very little info from Elac owners are posted. My Focus Audio FS8 speakers do many things right but are limited mainly due to driver size. The Elac FS 249 is on a short list f... | |
| Name 3 under appreciated pop/rock drummers Many great responses especially...Clive Bunker-Phil Ehart-Graham Lear and Rod Morgenstein. I will add another 3 that have not been mentioned...Eric Carr-Troy Luccketta and Floyd Sneed. | |
| Why do some audiophiles beat up McIntosh? MAC's lower priced intergrateds 6300/6600 are poor sounding when considering cost. My Valve Audio Predator destroys both models. I bet a properly working NAD S300( | |
| What's the best balanced pre $2000? BAT-(used)Classe-(used upper level models)Jeff Rowland-(used)Emotiva-(lol) | |
| Harbeth 30.1, odd USA pricing? Drudin-Have you considered the Stirling Broadcast LS3/6 Reference? Acoustic Sounds sells the base finish model for $4095. The LS3/6 with basic finish retail for (2348 GBP) in the UK which is only a $400-500 importer markup when converted to USD. I... | |
| Upgrading amp Erniek-Don't fall victim to the Emotiva "Giant Killer" sales pitch. A Quad 909/99 is a much better choice. If you find the Quad gear to quirky and don't mind an older power/pre consider a Proceed BPA 2/PRE. Depending on condition both these set-up... | |
| ZYX R100 or Dynavector 20x2 L? What cartridge are you replacing? The ZYX R100 could be to lean sounding depending on the balance of your system. The Dynavector 20x2(low) is a solid allrounder. FWIW some claim the 20x2L has some of the characteristics of the Transfiguration Axia... | |
| Turntable Swamp. . .what to buy? Have you considered a used Rega P9? The RB1000 tonearm is good enough to survive many cartridge upgrades giving you a long term turntable at a modest cost. | |
| price point to move to separates vs integrated IMO if your going the pure class A route get a seperate power amp! | |
| Gyrodec vs Well Tempered Amadeus If your considering the Amadeus just remember they are built by Opera Audio in China. For the near cost of the Amadeus you could look into the Opera Audio Consonance Flagship-Droplet LP 5.0mk2. | |
| revel resale? IMO the first generation Revel Salons look like a close relative to a penguin! | |
| "What's The Best Value Speaker In $5k-$10k Range?" Amphion-Krypton2Atohm-GT3Jamo-909KEF-207/2Marten-Django XLVandersteen-5A$10k should be enough to get these speakers on the used market. | |
| Amp for PSB Stratus Gold Krell Kav-500i/400ix/300il. IMO these are better sounding/built then the current models besides the fbi which retails for over $15K. Heard several demos with Krell and PSB-Stratus series resulting in near perfect synergy. | |
| Top 10 Alt-country bands Alternative country is hard to define. Even current Bluegrass could be considered alternative country. When Nashville praises Taylor Swift but considers Rhonda Vincent the red headed stepchild? FWIW I don't consider The Jayhawks or Wilco alt-country! |