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| Poor Fritz [@novice]"What good reason can you give to buy the fritz when you can buy better for a fraction of the cost?"Got 5 good reasons. Experience matters. Until a novice has - 1. Built them, 2. heard them, 3. compared sound, 4. in a group setting, 5. wi... | |
| Luxman 505uXlI vs Cary SLI-100 +1 three_easy_payments@unison77Do what he said. Or, call Steve or Billy and send it in to Cary. A good local tech might be better if you have one around your area who does "tube amp upgrades", and you might get a better job. 17 years of good us... | |
| Poor Fritz To: Kenjit, Why don’t you build a kit from Madisound if you have not done so already? It can answer some of your recurring questions. I’ve sourced parts from Madisound for 22 years and been designing and building my own speakers for 42 years. Came... | |
| Poor Fritz [@any-novice]"Total cost of drivers is $1300. Cost of speakers is $3500. So how much is he actually making? Can anybody answer that without insulting me?"----------------------------------Yes. Not making much. Drivers are part of the cost equatio... | |
| Luxman 505uXlI vs Cary SLI-100 @maholl50, When you acquired the SLI-100 with KT150s, do you have a copy of the build-receipt or recall if any special upgrades were done at original purchase time? i.e. a friend was the designer of that SLI-100, originally. He shared some nice up... | |
| System Plateau - Ideas? @dotchaos"edge". That wasn’t the right word at all. I think what I’m missing is the fullness/roundness of the Line Magnetic. The slightly "thinner" sound of the current set up leaves me wanting a bit. @audition__audio do you have a preferred brand... | |
| System Plateau - Ideas? @dotchaos@decooney I won't let go of the FirstWatt, also won't let go of the Line Magnetic (at least until I can afford the 845 premium). I did take the LM as far as I could with tube selection, but didn't get to playing around with caps at all.Wi... | |
| System Plateau - Ideas? Do you still have your LM tube amp lying around by chance?What do you mean by missing "edge", does that mean you are missing more detail or snap or resolution somehow... Also, noticed you went from nice tube to nice solid state amplification, and ... | |
| RIP Eddie Van Halen. What was your first stereo you rocked to VH on? @jlistens...Think I'll go crank up eruption and annoy my kids.Best celebration of life comment yet, and we all can imagine a laugh and grin from Eddie on that one. | |
| Review: Fritz Heiler’s Carrera BE Bookshelf Speakers @hilde45"...and I was like, "Whoa! Need to turn that down." "Same speaker specs, different output. Go figure.". Exactly why first-hand demos help answer a lot of questions. Specs alone don't do any speaker justice for evaluating and selecting it ... | |
| RIP Eddie Van Halen. What was your first stereo you rocked to VH on? @joecollegeVery cool! Sold mine back then too. Heck, I might have even built yours - who knows. I worked at ESS, on the AMT line back then. You can find some used ones too, recondition them. New surrounds, diaphragms in the Heils, some cabinet re... | |
| RIP Eddie Van Halen. What was your first stereo you rocked to VH on? Started with Van Halen 1 album, Eruption :) Sansui AU-717 integrated amp, TU-717 tuner, Techniques SLQ2 turntable, ESS AMT Monitor speakers back then. Recently watched an updated video of him piecing the three different guitars together to build... | |
| Poor Fritz @erik_squires ..They are remarkably affordable and yet potential customers put him through the absolute ringer...OP: There are reviews on the Fritz website and he charges something like $3295 for a small BE 2-way speaker, not inexpensive by any me... | |
| Review: Fritz Heiler’s Carrera BE Bookshelf Speakers @hilde45Would you possibly characterize the sound of the Carrera vs. Salks having a tad more mid-bass with the Carreras and slightly more transparent & detailed midrange with the Salks 6M SS? Having built some speakers with a few of these same... | |
| Belles Aria Integrated burn in time If you are a "specific" type of individual, follow the manual, and If I may recommend taking some general listening notes after 40hrs, 80, 150, 250hrs of burn-in. You can simply self-score low, mids, highs, soundstage, general observations and oth... |