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| Magnepan 1.6QR : to bi-wire or not to bi-wire I'm a long-time owner of Maggie 1.6QR's. I've tried a number of different speaker cables, and combinations with mine. I tried bi-wiring with Analysis plus Oval 9 cables (with pins) and really couldn't hear any improvement. This was with a pair of ... | |
| Best Source for Tubes whle Jim specializes in restoring old Citation amps, his tube pages are a good listing of a variety of NOS, used and new production tubes.I've bought literally dozens of tubes from Jim without a single problem. He tests every tube, and guarantees ... | |
| VPI Cleaning Machine You'll want to get extra fluid. If you're picky, you can read up on different fluids on Mikey Fremer's sitePurchasing my 16.5 was the single biggest upgrade ever for my stereo system! Enjoy yours. | |
| Vandersteen X-2 crossover??? I spent about a year trying to get a good integration between my Magneplanar 1.6s and the Vandersteen 2Wq. The good news is you can get a pretty good match by varying the Q setting. The bad news is you have to put a capacitor in your signal path a... | |
| How can I learn how to fix equipment You should definitely check out DIYaudio.com boards.Also, there are some basic electronics sites easily found, such as this one:http://www.bonavolta.ch/hobby/en/audio/audioel.htm | |
| How can I learn how to fix equipment There are quite a few nice audio kits around. Building one will teach you to read a schematic, to solder well, and to troubleshoot. Also you can get a chance to learn about how different components sound (e.g. different types of capacitors, wire, ... | |
| Tube Amp Recommendation The Catamounts are a super speaker, but they really don't need a whole lot of watts unless your room is huge. I'd look for the best damn 50-75w amp you can get, rather than go for the big watt stuff like the ARC VT100 you mention.You could use som... | |
| Atma-Sphere M60 or David Berning ZH270? This is a great thread! I'm also looking at the Berning vs. M60 choice for Coincident speakers. The high impedence of the Coincidents looks like a natural for the M60's, so I'm glad to hear some positive experiences there. Another choice that has ... | |
| Best phono-pre for mc-systems below $ 1.500,00 ? This was state of the art 1998. Still sounds pretty damn good IMHO.A couple on the board recently went for well under your budget. Just my $.02 | |
| Is there high output MC that can compete/beat ... For what it's worth, I just sold my Dynavector 10x5 on Audiogon a few weeks ago. It came with my VPI when I got it last year. Everything said above is true (detailed, warm, great extension in highs and bass). But I still prefer the sound of the hi... | |
| Lugnut needs your advice on small speakers Hi Pat,As you may remember, I was building some of these when we last talked. They've turned out extremely nice! The ScanSpeak tweeters and VIFA woofers are extremely well matched with George's spectacular crossovers (aka Crossover King). The part... | |
| Personal amp evolution Started with tubes, went through some Solid State, now back to mostly tubes. I'm a Packrat, get rid of little, don't upgrade so much as add systems (Bedroom, Basement, Home Theatre, "Listening Room", Living Room, daughter's room = 6 systems)Pilot ... | |
| smaller speaker suggestions I just built a pair of Eska floor standing monitors which I think are a bit special, at least with my home-built Alan Kimmel-designed EL34 amp. I like the way that George "voices" his speakers, and he is "the man" when it comes to passive crossove... |