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| What age did the "audio bug" hit you? My dad had custom speakers installed in a 70's style bar type thing that held highball glasses and when opened had a mirrored back. He had a Fisher reciever and one of the original AR turntables also fitted into the cabinet. He had a bunch of reco... | |
| Wilson Benesche ACT 1 & Valve amp Tommuch. Can you elaborate on your comments regarding the ARC/WB combo? I have a 100.2 amp and SP16 preamp and am thinking of the ACT's or the Curves as a speaker option. Thoughts would be appreciated. | |
| Linn/Naim user seeks advice on tube pre/ss amp Bob. I ran a Naim HiCap/62/140 for over 10 years and had really bought into the PRAT mantra/cult. Sadly, it turns out. About a year ago I sold it all rather than pay what I consider to be far too much money for either a "recap" of my equipment or ... | |
| An Extraordinary Find Trelja. Thanks for all of your thoughtful commentary. My quest, which began over a year ago, was to find a pair of attractive floorstanders to replace my Harbeth Compact 7s. I very much have enjoyed the Harbeth's. They are so thoroughly "right" in... | |
| An Extraordinary Find Joperfi. I agree, shows are not the best place to listen to speakers. I believe I am correct in saying that the speaker you heard was a preproduction effort similar to the one reviewed a while back in Bound for Sound. The current production models... | |
| An Extraordinary Find Fiddler. I'm told it is around 24K. A whole different kettle of fish price wise. I've also heard tell that it is one of the best speakers out there, period. | |
| An Extraordinary Find I can certainly confirm Trelja's comments on the cabinets. The veneer work is beautiful! Build quality is superb. This is one handsome speaker with a high WAF. Interestingly, one cannot really appreciate any of this by looking at the sales literat... | |
| An Extraordinary Find Trelja. I had the fortunate pleasure of hearing them with Dr. Raines. Since you are affiliated with the company that may put the listening room and system components in clearer perspective. I am inclined to think that the tile/stone floor, wall of... | |
| An Extraordinary Find The Frieds were powered by a Audible Illusions preamp and 50 watt solid state monoblocks whose name I don't recall. One of the nice things about these speakers is how easy they are to drive. A very stable 4 ohm load and 90+db efficiency. The 50 wa... | |
| Proac Response 2.5 vs D25 Drubin. Contact Fried via there website. They are friendly and committed to customer service. They can provide you with an update on product availability and dealer information. They are worth a drive for sure. | |
| Proac Response 2.5 vs D25 To add--I recently auditioned the D25 and heard the 2.5 back several years. I won't compare the two--it has been too long since I heard the older model. I will say the D25 was a surprisingly good speaker. Not that I went in with diminished expecta... | |
| Proac 3.8 vs Von Schweikert 5 Abruce. I have auditioned both extensively. To my ear the Proac is the superior speaker. The speakers have similar tonal characteristics, slightly to the warm side of neutral. Both image well and throw a huge soundstage. The midrange is very good ... | |
| First Order Crossovers: Pros and Cons Viridian. You are no doubt correct. My reference to Joseph's "contribution" was to the thread, not the technology. | |
| First Order Crossovers: Pros and Cons Songwriter, thanks for alerting me to the earlier forum discussion. I see now that this is really much deeper than I had anticipated. We have a full throated ideological struggle going on relative to this topic. Though I learned much from the disc... | |
| First Order Crossovers: Pros and Cons Viridian. Your explanation is helpful but leaves me wondering--Why would a speaker designer want to allow each driver in, say, a three way design want to "bleed" into the frequency spectrum of the nearby driver(s) rather than use a steep slope (is... |