donjr
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| Musical cd plyer under 1k I'd third the NAD. NAD is really awesome gear on a budget and they rarely if even have to go in for repair. The easiest days of audio for me were the NAD days. | |
| The Harbeth phenomenon I travel around the U.S. for work and am out of town with nothing to do many weekends throughout the year. In my spare time I like to audition gear. I don't currently own Harbeth's (that might change tomorrow) but they've been my all around favori... | |
| Best small speakers? Hands down the Harbeth Super 5's. Go audition them if you can. Google reviews. The reviews will amaze you. I'm not sure why mapman mentioned Rogue, but at the 2010 'The Show' in Montreal, the most well regarded room was the room with a Rogue Cronu... | |
| Buying used or sight unseen speakers a bad idea? You might also find fake knock offs of Dynaudio, Sonus, Proac etc. | |
| Buying used or sight unseen speakers a bad idea? I can mention one thing that has not been mentioned. There are knock offs of speakers recently that are being sold as new and authentic. This used to be a huge problem back in the late 70's / early 80's where people would sell them out of vans. Wa... | |
| "Best" speakers new/used under $3,000? There's a mint pair of Harbeth Compact 7ES-3's for $3200 obo on Agon right now if you're thinking about monitors. Some Harbeth owners prefer these over the Super HL5, some don't. There's not a lot of speakers out there that professional reviewers ... | |
| cable fast dynamic and transparant recommendation Since the moderator is clearly protecting the people selling interconnects and speaker cable on this web site, I'll shorten my reply up. Interconnects and speaker cable aren't nearly as important as one might think. I guess I'm not allowed to spea... | |
| Strange Klipsch thing Grimace. I would suggest reading up on the subject of room placement without the help of a forum. You will only be disappointed and it will cost you a ton of money. Read articles on the subject from professionals and not audiophiles. Most professi... | |
| Klipsch La Scala Dilemma I would take the La Scalas and don't look back. Since it didn't cost me anything, I wouldn't sell either. Man, I wish this would happen to me but only if I owned Harbeth's. I'll quote Jack Handy (and I'm not this type of person, but in your situat... | |
| Totem Rainmaker vs Dynaudio Excite 12 shelf spks? There's a 9/10 pair of Harbeth P3ESR Special Edition's on Agon right now for $1550 obo. | |
| Obscure companies making excellent speakers? My first hifi setup was purchased with paper route money in 1981. I bought a Technics receiver and TT with a pair of Genesis G1 two way loudspeakers (not the Genesis of today). The speaker manufacturer was out of New Hampshire and they were of the... | |
| Totem Rainmaker vs Dynaudio Excite 12 shelf spks? Those are very small speakers for that room. However, a smaller speaker in a large room is much better than a larger one in a small room so no big deal. Everyone has their opinion and mine would be to find a used pair of Harbeth P3ESR's. Read John... | |
| Best floorstanding speakers under $2000 It's funny that Linaeuu66 asks this question and gets treated like a child but another poster just a few posts down asks the same question with a $3k price and gets a flood of personal opinions. | |
| Headphone amp and headphones... ? Here's my opinion and it's only worth anything to me, but I'm going to share it with you anyway. Where do you come up with this monetary value? Do you even know if you like listening to headphones? I'm not trying to let you down, but that's way to... | |
| Cary integrated vs. Rogue Cronus Magnum If you live in the US, do yourself a favor and buy the rogue or Cary. I own a Cronus Magnum and if I have even the most simple question, I call or e-mail them and usually end up speaking with Mark, the owner. Another plus is if you end up owning a... |