donjr
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| Audiolab 8200CD & CDQ Thanks Afranta. I guess I'm going to find out the easy way. My wife broke me the news that she ordered me a 8200cdq for my birthday ! ! ! ! ! | |
| The Harbeth phenomenon All I can say is the Compact 7ES-3 is the first speaker I've heard where I couldn't hear the speaker, just hear the music. Low volume listening is superb. My B&W's have to be cranked up a little for low volume, but not the C7's. They're very n... | |
| Audiolab 8200CD & CDQ Thank you Audiojedi. I thought I had read somewhere that the CDQ had some other improvements. | |
| 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... |