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| Tubes or Sand for Totem Arro under 1k? Haven't tried mass loading for the same reason as Jh2os. I like the soundstage wide and the sound lively. Seems a light but rigid cabinet does these things well!As for my amp, I ended up with an ASL Orchid. 3.5 watts of low volume musical bliss.En... | |
| Speaker Suitable for Baby/Children - Wall Mount Had same dilemma. I didn't end up with wall mounts; instead I opted for Martin Logans. As a speaker, the mls are pretty kid proof. Kiddos can do nearly anything to it--"short" of sticking a metallic object into the front--and little harm will come... | |
| Floorstanders for small rooms? Budget $1200 used Totem Arro works well in my room of similar dimension. As a bonus, they mate well with tubes. The Arro's character leans toward analytical/detailed. It has great bass quality and when backed to within a foot of a wall it provides a nice foundation... | |
| Best Player or DAC: ceiling $3k Go for the Audio Note if your taste runs toward non-upsampled sound. If you don't know if you like the sound of upsampling, you'll have to try a few and see. I do like the upsampled sound of many players that I've heard, but overall prefer the Aud... | |
| The Best Inexpensive Wines Available Now Bob, yes, I believe those would count as a meritage. As the term is made up, I think the bottler could slap the name on any blend. It's supposedly a term created by blending the words merit + heritage, but I find it a stretch to apply those terms ... | |
| The Best Inexpensive Wines Available Now Cpdunn99, sorry to hear about your job loss.Most of the the wines I am into lately are, in fact, meritages. Meritage being a made up word to denote a blend, generally a Bordeaux-style blending, as opposed to a standard varietal. If you want to che... | |
| Sonus Faber w/ Sonic Frontiers Power 1 - Impedance Tfk, as Raquel said above, I believe changing to 4 Ohms requires opening the chassis. I have a Power 1 and that's what the dealer told me the change involved. Is your Power 1 different? Does it have actual 4 and 8 Ohm taps on back?fwiw--I haven't ... | |
| Does anybody have Totem Arro's and CJ tubes? At the show were the Arros paired with a tube amp? If they were, you should enjoy them with your amp.I have Arros paired with a similar amp and it works fantastically. Not only do I get all the volume I need (somewhere in 90 db's peak in a room si... | |
| The Best Inexpensive Wines Available Now Cpdunn99, I don't often run into people who've had this group of wines. And I agree with your 7 Deadly assessment. Although, I do really enjoy it. The Hahn being my sub $15 reference, I'd like to hear what you prefer. Do you have some suggestions ... | |
| The Best Inexpensive Wines Available Now Incognito (Red) is pretty amazing at $15ish/bottle. Also from the same winemakers is 7 Deadly Zins at about $15, a very good zin. Even better zin is Joel Gott 2002 $16 or the Estate bottle of same for about $26--it doesn't get much better than thi... | |
| Tubes or Sand for Totem Arro under 1k? Michael and Rick, thanks for your responses. The tube amp I am considering is the Jolida 202b--your experience helps with my decision. A Classe int was paired with the Arro in TAS awhile ago in a systems issue. I may check into that more. Rick, ho... | |
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| Sonic Frontier, Joule or Counterpoint Tube Preamp? At least one key factor will be finding a unit in good condition. I have a early-80s Counterpoint pre and it performs well. Actually, repairs for any of the brands you seek are not much of an issue. Both the SF and Counterpoint will be low priced ... | |
| Best amp to use with ML Aeon i speakers ... Duke's right, of course, but so is Steelhead. I have SL3 with a Sonic Frontiers tube amp and the combo is something special. While all SS has left me unimpressed with "dry & sterile" sound, tubes add body and more depth/spacial dimension. Befo... | |
| ute-friendly speakers? Gradient Revolution, per Jrinkerptdnet above. Intended to be placed against wall with delicate drivers high enough to be out of reach.I sold my apogees and got martin logans 'cause of my 'utes.I feel your pain. |