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| Help How do I ship Maggies?? I had a pair of Martin Logan SL3's shipped air freight to me. Had to pay the seller 1st, then pick up at the airport. Shipping was far less than UPS or Fedex. Airlines won't accept speakers with "magnets" as they claim they will upset their naviga... | |
| Preamp for BAT VK-60 s and ML Requests I am running an all BAT system with vk5d into vk5se into vk60 mono's. I tried the EVS attenuators (which I bought used on Audiogon) bypassing the preamp and found that they work just fine. In fact they may work too well as there was a tinge more c... | |
| Best acoustical guitar - any type music David Grisman "Tone Poems I"--anything on the Acoustic Disc label actually--nice recordings. Also Larry Coryell has a number of acoustic jazz discs out that are hard to find but worth the effort. | |
| Homegrown Silver Lace vs Coincident CST I have the silver lace IC's and Coincident cst speaker cable. The silver lace has never been bright or thin, especially in comparison to say the goertz copper or silver micropurl cables. You can try the silver lace for 30 days, so you can't really... | |
| Best Preamp w/ Headphone Jack Try passive: http://www.donmorrisonaudio.com/MORRISON/amps.htm | |
| Monitors are falling I bought the Acoustat Monitor III's before I was married. Had them for 18 years while my kids were growing up--they even outlasted my marriage! They were tall with a big, hot tube amp on the back side. The only problems I had was with the cats cla... | |
| TUBE....Starting with Power or Preamp ? Check out Rogue Audio for tubes: Tempest is a new integrated and occasionally comes up used for about $1500. Equivalent separates are Pre 66 and Amp 88 models which go for about your price range used. The Rogue 88 is dynamic, detailed with excelle... | |
| Best Sax Jazz A couple of my favorites: Coltrane--Ballads. Shorter--JuJu. | |
| Coincident Eclipse vs Von Schweikert vr4 Strength of the vr4genII is imaging and driver integration. The genII has a leaner bass than the original vr4--which in some rooms was overpowering. The vifa metal dome tweeters tend to be bright, so component matching is important. I did the vr4g... | |
| tube replacement for bat vk60 Probably is one of the power tubes. I replaced mine and crackling disappeared. | |
| I bought a GREAT cd the other day. Off topic a bit but check out David Grisman's "Tone poems"--nicely recorded. | |
| Best Tube Amp under 10K? I wouldn't ignore the highly-rated BAT amps--I'm running vk60 monos, but the latest is the vk75se. | |
| power cords/surge protector-conditioner For power cord info look at the cable asylum under audioasylum.com. This should get you started on DIY: http://www.audioasylum.com/audio/cables/messages/7885.html | |
| best interconnect for less than 100??? Second the homegrown silver lace. Can assemble and save $50 but need a multimeter from Radio Shack. Also consider Goertz micropurl for less money. | |
| Please help-cables, interconnects? Also to consider Analysis Plus Oval 9 for speaker wire (used by Von Schweikert Audio and good reviews here). Harmonic Tech interconnects. www.homegrownaudio.com has some great prices on silver interconnects (try the silver lace) with a 30 day in-h... |