drrasta
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| Homegrown or Mapleshade Try the Homegrown silver lace. Free 30 day trial. Haven't compared, but the silver lace sound great. | |
| New Speakers www.northcreekaudio.com | |
| Best "Bookshelves" for $500? new or used I would second the tube preamp choice of the Anthem line-up. I used the Pre1L and Amp 1 with the 601 series I. Switched the speakers to Tyler Taylo Reference and they sounded great. The pre is probably more neutral than the amp though. For speaker... | |
| Help me find a smooth solid-state amp? Lots of responses here. It looks like it's a story of been there, done that. Start with the source. Pioneer? I guess they've made bright sounding stuff since the '60's. Try another source. Try different interconnects/speaker wires. Do you really w... | |
| Best Turntable at $1,500? Please Advise. For tube preamp with phono consider the Anthem Pre1--about $650 used on Audiogon. With some NOS tubes very nice sound for the $$. Also consider a Pre1L ($450 used) Or Pre2L ($700 new) + Black Cube phono section. | |
| Jazz Recommendations There are several good books on classic jazz recordings. Check them out at amazon.com or barnes and noble. I like the idea of supporting your local public radio jazz program. | |
| BAT VK-5SE vs 50SE Good review in Stereophile of the vk5se in comparison to vk50se. I think it was October 99. Also call BAT directly and ask for advice. | |
| Best Bookshelf Speakers I'd look at the Swans Diva speakers. Best value for the money. av123.com. Another thought: Audio Concepts Sapphire III. www.audioc.com. Also might look at a speaker kit. The Seas Odin at www.zalytron.com Good luck. | |
| Need interconnect advice Look at the Goertz micropurl. www.alpha-core.com | |
| ACI Saphire III vs. JMLab Cobalt 807 vs. Sapphire III's use a Scan speak 9300 tweeter and Focal mid-bass unit. ACI also makes the Titan I & II subs that mate nicely with the Sapphire III's. I prefer the non-metal tweeters, less fatiguing sound. | |
| Tubes for Anthem gear I have the Amperex 7308's in a pre1L and am using telefunken smooth plate 12ax7 and RCA black plate 12au7's in the amp. Sounds better than stock--better midrange, smoother highs. They say the Sovtek 12ax7lps (if I have that right)--their new 12ax7... | |
| Best Used Tube Preamp (under $750)? Anthem with NOS tubes is nice. | |
| Balanced Preamp Recommendations? Check out the BAT vk5i. It's a good deal at the price. | |
| Balanced to RCA Adapters You can make adaptors rather inexpensively and easily from quality parts from Michael Percy Audio. He has a web site. If you are unsure of how to do it, he can help you. |