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Review: Sumiko Speaker Set Speaker
I have wondered why you wouldn't just turn off the right speaker altogether during that initial left speaker set up. 
Review: Sumiko Speaker Set Speaker
Go here to see the Iron Chef protocol. 
Review: Sumiko Speaker Set Speaker
Thanks Guido, but not sure I want to pay to fly him out from Denver. :-) 
Review: Sumiko Speaker Set Speaker
I have asked Sumiko if any of their local (SF Bay Area) dealers would hire out and perform a Master Set for me even though I have not purchased speakers from them and don't own any Sumiko speakers. They've tried to find someone, but so far, no dic... 
SRA VR vs. Ohio
I absolutely love the look of the Craz racks (the double wide is what I'd like to have) but they are out of my price range. Does anyone know of any racks with similar good looks and reasonable sonic performance but at more modest price points? It'... 
Dynaudio C1 + Mcintosh 275 amp, do they match?
Well, Chip Stern, who wrote a frothing-at-the-mouth rave review of the C1, used Rogue tube monoblocks with them. 
PC: Synergistic Tesla, Lessloss, Transparent MM
Let me add my voice to the list of disgruntled LessLoss owners. I have three of the puppies and don't really need any more. Liudas, this is the kind of marketing move some companies never recover from. 
Give up on Thiel 3.6 or try another amp again ?
I don't think he ever said he wanted a warmer sound. 
Anticables Review
Kontrabass, how have you configured the + and - leads -- twisted them together, tied them together? In my experience, they must be very close to one another or the sonics suffer dramatically. YMMV. 
Best jazz covers of rock songs
Brad Mehldau does a pretty nice cover of Nick Drake's "Things Behind the Sun". Not rock, exactly, but... 
Any new up & coming high end speaker lines?
Not Nick's True Sound in Campbell but Audible Arts, which recently moved there and is an Usher dealer. 
Any new up & coming high end speaker lines?
Kurt, can you name some speakers you really like the looks of, regardless of sonics? 
Any new up & coming high end speaker lines?
Oh, I forgot the obvious choice here: MBL.For up and comers, consider Sonicweld, TAD, Polymer Audio Research, Evolution Acoustics, the Pass Labs Rushmore maybe... 
Any new up & coming high end speaker lines?
These are under your budget, but what about Vandersteen 5A and Egglestonworks Andra II? Neither is exactly great looking, of course. And what about the latest Revels, or do you have the latest?