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| The best speaker you ever heard? Klipsch Cornwalls do the dynamics without having to buy $80,000. in amps but they can't do anything else right and in fact do some things worse than anything on the market outside of Bose. If dynamics is the only thing you need to convince you it ... | |
| Best undiscovered speakers on the market today ? Intuitive Design Summit speakers. Almost every speaker the designer has produced, (Dale Pitcher of Essence fame) has become a legend and has been so far advanced in performance that it is common for his designs to stay current for 10 to 20 years. ... | |
| Extremely budget minded system for under $500.00 ? I would look at the Energy XL-150's or the newer C-10 speakers. Used should be around $120. (Paradigm Titans would be a second choice) Use Audioquest F-14 speaker cable. I have some used for .50 cents a foot. Solid core cable. Find a used Onkyo TX... | |
| Crazy Downstairs Neighbor Hey Jeff, Good taste in equipment. Have you played with loading the cartridge? I love the Benz because of the warmth but it should not be tons more bass than your Wadia. Both should be accurate with the Wadia being harsher and more foreword in the... | |
| Follow-up to my alien aduction-like anecdote. I used to get abducted all the time when listening to music and I was able to resolve the problem. I sold my Essence speakers and Townsend table with Grahem arm. When I purchased a Yamaha system the aliens stayed away. The only strange side efect ... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? I never likes Krell and Levinson on Apogee's The best I ever heard was hybrid amps like David Berning or New York Audio Labs. Also heard Meitner amps sound good on them and an old VSP TransMos amp. Jeff Rowland isn't bad on them but could never ge... | |
| What are your opions on monster power amp. Hello again. Yes it will have enough power. I would suggest a different amp for your front speakers even if it is cheaper as Krell is a bad match with Martin Logan. Martin Logan's sound 10 times better with tubes. If you are afraid of tubes the so... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? Source IS the most important part of a system but a system is still a collection of all its parts. It is NOT true that the system is only as good as its weakest link. The weakest link is only the smartest place to spend money. Once the source is p... | |
| Heard the $325000 Acapella's Sphaeron excaliburs? Hello again. The only thing I will try to justify is the fact that it would cost a fortune to have 30 different musicians at one time in your house 365 days a year and ask them to play only two songs at a time then switch to something else. If the... | |
| What are your opions on monster power amp. Hello again, I did not know that Marsh designed the Monster amps. My opinion came from my installers who said it was just ok. I have more respect for Monster if it is designed by Marsh. My feelings on Anthem are unchanged and I do have first hand ... | |
| Alternative to Cardas Neutral Reference IC Find a used and older FMS cable. If they know what they have you won't hit your price but sometimes people like to change for the heck of it. There may be a few second choises I'm not thinking of right now but one of them would be Apex (ICTL serie... | |
| What are your opions on monster power amp. Hello, The monster amps are ok but not as good as Rotel in terms of sound quality. The Anthem is real harsh and grainy. It uses way too much feedback just like Sonic Fronteirs did before Paradigm purchased the company. Are those the 3 amps you can... | |
| How to bias output tubes on Golden Tube SE 40 If no one can help you I have a customer that has one and I can look at his owners manual. I biased one a couple of years ago and it was unusual but not hard. I think you can only let it warm up 5 or 10 min. E mail me at duane@referenceav.net if y... | |
| preamp vs pre/processor Hello, I didn't like the sound of the Aragon Stage one. It was thin and steely with a cold pesintation. Try to find a Classe SSP-25, or 30. Because Angstrum and Kinergetics are out of buisness, the Classe ranks as the best sounding pre/pros I have... | |
| 3 great choices Find a used Essence, Thore, or LAMM. The Essence is the best I have ever heard and is so good that it is not handcuffed by system matching. Only problems are that it is very heavy, (100 lbs) it has a left and right volume control, and it is so ove... |