elgordo
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| Amp Recommendations for Acoustat 1+1s The Hafler 9505 is the updated TNT-200 and was designed by Jim Strickland. You should be able find one for less than $1000 with no trouble. I've owned both of them and the 9505 is considerably better. Drove my 2+2s easily for the past 7 years. I a... | |
| Bryston 4B-ST, Magnepan 1.6QR, suggest a preamp. I'm using an ARC LS-16 with a 4B-ST to drive Acoustats and it's a great combination. | |
| Are Beveridge Speakers worth purchasing Yeah, if you have the room and can buy them cheap. There is a certain "magic" to these speakers that is unlike anything else. | |
| Bryston 3bs Bridged versus one 4b Bryston does not recommend bridging their amps to drive Acoustats. The Acoustats present too low an impedence. I asked them this very question when considering amps to drive my 2+2s and ended up buying a 4B-ST, which I'm happy with. My preamp is t... | |
| Listening room in Attic or Living room??? The most important consideration is your wife. Does she enjoy music? If the system is in the attic, will she be up there with you? If not, this isolation could be a negative thing. If the system is downstairs, how does your wife feel about all of ... | |
| What Cart. for a Infinity Black widow Definitely not MC. You need the lightest cartridge, with the highest compliance you can find. | |
| Budget amp for Dahlquist DQ-10's When I had DQ-10s, I drove them with a Threshold 400A which is 100 watts/channel with plenty of current. It was more than enough power. The McCormack will probably be fine. | |
| Is it possible to shield unshielded speakers? Bucking magnets? That reminds me of a kid, with a speech impediment, who came to my door on halloween night. I said: "You're a little pirate aren't you"? He said: "Yeth thir" and I said: "Where are your buccaneers"? He replied: "Under my buckin' h... | |
| Any shortwave radio listener among us? I've got a Hammerlund HQ-180 with about 20 tubes in it. Haven't listened to it for several years now. It's about the size of a small microwave oven, not counting the external speaker. Just don't have room on the rack. | |
| A sexy new amp...Channel Island Support minimalism - it's the least you can do. | |
| Budget amp for Dahlquist DQ-10's These speakers are not as dated as you may think. They are still better than most of today's speakers and need plenty of power. You are on the right track with the amps you mentioned. My daughter powers her DQ-10s with a Hafler 9505, which is not ... | |
| glass fibre optic ST cable Question ST and Single Mode are both AT&T products. Theta used single mode and called it LaserLinque. It is vastly superior to ST but very costly. It was (is?) an $800 option on a Theta transport or DAC plus $250 for the cable. Total cost $1850! My bro... | |
| Magnum Dynalab MD-100 vs. the MD-102 Tuners Yeah. Buy a Fanfare. | |
| Favorite Performances of Russian Compositions The Byron Janis with Kyril Kondrashin conducting on Mercury Living Presence is excellent. It was recorded live in Moscow in June of 1962 and the CD also contains the Rachmaninoff 1st Concerto and a few pieces for solo piano. The CD has the absolut... | |
| Which solid state amp loves a 4 ohm load? Bryston 4B-ST at around $1300 or Hafler 9505 at around $800. Both amps are 250 watts/channel into 8 ohms and about 400 into 4 ohms. Both have balanced and RCA inputs. I own one of each and have been driving my 4 ohm speakers for a long time, so I ... |