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| Recommended speakers around $10K used eggleston andra-I or andra-II.a pretty forgiving/unfussy speaker imho, if you havehigh-qualilty 100w/ch minimum amplification.imaging might not be the best, but my pair have improved significantly withbetter cables, without having to move them aro... | |
| Sonus Faber V's Sonus Faber i have heard the extremas, guarneri's, and electra amators.i have been nothing less than amazed by how musical all three speakers were, and i have zero doubt that the other models discussed above sound any less wonderful- mr. serblin has some of t... | |
| Sonus Faber Musica intergrated amp users feedback i too have sf guarneri's and took a chance in buying a musica amplifier- someone posted photos of the interior of the amp on audiogon awhile back, and i was really impressed by what i saw. plus, i liked its simplicity, implying (perhaps) that it w... | |
| If Money Were No Object... A Fantasy Question just as there are houses in town with 10 or 20 bedrooms, marble foyers, crystal chandeliers, and so on, etc., i already have a 14 x 20 living room, with a nice assemblige of components and cd's and records that i have enjoyed collecting over a per... | |
| In what ways is Mark Levinson better than Krell? my 2 pennies worth-had a denon amp- upgraded to a hafler- huge improvement.replaced the hafler with a m.levinson 23.5- huge improvement.replaced the 23.5 with a KRELL fpb-300-much better soundstagereplaced the krell with rowland m12 monoblocks-mor... | |
| Watt/Puppy 7 or Sophia? you have some money, you have a nice house, and you want a reference-level pair of speakers. so your biggest problem is that you seem to just be in the early stages of researching what you want, with a myriad of choices to make. and, if you haven'... | |
| The Levinson 33h? Pros and cons? i have 33h's and eggleston andra-2's. every time i listen i get chills- realistic yet musical- not analytical at all. incisive, dynamic, lifelike. i wonder how the 33's sound compared to the 33h's leaving aside the huge difference in power- i only... | |
| Yet another "battle of the formats" Competition is a wonderful thing; however, i often wish there was a committee that from time to time had the power to make "the final decision" regarding new formats. ever since digital technology has taken off, we've seen the demise of dat, dcc, ... | |
| Rowland --- older amps vs the newer models? i haven't heard the newest rowland amps, but i have m-12's that sounded very similar to my ears like the pass aleph series (with less heat and weight, and able to handle higher speaker loads): (almost) tube sound without the tubes- i personally co... | |
| EchoBuster products, Does anybody use them? i mounted 4 door-sized echobuster panels to my cathedral ceiling (!) due to an overly reverberant room. i honestly didn't know if it would work or not, but they (EB)custom made and boxed the panels for me. well, they work. there is still a tiny bi... | |
| It's funny how records are still best. at the time records were the norm, there were a lot of great pieces to choose from, both performance-wise and sound-wise.at some future point, record-making got cheap and dirty, and the poor quality became obvious even to the average consumer. the... | |
| Transparent Interconnect Question.... i would call transparent, be specific about what you're connecting to what, and let them provide the answer. in my case, i have a rowland consumate preamp, and because jrdg strongly encourages the use of the balanced inputs due to the fully balanc... | |
| Got an old VPI PLC...... i just have to jump in here- i bought an aries years ago with this MASSIVE OVERBUILT motor, right? and, it sounded awesome. but i bought the plc anyway, because it was supposed to improve the performance (?). well,i never noticed anything in parti... | |
| Advice on B&W Sig 30 purch. the silver signatures were/are great speakers- imaging especially is superb. and, the sig-30's add some bass to that already great performance. plus, they look stunning. at $4500 they'd be a good deal. the tweeter may be a little "bright" for some... | |
| Are expensive cables worth it? when you clear your head and really concentrate on the music, at least certain types of music (for me, baroque massed strings, or solo violin, a harpsichord, or a piano that's well recorded), the attack and decay, the "rosin on the bow" becomes mo... |