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| Top 5 recievers of the 70's and 80's ???? Nytech 252 an old (circa 1980) British made tuner/amp that could be used as a pre-amp. Looked like a very large calculator. Nice sound though. | |
| Heard my friend's system, thinking of leaving hifi Hey Shadorne, my hi-fi buddy has heard all the Meridian gear. Still loves his horns,lol.A sobering thought; expensive doesn't always equal good/or best. | |
| Good, Affordable Horns? For around 2k plus a few dollars you maybe able to could pick up a pair of Oris 150 horns, like I have here on the 'gon'. They give a very high end sound without the high end price, well I think they do anyway. Heard loads of speakers at hi-fi sho... | |
| Most important component?? I disagree, the recording should be.......... LAST. | |
| RACMANINOFF PIANO CONCERTO 2 I have 3 versions that I like of this very full blooded Concerto.CBS version with Cecile Licad piano, Claudio Abbado conducting. CBS Masterworks #MK38672Evgeny Kissin- RCA Victor Red Seal #07863 57982-2LSO- Valery Gergiev. And a cheap Naxos Cd wit... | |
| THE08: Room: 1302: Classic Reproductions, Atmasphere I heard them at the Denver show, they were in a big ballroom sized room and were placed probably 15' apart. They are really excellent speakers, but are still topped by the exceedingly wonderful never for sale Impulse H1's Horns though, IMHO.A veri... | |
| Best jazz or blues female vocalist ever Cleo Laine. | |
| Single-driver speakers for 2W 45 SET monoblocks I have a pair of Oris 150 horns made by Johnk. They are the true hi-fi bargain of the century (IMHO) that come up on sale occasionally here on 'Audiogon'. They will probably within your budget secondhand. They are not a Single driver speaker and I... | |
| Sampler CD's for speaker auditions.... Isn't It a good Idea to bring along lesser/mediocre cd recordings to demo? I mean If the system makes those sort of discs sound good then well recorded discs will obviously sound wonderful. IMO. I always take along discs that i know give speakers ... | |
| Clement Perry's new reference speaker The word 'perk' springs to mind. | |
| Clement Perry's new reference speaker Tvad 'Clement and other reviewers change their systems fairly often'.I know a hi-fi reviewer that has had his speakers (Impulse H1 horns by the way) since 1989, he has yet to hear speakers that he would buy and replace his beloveds. Those Sunnys w... | |
| finalists in the big speaker search Here Johnk Is the big SpeakersOris 150. | |
| CD Player break in period Hi John-Not listened to vinyl personally since about 5 years ago, when I gave away my Linn LP12 (purchased new @1977) to my grateful brother, and still going strong! I was Impressed (very) with the turntable TW Acoustics? at the Denver show last y... | |
| CD Player break in period John- Exactly, the music Is the most Important thing, I listen to (virtually) every genre, a lot Is not deemed to be true 'audiophile' quality recordings, does It matter to me they are not? Nope. I just wanna listen to music however It was mixed o... | |
| CD Player break in period Oops, Should read CONTRADICTING. If I made a typo. |