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| Tube pre-amps $3500 under to add "warmth" Thanks for the tip on the other pre-amps to consider. I'll start doing some research. Keep the thoughts coming. | |
| Is the Audio Aero Prestige available yet? Thanks for the info. | |
| Speakers with Depth Layering abilities My Legacies, both FOCUS and Whisper, do an amazing job of layering the soundstage. With orchestral performance and small ensembles especially, you can hear definite 3-D imaging of the performers. The Whisper improves the vertical pattern over the ... | |
| Focus 20/20 versus Focus Chris Volk @ Legacy. It involves a lot of modifications internally, including drivers, crossovers, cabinet structure, etc.I listened to the 20/20s in a dealers showroom last week. Unfortunately the setup was terrible (in a HT environment) and I wa... | |
| Martin logan Prodigy vs Thiel 7.2 No contest. Thiel 7.2 way over prodigy. You can't get much more accurate than the 7.2. But, take a listen to them both and make sure that you like accurate loudspeakers first. | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? Imagine Electrostats? Where do you find info on those? | |
| Dunlavy vs JM Lab Thanks for your attention and detailed explanations of the various points. To answer your question, it will be primarily be a two-channel system with some occasional double duty. I will be driving them with the Classe's. My room dimensions are cur... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? Wisdom Audio back when they only made one speaker. It was driven by a pair (or maybe a trio, I can't remember) of Classe Omega amps fed by Levinson 39 (via an active crossover). Wow. That was as close to audio nirvana as I've come. Way too expensi... | |
| Personal speaker evolution Wow, takes me back a little.Combo record player/speaker fold up system thing.Dad's hand me down Radio ShacksJC Penny 3 waysBose 301 Series II $300 newBose 901 Series III $800 new (for years)Legacy Signature II- used $1200 (2 years)Legacy Focus B s... | |
| what are the best couple of cassandra wilson cd's No doubt about it, New Moon Daughter and Blue Light 'til Dawn. | |
| Confused about 7.1 Formats I was on a flight this week and picked up some HT mags, Sound and Vision and one other that I can't remember, not Stereophile GHT because I sub to that one. Anyway, one of them featured the new THX Ultra2 system and explain the new 7.1 decoding an... | |
| Best DVD plyr for under 1000 new or used ? I just bought the Pioneer DV47A and have been quite impressed. I upgraded from the DV05 so the transition to progressive scan is probably the most important factor. As I have posted earlier, if you want to take advantage of the multichannel SACD a... | |
| Audiogon "RECORDINGS TO DIE FOR" list Tough to narrow down to just five but I'll try to hit various genres1. Rachmaninov Piano Concerto # 2- Earl Wild, Chesky Gold Remaster.2. Gary Peacock/Ralph Towner- Oracle, ECM. Talk about a sonic and musical blockbuster. The speed of the upright ... | |
| Mapleshade CD Favorites I have several Mapleshade CDs. Some of which are among my favorite CDs and some I probably won't listen to ever again. The sound quality is great, but tends to be a bit to bright for my taste or system. My favorites are:Norris Turney- Big, Sweet a... | |
| What are the best sounding classical CDs Reference Recordings are always sonically second to none, especially the newest HDCD recordings. Professor Johnson must be the best recording engineer in the business. Sometimes the performances aren't up to the quality of the recording, but this ... |