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| What is your listening chair? My system is in my living room where there are are two Onda sofas by Zanotta upholstered in a heavy black wool. | |
| Efficient Speakers with SS Powered Subwoofers for SET amps? I have heard the Rethms, and they do sound nice. There are a few models at different price points. But pre-owned paid of Zu Def 4s can often be had for less than 10k - whether from Audiogon or directly from Zu. | |
| Low-heat-output amp for Devore O/96 I bought a Bakoon 12R as a back-up for my AncientAudio SET 300b. It sounds great with my ZuDef4s - albeit different from any tube SET that I have heard. Not sure how it would sound with your Devore O/96. Have you considered a different tube amplif... | |
| Do You Care About AESTHETICS? What Are Your Gear/Listening Room Preferences?... I care about both - like the OP. Two reasons. First, there is a plethora of good-looking, good-sounding gear; it is not necessary to choose. My ZuDef4s and AncientAudio electronics look and sound great. And if I did not like their sound, there wer... | |
| Speaker Break-In - What Physically Changes During Break-In To Enable Better Sound? Like kosst_amojan said, the diaphragms of speakers are stiff "out of the box." In my experience, shipping in cold weather will make them stiffer (or reverse some of the break-in); and full-range drivers seem to require more break-in. Complete brea... | |
| Psvane 300-B Tubes ? ? ? Western Electric is supposed to reissue their own 300b "soon." | |
| Shipping out of country. I have used either FEDEX or DHL or USPS to ship outside of the country. Costs vary widely. The issue of import duty is not trivial. Once when returning an item to a manufacturer for repair, I had to pay for import duty - even though I stated in th... | |
| Bookshelf speakers that sound good on a SHELF or SIDEBOARD In this same situation I have used both Rogers LS3/5a (also available from other manufacturers as noted by yogiboy) and Allison CD-6 (available on the used market from time to time, but you must be patient). Price points are very different includi... | |
| Looking for vintage Quad ESL's - or my wife thinks a "shrink" becase she says I'm crazy! I heard a pair of reburbished Quad 57s at Capitol Audiofest. They sounded great. | |
| TAKATSUKI 300B VACUUM TUBE Amen. I have used Takatsuki 300b for several years. They are great. Expensive, but great. Sophia Royal Princess come close, but only "come close." Caveat: I have not heard WE or any of the new WE clones. | |
| Budget American made speakers? There are many used speakers in your price range. I built a budget system for a friend based on SPICA TC50s. | |
| Still looking for speakers in the 10-20,000 range I was in a similar position a few years ago. Fortunately, I lived in the DC area and had a number of B&M dealers; plus the manufacturers who offered in-home audition. The one thing that I learned is that speakers sound very different in the st... | |
| Have you heard of Tsuyoshi Yamamoto and Why no Tsuyoshi Yamamoto albums on Vinyl???!!! Without getting into the CD vs vinyl debate, I own most of his CDs. I agree. He is really good. | |
| Speaker Suggestions for 300b SET Amp I have heard LV in my home with a 300b SET. They sounded good, but with the caveat that I do not play music loud and my house is rather lively when it comes to sound volumes. Depending on where you live, Gary Dewes (from Boarder Patrol) will arran... | |
| Looking for speaker recommendations that I can purchase on Amazon.com When you use the Amazon website, put in the specific names of speakers rather than doing a broad search. For example, you can get KEF, MartinLogan, Thiel, etc. |