gts87

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Rock and Roll Speakers
PBN montana speakers or for a lower budget NHT 3.3. 
Top Ten Tube Amps of All Time?
conrad johnson PREMIER 5 monoblocs.A true collectors item. Treble and Midrange to die for with very good bass control. After having amps from bat,ARC,vac,all excellent amps,the premier 5's have a magic that's very hard to beat.It put's them in a c... 
Opinion Conrad Johnson Solid state Amps
the cj 2500 is great,buy the CJ PREMIER 5 monoblock and your done buying amps for a very longtime, PERIOD. 
Legacy Audio Stuff
ignore the last four words,of my post. 
Legacy Audio Stuff
LEGACY FOCUS,the speaker had terrible treble extension bright and hard,the bass was muddy and non-musical about the only positive aspect was the midrange.build quality was very good [cabinet],but never understood why a $5000 dollar pair of speaker... 
Whats a good tube preamp?
HANDS DOWN THE CONRAD JOHNSON 16LS.WORLDCLASS PERIOD. 
Avante Garde horn speakers.....
I sold my duos 4months ago,they had the upgraded woofers, pre-amp and pwramp was cary triode single ended.could never get the upper mids and treble to blend musically with the lower bass.BASS was to slow in comparison to the upper registers. In ta... 
CONRAD JOHNSON TUBE LOVERS HEAVEN
HELLO,JMAN I'll start by saying both amps are wonderfull,in trying the premier 12's in both ultra linear and triode,i had a hard time deciding which mode i prefer.in triode i lost have the power but the midrange and treble where just magic,in ultr... 
HiFi dealers & audiophile wife problems
I mean no disrespect to any of the above audiophiles or anyone that reads this,but whos the man in the house? IF your partner can't enjoy or much less respect your hobby then theres something fundamentally wrong in the marriage.I don't mean to sou... 
Merlin VSM SE Speakers - Opinions
TUBEGROOVER,my room size is 13'widex22'longx9'high.I used them along the the long wall.I must specify that i also had the bamm unit and for a short time used them with the patho twin towers.THESE will work in your room,YOU just won't have that tig... 
Merlin VSM SE Speakers - Opinions
IN owning the vsm-se and the tsm-se,I must say that they are incredible in the imaging department,THE High quality drivers are found in the most expensive designs,MY only reservation and the reason i sold them was the lack of weight at the low fre... 
Spkr Cble- Analysis Oval 9- reviews?
OVAL 9 ARE INCREDIBLE,EXTREMLY SMOOTH AND NEUTRAL. AS MENTIONED BY FONSY66,IT'S A NO NONSENSE CABLE. 
Best Interconnects and/or Speaker Cable
ANALYSIS PLUS,they are fairly priced and very neutral. no need to mention brands that i have tried costing in the thousands of dollars,NONE have match the performance i get from the ANALYSIS PLUS. 
CD Player
CALL MIKE AT RESOLUTION AUDIO,650-493-5090. THIS player has had minor upgrades,mainly the transport due to the constant changes at philips.THE newer ones also have surface mounted components.SONICALLY ALL THE CD50'S HAVE THE SAME MUSICAL SIGNATURE... 
cd players w/xlr out & no pre-amp needed
I'AM NOT SELLING ANYTHING,JUST SOME ADVICE,try the RESOLUTION AUDIO CD50,it has xlr,rca outs and also one of the best volume controls.IT'S SO musical I SOLD my WADIA 860.GOOD LUCK.