harrylavo
Responses from harrylavo
| Vintage Speaker Choice For all but my main system I still use 14 gauge stranded wire, and have never heard a difference switching in much more expensive cables. | |
| Vintage Speaker Choice The large Advents, particularly if you buy four (and you should get them @ $100 ea) stacked vertically, with the upper speaker upside down (a pseudo-Apolitto configuration) can outperform many $2000 a pair speakers. Go for it! | |
| For those who've moved from "vintage" to newer units I'd try NAD and Rogue Audio. Both have integrateds in your price range. Solid state for NAD and tubes for Rogue. | |
| corner speakers Older JBL C-34 corner horns (about $4000/pr used) would sound terrific if the corner locations work for you. And if you replace your amp, a lower power unit would do nicely. Only problem is .... these might cause you to completely tear apart yo... | |
| Thiel Owners Wow, as an owner of two pairs of 3.5's and one pair of 2 2's, I am licking my chops to see what you come up with. I love both models, but agree they could use updating. I can just relax and listen for now .... not a bad mode to be in! :-) | |
| An Excellent New Read: "A Brief History Of Why Artists Are No Longer Making A Living..." Ivan - a good read, thanks. Perhaps a bit rosy, but I've been on the periphery of the industry for a long time, stretching back to the late '40's when my father distributed Magnacorder's to recording studios and radio stations (and Les Paul). He... | |
| The most important factor in soundstage imaging I think phomchick and others focusing on speaker placement and sound treatment are right on ..... I've been successful in several different spaces when I've had the flexibility to optimize. In a living area, not so easy, but usually one can figur... | |
| How many brands use own drivers? "Old Thiel" after the 2 2 and the 3 6. | |
| The Carver Amp Challenge and the 21st Century and it's Failure roberjerman2 - They do elicit loyalty, do they not. I was doing some work for The Abso!ute Sound in the years before they came out, and still had access to Harry Pearon's listening rooms. When I heard them, I was smitten. | |
| Thiel Owners jon_5912 , jafant --To me it is fairly simple --- when you go to a jazz club or classical concert you hear the music. If well performed, there is absolutely nothing to create tension, stress, or even untoward focused attention. You tend to let... | |
| The Carver Amp Challenge and the 21st Century and it's Failure tomic6012 , glad to see another Audionics fan hear. I've had a BT2 preamp and CC2 power amp off and on at three different times starting in 1980. I still have my last BT2 that I use as a backup to my Audio Research SP6. They have amazingly si... | |
| Dynavector cartridges, old and new Dynavector Ruby was the best cartridge I owned until the Accuphase AC-2. Superbly natural .... find one in good shape today and you have a keeper. | |
| The truth about why modern music is so awful. Sorry for the error, but the article is an Op Ed piece in yesterday's Feb 7 New York Times. I can't provide a link because it is a "fee only" site. But a library paper will do. | |
| Looking for the best Preamp with a phono circuit built in The Van Alstine would be a good choice. So would a used Audio Research SP6 series or SP8 if you want tubes, since AR located near you could update them and still come in at a reasonable cost. These have some of the finest sounding phono stages e... | |
| The truth about why modern music is so awful. Interesting that the New York Times had a piece this last Sunday (Feb 3) about the "loudness wars" utilizing digital compression to "destroy" music. Been a long time since I saw anything about this in the mainstream press, much less a semi-techni... |