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| Seeking Turntable Advice There are usually a few Linn LP-12 turntables and Ittok tone arms listed on Agon.Here is one, for example:http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?anlgtabl&1298145699&/Linn-LP12-with-Ittok-See-Photo; it has a slightly older style dust cover.... | |
| Seeking Turntable Advice Elevick's advice is spot on (the Crown needs to go). Given your investment in ARC gear I think you might like a Linn LP12 at the Cirkus level with a Linn Ittok LVII and a Shelter 901 MkI if you can find one. You could find all this on Agon. | |
| Shelter 901 MkII Haven't heard the MkII but the Shelter 901 MkI is one of my all time favorite pieces of hifi gear. In a Linn Ittok LVII arm on a LP12 with good tube gear and good speakers it can be almost breathtakingingly delightful (that's very good :) from the... | |
| Marantz as a preamp? I've mostly used higher end tube gear but a while ago bought a 2230 and it was surprisingly good; not quite as good as an Audio Research SP3A-1 but for a fraction of the price including a very good sounding amp plus a tuner plus a wood cabinet plu... | |
| Amp for Dahlquist DQ-10 I've listened to several pair of DQ-10s with various electronics; in general you can't go too far wrong with any good amp or preamp, or even a good receiver. At the low end you would be surprised how good they can sound with a Marantz 2230, 2245, ... | |
| Audiophile speakers that rock well There must be some other speakers out there that fit this requirement - this is a good thread. I hope others offer their suggestionsI agree that book shelf speakers on stands might often just as well give up the space to larger speaker cabinets th... | |
| finding a solid state amp to replace a tube amp Don't know about CJ treble response but you might like ARC'z 100.2 and D400MkII amps - both are considered to have some tube like character. | |
| Speakers in 10-15K price range for Classical music Sound Labhttp://www.soundlab-speakers.com/products.htmhttp://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?spkrplan&1276915010&/Soundlab-Ultimate-1--Valhalla-Any of their full electrostatic models (new, or many used in good condition) would likely be gr... | |
| Speakers for a large room for around $1000 Ok Thanks for the clarificationThe new ML design would seem to offer some promiseA listening session might be in order | |
| Speakers for a large room for around $1000 Now you are headed in the direction of seriously good sound, although maybe not with a high WAF. Martin Logans are poplular electrostatics, but to do their magic they will want to be reasonably far out from the back wall (check the Cardas formula)... | |
| Klipsch For what it's worth 45 SET mono amps seem to drive Klipsch Cornwall IIs very well. | |
| Speakers for a large room for around $1000 I didn't read every post here but it isn't clear what amp you intend to use - although I thought I saw something that indicated you might like tube gear (which is generally preferred, imo). With respect to tubes, there are lots of amp (and preamp)... | |
| With $20,000 in your hand, what speaker would you Easy choice - Sound Lab U1s. Assuming you have the right electronics (great tube gear such as the right ARC or Atmasphere or VTL, etc amp and preamp) and you have the right room this is a no brainer. You will get outstanding deep, tight, bass, eno... | |
| Preamp for Magnepan 04-27-10: No_moneyThey where hardly ever mated with the AR amps. Bryston 95% of the time I went in there. "Hardly ever"? - I think you can go back to the 1970s (and through every other decade) and find ARC electronics (not only preamps but also am... | |
| Speaker cables For Vandersteen 2CE sigs Kimber 8TC (with two sets for bi-wiring) works well with Vandy 2Cs. These are well regarded cables so they will well with not only the Vandys but likely with many other speakers should you ever change speakers. 8TC was made with black and blue str... |