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| Pass XA100.8 or Sim W7 Monos? The Dali's are themselves perhaps a little on the polite side. The A/B Pass Labs amps may be more appropriate for your system and taste. An X150.8 would be less expensive, more powerful, still have fairly high bias, and might be just what you're l... | |
| Schopper Thorens TD 124 vs. SME 10, Oracle, Bardo And do try a 12" 'arm; the Thomas Schick tonearm is relatively inexpensive, and available new. | |
| Good entry into R2R My studio is across the hall from the Tape Project and I know the principals well. Good tapes for listening, the best ever, are available new, but they are expensive.I had a Studer C37. It was getting too hard to find parts, and too expensive to s... | |
| Schopper Thorens TD 124 vs. SME 10, Oracle, Bardo Upgrading a Thorens TD-124 would be more fun, and I have always preferred a good idler-drive. A Lenco project might be the right path. PTP Audio builds a highly modified Lenco as a turnkey turntable, or you can use his top plates for a custom/DIY ... | |
| Personal speaker evolution mono DIY 8" 2 way built by my father Webcor with Philips full range-$10 garage salehomemade 6" 2way. - DIY with my fatherESS 10" 2 way with Heil tweeter - usedMission 700.2 - New, $200Nuance 8" 2 way - New (big mistake)Magnepan MG-3.3 - usedVander... | |
| Big, big room -- which 10-20k speakers? I used to work at a dealer that sold Revel, Wilson Audio, Avalon, Avantgarde, Joseph Audio, and Ariel. I am now a composer and recording engineer. My advice is to buy speakers that are meant to fill a large space. I would look at the Klipsch Pro C... | |
| New tonearm: wish to upgrade from DV 505 That is a gorgeous turntable, certainly worthy of the best tonearm that may be found.Is there room on the PX-100M plinth for a 12" tonearm? If so, then for lower mass, there is the SME 312 and Brinkmann 12.1, for higher mass; Orofon (new or vintag... | |
| Speakers for Lamm ML2.1 Your taste and preferences are most important. Some prefer a sedate, easy listening sound, and the market caters primarilly to this group. I play 'cello, trumpet, and viola da gamba, in large and small ensambles, and while at university obtaining ... |