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| Q. on cheap good line contioning Tripp-Lite makes an excellant surge and noise suppresion 6 plug outlet. PartsExpress.com carries them for about 75. bucks. The twin banks of plugs are isolated from each other with the farthest pair from the power cord being 60 db down in quieting... | |
| Looking for speaker suggestions I second the Vandersteen suggestion. A new pair of 1C or used 2Ce speakers fit your budget. I might have suggested the Paradigm Studio series, but have recently discovered in the last 8 months that the Vandersteen line all sound more like real mus... | |
| Decent Bookshelf Speakers ? Most, if not all, bookshelf speakers severly compromise the bass response. Consider laying a pair of Vandersteen 1C speakers sideways on your shelves!! (I dumped my BIG NAME bookshelve speakers for 1Cs and could not be happier. And the are against... | |
| Is the Jolida jd 100 as good as the dealers claim? Maybe Judy426 should put a Hemi in it!! | |
| Does a listening room help or hinder? I have 3 systems: listening room, bedroom, living room. Solves the problems!! | |
| what made you get into high end gear. The sound of a KLH Model Eight receiver system.....started it all. (I got turned on to the sound of tubes)Now I have a McIntosh MC275 amp, C22 pre-amp, MR71 tuner, Rega Planet 2K, Music Hall MMF-7 & Vandersteen 3a Sigs.In my youth, I did have ... | |
| How much does power grid load effect the sound? With the exception of the MPX indicator being a bit dim on my McIntosh MR71, there is no audible difference in my stystem at full power(121v)vs a typical 90+ day with all the local air conditioners running full tilt. (measured voltage drop at wall... | |
| Speaker Design I'd want Richard Vandersteen designing my speakers.....http://www.vandersteen.com Interesing acticle about what he believes is important in speaker design. | |
| Cats and audiophiles I told mine to stay out of the audio room, lest he mess up the 'steens grille cloths. He listened to that.... !!! | |
| Ready to try vinyl Music Hall MMF-7. Get a used one. Enjoy.................... | |
| Vandersteen's Low Spousal Acceptance Factor Time to upgrade your "stones"...... They are too small!! | |
| Your opinion on the evolution of amps since 70s? Listen to an "old" McIntosh tube amp. They go l o w, they go h i g h. And of course the midrange is fantastic. The latest reissue of the MC275 is EXTREMELY quiet. Same circuitry since 1949. My 1997 stainless version is 100db quiet. Amp progress???... | |
| Man, am i losing my hearing? There is a heriditary hearing loss that starts in the late 20s. Your hearing curve starts to get bathtub shaped. And for some reason, most of the loss is concentrated where the female voice happens to be. This also makes forward treble in speakers... | |
| Anybody getting Paradigm Studio 100's to image? ALso VERY important to keep the bi-wires apart for the entire run by AT LEAST a few inches. Bi-wire cables that are all together in one sleeve should be avoided. 2 seperate runs are the best. | |
| Best Speakers to Audition in the $5-10k range? I sold my Paradigm Signature S-8 speakers because, in my room, I could not live with the harshness. The replacements, Vandersteen 3a Signatures have all the detail (and more)of the S-8, but without the harshness. Since I listen for the music, a fa... |