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| Speaker recommendation for married couple My wife is not an audiophile, but greatly appreciates and acknowledges the sound quality of our system. She only comments on whether she feels if the sound is better, worse, no difference, ad does not tell me yes or no regarding any of my audio p... | |
| The awful truth about CDs, do they have the same shelve life as LP's ? This was an issue back in the late 1980s/early1990s and dealt primarily with discs manufactured for Hyperion. This was attributed to discs manufactured by a specific CD pressing company, and dealt with a lacquer coating that eventually allowed ai... | |
| Tube upgrade for Unison Research unico I have had (and continue to own) a Unison Unico which I purchased on Audiogone in 2010. I have tried a number of 12au7 tubes from Upscale and other sources. The ones I have tried:1. Radiotechnique 12au7 - came with the unit and does not sound go... | |
| Luxman L-550ax vs. L-350 AII Made in China but fully backed by (and part of) Luxman is fine with me. What about the sound? Are they comparable? | |
| My journey to search for standmount bookshelf speakers... I second the Omega's! | |
| Your first component that was "special" For me it was the original AR-XA turntable along with a Dynaco SCA-35 integrated amp back in 1974. I was using a pair of homemade speakers built by my older EE brother at the time. Among speakers, after going through a number of ARs, Altec's, EP... | |
| Single driver loudspeakers Take a look at Omega - wonderful single-driver speakers!http://omegaloudspeakers.com/home.html | |
| Hype, Hyperbole and high price! Regardless how one feels about expensive cables and such and all the stated claims of audio nirvana (although I do find the Brilliant Pebbles appalling and amusing at the same time - how soon before we start seeing $100 plus 'audiophile' grade Sco... | |
| 12AU7 for DeHavilland 50A Amplifier Try Seimens 12au7 - very dynamic and superb bass. I prefer them over a variety of Mullards, RCA Cleartop, and Radiotechnique tubes that I've tried. | |
| Performer-in-Room Quality with Speakers? OGOgre,I think you would do yourself a great disservice if you do not take a serious look at the Omega Super Alnico Monitor (SAM) or its floor stander version (http://omegaloudspeakers.com/home.html). Single driver, ported, very good bass, fantas... | |
| $800 to spend on speakers, $1500 on whole system Check out the PC Sprout integrated. 50 wpc, includes DAC, phono preamp, headphone amp, usb, and bluetooth. About $500 at most sites. Not a receiver, but you could probably pick up a used tuner fairly cheap, and still have $700-800 for speakers. | |
| Omega, Harbeth, JM Reynaud, ad Skylan joejoe, I'm not sure of metal, but the Who (Quadrophenia), Pink Floyd, Talking Heads, Wilco, all sounds really good on the SAMs. | |
| Omega, Harbeth, JM Reynaud, ad Skylan The Super Alnico Monitors are really good on symphonic music (to which I listen quite a lot). They are easily as good as the Harbeth 30.1s from what I remember from my auditions. Massed strings and brass in particular are very well and clearly co... | |
| Omega, Harbeth, JM Reynaud, ad Skylan Not at the same time. But both were auditioned in my home with the same system and acoustics. Obviously the Omega's won! | |
| Omega, Harbeth, JM Reynaud, ad Skylan My stands are 20 inches. When I called Skylan and spoke with Noland, he told me he regularly builds stands for Omega speaker owners, and the ones I ordered are the ones he has for this specific monitor. My understanding is that he will do other ... |