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| Any experience with Tannoy loudspeakers? Mulvening hit the nail on the head. In my large room, at times I have to check to see if I'm actually listening to surround sound, the soundstage is that large. They image like crazy, and don't care what kind of music I listen to.Dan | |
| Any experience with Tannoy loudspeakers? A different take on the question is what I did-built my own. I couldn't afford any of the models that would meet my needs, so looked on Ebay UK, and found reasonably priced HPD 315's (12" Dual Concentric from 1975), with crossovers.I then built ve... | |
| Best deal on unterminated bulk silver speaker cable for budget audiophiles Another suggestion is The Big Twist from Tempo Electric. A few years ago I bought two pairs of 12 gauge solid core silver (one for each amp) for $1600. Since then, prices have risen steeply on both silver and the Teflon tube insulation used.You pr... | |
| Need speaker suggestion for a larger room! Broockies, my Tannoys work quite well with very disparate amp designs. I've used them with VAC PA 35.35, Plinius SA 100, Aragon 3002, and now Class D and an SET 300B. All have well, the last (and current) mentioned amps sounding the best out of al... | |
| Need speaker suggestion for a larger room! In my room, which is larger than your own, I built a pair of Tannoy HPD 315's (12" Dual Concentrics), and installed them in custom 150 liter bass reflex cabs. Mine may be too heavy for you and your wife to handle without help, at 192 lbs. each. Th... | |
| Simaudio W-5 or Odyssey for Dynaudio Contour S3.4 Stereo5's suggestion is a good one. When I had my Contour 5.4's, my favorite amp was an Aragon 3002, @ 300 Wpc. At this time, for most of my listening, I use Class D Audio I built from kits, three amps, one for center, surround, and for the main s... | |
| Brand New Warped albums! We all get the warped records from time to time. There's something going on at Music Direct, or their sources, that needs to be addressed. I would be calling customer support, not just to ask for replacements, but to have them be sure to investiga... | |
| Power Uber Alles ? Eric, by now you've no doubt heard me mention my setup in a large room (16' X 34" w/cathedral ceilings), and for most of my everyday use, Class D Audio CDA 254 using two modules, upgraded power supply for 500 Wpc bridged.For vinyl listening, an SE... | |
| Looking for an inexpensive low power amp with exquisite sound I found an Audio Assembly SET 300B (by Sonic Frontiers) for $750, upgraded all caps and resistors (I also splurged on EML XLS 300B tubes that were well worth the price of admission), but this amp is amazing. The extra spent on the output tubes is ... | |
| Kudos to Dan Wright of Modwright PHD, Big Greg,It's nice to hear from guys that are also in Washington State. I live on Whidbey Island, moved here in 1971 to the north end of this sixty three mile long island.It's great, shipping to Amboy only takes one day. By the way, I spent a... | |
| Current Women In Jazz : Underappreciated I've been enjoying Natalia M. King's "Bluzzin Til Dawn" on Challenge Records. It's recorded very well, too.Regards,Dan | |
| Turntable /Cartridge hum What comes to mind is it might be a ground problem between your arm/cartrdige and phono pre. The fluttering may caused by infrasonic frequencies causing your woofers to flutter. In my case, Dan Wright came to the rescue and sent me some resistors,... | |
| Marantz SA11 S2 "no Disc" "Cant read disc" errors not happy I have successfully replaced the laser, and/or the entire transport system on Marantz, McIntosh, and Esoteric players over the years. It's not at all difficult, just be sure to find the easiest way to get to the transport mechanism, be it removing... | |
| Abominations: HT processor to tube amps? Eric, I use a Primare pre-pro into Class D amps, or into anSET300B. I like how it sounds, but I also use a tube preamp for the SET, w/o the pre-pro.You must be in the process of downsizing and simplifying your system. I'd say with the right pre-pr... | |
| Denon DL 103 modifications and re-body questions thread Some of us are new to vinyl, or returned after many years away from it. Myself, I was lured into the D-103R after reading Art Dudley's review of the Zu Denon. Then, I found out about the ESCCO mods here on A'gon.Sometimes when your experience is l... |