jb0194
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| I got around $2000 to play with.... Salk Songtower loudspeakers | |
| Room Correction Hardware options ? Agree with Richards' #5, given that you place importance upon maximizing effect with minimal signal "degradation". | |
| What crossover for stereo subwoofer? If you're patient, a used Bryston 10B sub may come up in your budget range. Reliable and very transparent. | |
| What is your favorite tube for a preamplifier ? Soviet military 6N6P | |
| Speaker wire upgrade?? This wire:vhaudio.com/images/tunami_nigo.jpg ($80/meter)or the "Across 2000" wire at $50/meterThese connectors:www.diycable.com/main/product_info.php?cPath=26_136&products_id=544 (about $5/pair)A small electronics flathead screwdriverI current... | |
| Moving from Carpet to Hardwood floors...need help www.rawacoustics.com/item__WaveZorber_I_kit,873.html | |
| Okay......best single box reference CD player Trade your Delius for a Scarlatti DAC. I know it's not a 1 box solution, but you will be very pleased. | |
| Room Correction Hardware options ? I use the Rives PARC for stereo subs only, allowing my "mains" to naturally roll off at the bottom end. I measure with a Monarch Instruments spl meter and have achieved a very nice result, both by ear and by the numbers.I was a very early adopter ... | |
| I need some speaker help Line arrays might also work. | |
| Thoughts on new amp Too much gain for your loudspeaker/room is a common problem in component matching. I, and probably many others, have lived with a linestage volume range between 6 and 9:00 knowing it's not the optimal range for our linestages. In my current system... | |
| component problems driving me from the hobby? Sirspeedy,I can only add my hopes that you find a fast, cheap and lasting "fix".I, too, have a huge investment in my music system. Relaxing to good music is a spiritual/emotional balm the likes of which I've not found elsewhere. I just went throug... | |
| Help me build a system Another integrated amp/loudspeaker option, if solid state is preferable and you'd not want Meadowlarks as the company is defunct, is the Blue Circle NSCS integrated amp with the Salk Signature Sound "Songtower QWT" loudspeakers. I owned a custom l... | |
| Help me build a system Don't know the cost of the Consonance CDP but, of what I see on 'Gon today, for about $2000 I'd consider the used Meadowlark Shearwaters powered by a Consonance/Opera M-100SE Plus EL34-based integrated. I owned the original Meadowlark Blue Herons ... | |
| Your opinions on what speakers to go with? Consider line arrays (Sealh Audio, GR Research among others). | |
| Gold interconnect comparison help Of the gold ICs mentioned, I've only had the KCI Silkworms in my system - 0.5M XLR between DAC and active linestage. Synergy is everything and, unfortunately, completely system-specific. For me, the Silkworms are keepers as the first analog wires ... |