jdoris
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| the best 'tubey amp - warm,smooth,liquid' ? I expect Audiozen wanted something like "jingoism," rather than "racism." I expect "race" is often used (much) too loosely, but even so, I don't think it is conventionally extended to "Canadian."Depending on what happens with Quebec, it may even b... | |
| Tekton Lore S or Salk Song Towers If warm is your thing, Salks may not be your bag.Selah and Fritzspeakers both make excellent speakers at the Songtower pricepoint. Fritz runs his Carbon 7s with Modwright SS at shows, and I think they trend to warm.John | |
| Tekton Lore S or Salk Song Towers Based on the Salks I have heard (ST, Ht2-TL, SS 10), the Salk house sound runs to the cool, analytical, and detailed, rather than the warm and bloomy. If that is your bag, you could really like them; if it is not you might think them a bit dry, an... | |
| Suggestions for reasonably priced speakers for MBP I have Swan desktop monitors running off my MBP, and I like them fine. Based on testimonials like those above, I recommended the Audioengine A2s to a friend, and he loves them.Stay safe,John | |
| Is good customer service about dead? To be fair, I'm equally tired of the whining, crying, and complaining.Way to go Bill, equal opportunity derision! ;)Hope you've been well!J | |
| Perfect Wave II DAC alternatives? Thanks Ryan! Good sound at your house of course; if I go forward with a change, I'll be in touch.Hope things are good,John | |
| Magnepan Service HORRIBLE??? Really? I'm travelling there, with two weeks notice, to possibly spend $14000 and he can't gurrantee that they'll be available. What does it take for the place that makes them to plug them in?I had the same experience when I tried to audition at t... | |
| Which used speakers in the 5K range? I had a pair of Brines Acoustics speakers with a metal grill that strike me as pretty kid friendly; in fact, I sold then to a friend with young kids, who loves them.They were a good sized tower that would be hard to tip, but not so heavy as to cau... | |
| Should Sound Quality of Computer Audio be improved This could go on forever....It already has! ;) | |
| Perfect Wave II DAC alternatives? I enjoy the PWD, Edorr, and I'm not sure I'll go another direction. But wondering if there are options that take less effort in implementation re firmware, simcards, etc.John | |
| Class A amps or Class D??: Which sounds better?? Sunnyjim: Odyssey's web page is not up to date or comprehensive (my old Dual Mono was never on the site), but this would not make me hesitate. If you are interested, you might give Klaus a call; he generously supports second (and third) owners of ... | |
| Tall Tower Speakers for $10-14k Why the height requirement? I've not seen that one before.PBN Montana makes tall, very good looking speakers, some of which hit your pricepoint. The Zu Definition for is 15/16" under your floor, but hits your pricepoint, and has powered bass drive... | |
| Gallo Reference 3.5 Speakers. Now Looking For Amp I think Spectron monoblocks would be great, but a single amp has plenty of juice, and will sound great. Given what you have to spend, I'd rather put the extra money into a nice preamp.If I were you, I think Spectron would be the frontrunner also, ... | |
| North Acoustics Kitty Kat Revelator North Creek doesn't come up here much, Bruce. I don't think either George or his customers tend to be Audiogon types. (Lee Taylor is the guy who builds cabinets for NC; I omitted his name in my last post.)Sounds like a great kit, Peter.Best,John | |
| Gallo Reference 3.5 Speakers. Now Looking For Amp Hi Bh. Yesterday I tried a nice hypex-based amp built by Chris Hoff of BPT, at 150 wpc. Chris and I compared the INT-30A to the Hypex running off the pre-section of the INT-30A. As expected, the Hypex combo seemed to have better control of the low... |