jeffloistarca
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| Weirdest Question asked when selling gear? "I'm paying back a student loan, can I give you post-dated checks and pay for the speakers over the next 8 months?" | |
| Best Outdoor Speakers I like my Mirage Oasis for exactly the same application you're considering, sitting by the pool with a cold one and a fine Cuban cigar. Driven by a vintage Pioneer receiver it gets the job done just fine. I tried Boston speakers, sounded tinny. | |
| Townsend seismic sink or Clearaudio Magnetic I owned a couple of Sinks, they were a pain in the... you have to keep checking them for level and pumping them up every two weeks or so. I was fortunate I bought my Sinks used and was able to sell them for what I paid for them, good ridance. I fo... | |
| Can we use TUBE PREAMP with SS AMP ? Goone,I used a VK30 with a Classe DR8 amplifier and was very happy with the match. I decided another DR8 was in order and biamped, shortly after I had a party and being somewhat impaired I was too liberal with the gain on the preamp. Not sure if a... | |
| Personal speaker evolution Jeez, I can't remember what I paid for my speakers, but here's the list:MissionOhm WalshApogee Duetta IISpica AngelusCelestion 600'sMartin Logan Quest Z *Mirage Oasis *YBAB&W 302 *B&W 601B&W 303 *B&W LM1 *Totem RokkGallo Micros *Wh... | |
| What am I doing wrong? Can't find right CD player. I haven't heard a multi-disc CDP that sounded any good, I suspect there's just too much vibrations emenating from the transport. I've listened to a lot of good single-disc CDP's in your price range, I happen to be a big fan of YBA players. Perhaps... | |
| Can we use TUBE PREAMP with SS AMP ? I've always used tubed preamps with SS amps, done right it's hard to beat. The warmth of tubes with the slam of SS. Cable selection is important, Transparent and Goertz have worked well for me. No idea how an ARC and Krell would marry up..ARC prea... | |
| Best $300 Speaker Used I've listened to a ton of speakers in this price range, hell I've owned a ton of speakers in this price range. The only one's I wish I had held on to were the Totem Rokk's. Sold 'em cuz I crushed the dust cap on the tweeter and was too lazy to fix... | |
| The road to insanity... In the words of Randy Bachman..."You ain't seen nothing yet.." KP, it gets worse. Before you know it yer screwin' with tweaks of all kinds (and trust me, some are truly bizarre), foolin' with the toe-in of your 9-foot tall planar speakers 1/16 of ... | |
| Tube pre-amp with SS Classe Amp B.A.T. VK30 is balanced, I love mine.... | |
| Mark Levinson in Lexus? Angela, congrats, nice ride ya got! When I bought my Acura 3.2 CL Type S last year I thought..."oh jeez, the damned car has a Bose system". Many 'philes may wonder...why buy a car if it has a Bose system in it???? Size does count.. 265HP in a car ... | |
| My first and last DIY project Impressive. Get some HUGE ribbons and build some planars willya? Great job, Jeff | |
| Nothing new under the sun? Sean, your post intrigues me. This is not a challenge in any way, I'm really curious. How do you feel passive components have improved over the last twenty years? It seems to me that a resistor is a resistor is a ...Materials haven't changed a who... | |
| Stereophile looses Jonathan Scull Don't know the gent personally but have read some of his articles in the past. He's the dude with the weird listening chair and the French wife if memory serves. In any event, the day of the magazines creating hype and such are gone...if you want ... | |
| Ebay auctions referenced at AudiogoN? Creeper, as I said, it's a pet peeve so don't get too worried about it. I consider the "sale pending" thing an eye sore and waste of space and for some odd reason it gets under my skin. How many time do you post something for sale, a guy commits t... |