jhills
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| Two Type of sound and listener preference are there more? A bit perplexed at the OP's presumption that those who prefer a musical sounding system, don't also appreciate a large deep and accurate sound stage, dynamics and musical detail, or that their systems are, somehow, lacking those qualities. One of ... | |
| Now, I'm confused. I have an ADCOM, GFA-5500 and run it with a vintage Audible Illusions, Modules II, tubed, pre amp. The combination, for the $, presents a very nice - wide, deep and detailed - sound stage. One thing to note - the ADCOMs, like many other SS amps, n... | |
| Naim and Elac Adante, Wow Audiotroy seems to ridicule speakers such as the Vandies, Magies, Harbeths and others, for being musical. Interesting to learn, after 40+ years as an audio enthusiast, that fine audio is not about being musical. That’s OK, I’ll stick with musical.... | |
| Thinking out of the box here. It might make some defensive As has been mentioned, connectors do not share the same characteristics as speaker cables or interconnects. As long as there is a secure and clean connection, wither using quality spades or pins or just direct connect with the cable, IMO and exper... | |
| Looking for vintage Quad ESL's - or my wife thinks a "shrink" becase she says I'm crazy! @hevreman If you don't have something helpful or constructive to add and just enjoy being snide - do it someplace else....just sayn...Jim | |
| Looking for vintage Quad ESL's - or my wife thinks a "shrink" becase she says I'm crazy! +psMy first love for speakers was a pair of Quad ESL 63s. Nothing before and not much since has satisfied me as much as the Quads. I had to give them up when moving to a sum-what smaller living space. Now back to a larger listening environment, Fi... | |
| Shopping at Goodwill anyone? My wife works at the local Goodwill and her family and known friends are not allowed to shop there, on the days that she works and employees are not allowed to hold items - so a great find there is pretty rare for me. I got very lucky a short time... | |
| I need some advise on a shipping disaster. Several years ago, I bought a large pair of B&W speakers on ebay. I paid for professional packaging and full insurance - total of $2,200.00 . When I received them, both speakers were totally destroyed - boxes and top drivers of both speakers t... | |
| Putting your components inbetween your speakers. I have a set of magie i.7s in my fairly lg.dedicated listening room and have them just shy of 4' from the front wall and 5' apart. With my 4'w x 4'h cabinet between the speakers, even though back against the wall and some two ft. behind the plane ... | |
| What is your favorite budget audio component? Still have and love my 30+ year old Audible Illusions Modulus II pre-amp.I believe it was about $450.00 new. Still going strong and sounding good...Jim | |
| Vandersteen Treo CT vs Mag 3.7i speakers @bdp24 while the older Maggies did need a bit of volume to become dynamic and break the veil, the new .7 models sound very nice, even at relatively low volume levels. My ears and head no longer handle hours of loud music and I do most of my listen... | |
| Vandersteen Treo CT vs Mag 3.7i speakers I have the Maggie 1.7s. I have a fairly large audio room (14' W x 28' L x 10' H) They are about 4' from a treated front wall and am running a ADS-12 sub. So far I am most happy with the 1.7s but then I listen mostly to, light jazz, and contemporar... | |
| Adcom? @ meschIt does pair well very well with the Adcom. The Adcom can sound a bit edgy, especially if not given a long period of warm up. Dollar for dollar though, the Adcom sounds pretty darn good. I had the Audible Illusions paired with a friends Ayr... | |
| Adcom? I have a US made Adcom GFA 5500. I picked it up used several years ago to back up my Krell that could not handle the fluctuating power issues in the area where I lived. While the Krell shut itself down every time the power spiked or dropped by a f... | |
| Has anyone made the jump to $uper High end and were disappointed? I've been a music enthusiast for some 50+ years and an audiophile for some 35 years, with a true love for every jaundra, except, maybe, Rap and have attended many live performances, in a large variety of settings. Some of my favorite being open ai... |