jhills
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| 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... | |
| I Find Primalunas Ugly. How about You? Is there an alternative? Like soundwatts, I have a Rouge Cronus Mag. II and am most happy with it. In all respects, the KT120s outperform the KT88s, particularly with less efficient speakers. As mentioned, both the Rouge and the PrimaLuna are about half the cost of some o... | |
| The longest you have owned any gear? Still going strong after 30+ years - my Audible Illusions, Modulus 2 pre amp. still in use and sounding great. | |
| Is this an ugly speaker? TAS cover 10/2017 If it had a bit more sparkle, it would look great in Trump's golden palace! At least, the price is right... | |
| Wilsons are the best speakers in the world The only Wilson Audio speaker I personally had the opportunity to spend a bit of time with was the Sophie II and I have no idea how that compares to others of the Willson lineup. They were being used in a friends home to audition several very nice... | |
| PrimaLuna Dialogue Premium Preamplifier. DESTROYS SPEAKERS!! This whole Thing would make more sense to me if the secondary OUT of the preamp connected straight to the IN of the powered sub section of a hybrid ESL/Powered Sub speaker. Then I can see how rouge DC from the pre straight to the powered sub secti... | |
| Why is good, deep bass so difficult? - Myths and their Busters The great myth about subs is - while many audiophiles expect their subs to be fast - there is nothing fast or quick about 20 HZ or even 30 HZ. While there are good and bad subs "there is no such thing as a fast sub". The job and the only job of a ... | |
| PassLabs 350.8 versus Ayre MXR Twenty I have never had the opportunity to critically audition the Pass Labs 350.8 but did have an all night session with with the Ayre MXR-20, comparing to the PrimaLuna Dialogue HP, and VAC Phi 200s. After many hours of auditions, switching between Wil... |