jim
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| Changing Amps?? Are you Sure?? The "high end" world is pretty small in relative terms and the wheels have to keep spinning to keep the business going. Hence, the flavor of the month club. I stayed on the sidelines for a few years, blissfully enjoying my Stages and associated eq... | |
| Audiophile spending I don't think the ratio has any bearing on how much one enjoys music. The reason? It's easy to pull the trigger and spend thousands in a minute when it comes to equipment. More difficult to do so with music -- unless you decide to just buy a whole... | |
| Great music stores in LA/Santa Monica? Slag, thanks for the update on Record Surplus. I haven't been there in years. Then, the selection was beyond the unusual -- and I don't mean this in a good way. Now I'm sorry that I missed their big sale from a couple of weeks back. | |
| HDTV Set Top Box I read a recent article in the LA Times regarding frustration in getting HDTV programming... very interesting and enlightening. Based on the article, don't assume that DirectTV re-transmits HDTV signals. The long and short of it is that the writer... | |
| Great music stores in LA/Santa Monica? Check out Rhino Records on Westwood Blvd. -- they are getting ready to open a second store down the block and the original will be devoted to used stuff (including LP's). Rhino is intregal to the local music scene. A great sense for World Music an... | |
| Power Strip vs. Line Conditioner I added two Monster HTS 2000's for surge protection and their ground breaking feature. I live in an older building with sketchy wiring. I was pleasantly surprised that these inexpensive units also made and improvement in sound (insert the usual ad... | |
| Tube Amp for Martin Logan SL3 3 I've been using a Baron for the last six months with my CLS1's -- I particularly like it's adjustability (i.e. tube options are 5881/6L6's, EL34's, KT90's, KT99's), four settings for negative feedback, tube adjustments). I initially adjusted the t... | |
| really small speakers less than 500 You want small? You want low cost? They're oldies but goodies...Spica TC50's. Good luck. | |
| Tube Amp for Martin Logan SL3 3 The combination of tubes on top and ss on the bottom certainly have loads of potential if the $2K price point can be stretched. Works with my CLS1's/Kinergetics SW800 set up.I second Ed's opinion regarding the "stories" about how difficult these a... | |
| Dealer in Japan Go to Ikebukero Electronics central for Tokyo. | |
| Speaker Placement Albert, I have had the same experience regarding back tilt with my CLS's as you have described with your U-1's. Verticle alignment appears to be critical in most esl's. Certainly in my case.My CLS/SW800 combo is so good despite limited time for se... | |
| Speaker Placement Redkiwi, great thread. You beat me to the punch... I am interested in the responses from esl owners as I am now mating my *new* Kinergetics SW800 subs with my ML CLS1's.I had the CLS's 5' from the front wall, 9' apart (center panel to center panel... | |
| Tube Amp for Martin Logan SL3 3 ML's *love* tubes. In fact, this is the only way to open them up. There are lots of tube amps in the $2K range (used) that are up to the job. Anyone who tells you otherwise has either not owned ML's or hasn't compared tube amps and ss in their sys... | |
| Parasound vs. Bryston The HCA 3500 makes for one hell of a sub woofer amp. | |
| Transport Help P.S. My comments are relative to the Theta Data Universal. |