jim
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| Which Speaker in the 4-6K Range? Dekay, your comparison with Quads and Maggies is interesting. How did the Sonatas sound in terms of transparency, imaging and soundstage? I admit that I'm hooked on transparency and detail but my electrostatics compromise the low end, which bother... | |
| Percentage to spend on Amp and Speakers Joe,I don't think we're connecting. I am not suggesting "changing speakers frequently", just trying to build a solid foundation for a long term upgrade path. Regarding the car/tires analogy, no I would not buy the tires first. I would get a machin... | |
| Percentage to spend on Amp and Speakers Fellas, get a grip. $2,000 (and there are many fine speakers out there on the resale market for this price) will buy audio "nirvana"... for a while. This isn't about the near term, but what's best in the long term imho. We all want more later on. ... | |
| Percentage to spend on Amp and Speakers We may not be talking $10,000 speakers, but Mike said he was going to spend $2,000. This will get you a pretty swell pair of speakers on the used market, especially if you shop patiently -- Theils, Martin Logan hybrids (or esl's), various Maggies,... | |
| Percentage to spend on Amp and Speakers Great speakers with a sub-par amp/pre-amp will never give you the true potential of the speakers. Amps are "fine tuning"? Time to get off the crack pipe. | |
| Why do digital cables sound different? I understand that, in theory, there shouldn't be a difference. However, in my system there are clear (but sometimes subtle) differences bewteen HAVE Canare Digiflex Gold, Transparent (regular old 75 ohm video cable), generic BNC and the Monarchy (... | |
| Mesa Baron & CLS's - Impedance Problem? Thanks, Plato. Wow! Your Eros' have an even wider impedance curve than my CLS's (1.5 ohms @ 20kHz and 35 ohms in the lower mids). I've heard great things about the Innersound's ability to drive anything and sound. I gave it serious consideration b... | |
| Percentage to spend on Amp and Speakers Depends on the system and speakers. With really transparent and revealing speakers (like ribbons or full range esl's) it is easy and beneficial to spend much more on an amp (preferably 2 amps) and pre. This is not only rewarding but critical in th... | |
| Rel Sub Woofers..Any Experience By the way, talekd to the folks at ML recently. They are close to bringing their own sub to market. They are pointing to the home theatre market (with ML hybrids) so I'm not sure how this will sound in a pure audio environment. Nonetheless, this i... | |
| Rel Sub Woofers..Any Experience I have CLS's (full range esl's) and listened to the Strata in my system. Really good integration and, surprisingly, improvement in imaging which I did not expect. I'll try the Storm next. IMHO, this is the ONLY sub that can be matched with ML esl'... | |
| B&O, overpriced artistic piece of audio? B&O??? Sould be called Sanford & Son. This stuff is JUNK! Paul, you have fine components, why take a big step backwards? If you want art, buy art -- a painting, a piece of sculptured furniture. In fact, the idea of furniture is a good exam... | |
| Tube Amps for Coincident Super Eclipse I agree with the VT100 Mk II. This is the only way to go in your price range. Hell, man, it's the only way to go, period, with you speakers. The exception would be speakers with a difficult load. Then you'd need a VT 200. But the truth is that the... | |
| b&k or Bryston or McCormack? The Ascent is no big deal to drive, a 1 ohm dip at high frequencies will not present a problem and is not a difficult load. There are not huge impendance swings with this speaker -- this is the real challenge -- so, without question, any of the am... | |
| tekna sonic vibe absorbers Really depends on the speakers. I used to have the first generation of Apogee Centuars with Stage ribbon and 8 inch enclosed woofer. Used two on each enclosure and it made a huge difference in reducing the obvious problems with the non-ribbon part... | |
| Tube replacement for Audible Illusions I replaced the tubes on my Mod3 two tears ago. NOS Seimens super duper low noise, super duper matched, blah, blah, blah tubes at less than $70 apiece. So much better than the supposed select Ruseky crap. I don't care how many boxes of tubes you go... |