jimmy2615
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| Best Retailer Youve Done Business With? Not many mentions for SoCal here. DSS in Carlsbad are very helpful and happy to let you demo whatever they have whenever you want, Stereo Design in San Diego (though they won't 'haggle' much) with a very nice store and no pressure, and Weinhardt D... | |
| Harbeth vs. Tyler New addition to an older thread for posterity's sake... I have been playing with some Super HL-5's after looking for something to replace my Tyler Linbrooks (two piece system) which are just too big for my room. After 5 years with the Tyler's I st... | |
| What are the best monitor speakers for classical? 120 square feet is pretty small. I like Tyler Linbrooks (which I own). They are very easy to set up and listen to in the near field. I listen to classical also, and still have yet to find a speaker that does much better, especially for anywhere ne... | |
| Tyler acoustics questions I have not heard the two speakers next to each other for several years, but what I remember is that while the midrange quality and timbre was mainly similar for the two (same drivers), the Linnbrook had more bloom and fullness - this could be beca... | |
| Linbrook Sig Owners - In Room Bass Extension? Using the radio shack SPL meter and stereophile test CD 2, in a 22 by 14 room mine are about -6dB at 25 Hz. Interestingly, they're also -6 at 20. The thing is though that I have found with these speakers (and I've had other large floorstanders, su... | |
| Help Please recommend a 5ch amp around $2000 Casual, they do come up here periodically on Agon listed around 2800 or so - and I would imagine you might be able to get it for less. Even though they retail for 5k, and have received such great reviews, for some reason I have also seen some deal... | |
| Help Please recommend a 5ch amp around $2000 The Cary Cinema 5 can be had for more than your 2k but not much more (used) - I replaced some very nice 2 channel products with the Cary and I honestly can not believe how good it is. | |
| Need integrated for Tyler linbrook Signature I've mated the same speakers with the McIntosh MA6900, Mac separates, Bel Canto and Cary SS separates, and the orginal Rowland Concentra, and to this day I greatly miss the Rowland - it was a magical combo (I'd think about going back if I wasn't d... | |
| Rel Strata III versus Rel Britannia B3 Addressing the B series vs. ST series question of your post, when I bought my B1 the dealer told me that REL says the B3 actually falls performance-wise between the Storm and the Stadium. Hard to believe, but that's what he said. Second, since I h... | |
| Which processor? Linn, Rotel, Outlaw, Meridian? I don't understand why people buy processors instead of a really good MCh preamp combined with the digital player of your choice which will have all the processing in it. It saves you the digital cables, and more importantly you can buy a preamp t... | |
| Jeff Rowland Concerto or Simaudio i7 integrated? I have not heard the Sim, but I have had the Tyler Linbrook monitors with McIntosh separates and the MA6900 integrated, a Cary/Bel Canto combo (no tubes), and the original Rowland Concentra, and to this day I have not heard such a magical combinat... | |
| Best Home Theater Amp I have only heard Piega speakers but owned Aerials - if you get the Aerials be sure to get a good high powered amp. In the last two years I have moved from 2 channel to 5 channel (mainly for music, but I also use it for HT) and currently enjoy the... | |
| Musical Fidelity and Sonus Grand Piano too bright. GHunter - thank you for clarifying your response. Yes, I do not have any experience with that equipment. And I have had electronics that sounded really awful. The poster (tghooper) mentions nothing about his room, so I couldn't know if he has his... | |
| Musical Fidelity and Sonus Grand Piano too bright. GHunter - there's more to it than what you say. The point not to adjust your room to the equipment (and forget about cables - I never mentioned them) I agree with and am not advocating. Most importantly, my point is that if you have a crappy room,... | |
| Advice about warm, gentle speakers... Tyler linbrook Monitors...easy to drive, can go loud without strain, and with a tweeter that never sounds harsh. |