joey54
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| Bookshelf Speakers in Built-in Bookcase I suggest you look at the Vandersteen VLR Wood's. They are designed to work best in this scenario and they sound great. The VLR Wood's are $1275.If you are anywhere near the Audio Connection in Verona, NJ you should go have a listen. Good Luck! | |
| Amps under $5k that are resolving at low volumes? I would tend to agree with Zd542 about the speaker being the issue. After moving from a private home in the suburbs back into a city apartment I also looked for a system that I could enjoy at lower volumes. What I discovered in my research was tha... | |
| Floor Stander with Small Footprint 7K - 15K You should check out the Vandersteen Treo CT. It is a great sounding speaker and lists for around $8K | |
| Wilson Alexia - what's the competition I would also include the Vandersteen 7's in that list. When set up properly they disappear like no other speaker I have heard. I have not heard the Alexia but I have heard the Sasha and while it is a nice speaker I personally prefer the Vanderstee... | |
| Clearaudio Ovation I heard this table at the Audio Connection in Verona, NJ last Saturday. Garth was there from Musical Surroundings with the table. It was using a Benz Wood cartridge and the Aesthetix Rhea phono stage Calypso preamp, Atlas amp and Vandersteen 5A's.... | |
| Hi Fi Dealers in NYC - where to find them? Audio Connection in Verona, NJ is the best dealer I have come across in the NYC area. They are experts at getting system synergy right and work very hard to be sure that you are happy with your purchases. John and Nick are both very knowledgeable ... | |
| hybrid solid state amps There is also the Aesthetix Atlas. All of the reviews have been favorable and it's a great sounding amp.Good Luck! | |
| Vandersteen 7 at Audio Connection I was lucky enough to get to listen to the Vandersteen 7's at Audio Connection for two hours a few weekends back. It's hard for me to describe the sound because I kept finding myself laughing as I listened. It was the first time I had ever heard a... | |
| Pass X250.5 With Vandersteen I think the Pass X250.5 is a great amp and I owned one for awhile. In your situation however I would try to listen to it in your system or at least with your preamp. I found that the Calypso was not a good match with the Pass/Vandersteen combinati... | |
| Phono only pre under $1500 You can also try the SimAudio LP5.3 which is $1500 at list and is highly adjustable. Mine has performed flawlessly and beat many contenders that were more expensive. I have used it with a Benz Ruby3 and a Clearaudio Maestro. There are some great r... | |
| PS Audio DLIII w/ Cullen level 4 vs Transporter I have compared the PS Audio DLIII DAC w/ Cullen Level 3 Mods and a stock Logitech Transporter. It may be system dependent so YMMV but I preferred the Transporter. I thought that the DLIII with the Mods was close but that the midrange of the TP wa... | |
| Heard any good hybrid amps lately? My only experience is with the Aesthetix Atlas and an older Counterpoint, many years ago.The Counterpoint sounded great when it worked. It had serious reliability issues. It drove my NHT 3.3's really well and brought out the best in them. After th... | |
| BAT SS amps VS Ayre MX-R You should listen to the new Aesthetix Atlas amplifier. It's a hybrid amp with a vacuum tube gain stage and a SS output and driver stage (200watts into 8 ohms and double into 4 ohms). For me, in my system, it seems to bridge the gap between SS and... | |
| Good cartridge to use with SME IIIS The Stanton's work well on this arm. I had good luck with the Stanton 681 and 880.Good Luck! | |
| Modwright Transporter vs ModSqueezebox w/ PS???? HI,I had a Squeezebox with the Bolder Power Supply before the Ultimate PS was available. IMHO the stock Transporter sounded better in my system. I now own a Modwright Transporter and it is the best sounding digital front end I have owned. I do not... |