john_l
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| Dealer Ethics? - Anonymous disparagement Swampwalker - that's exactly what I mean by unannounced dealer. Someone who appears to be a non-commerical person but who is actually a seller of a competing product. I guess the immorality comes about when it reaches a threshold and when a compet... | |
| Dealer Ethics? - Anonymous disparagement Good one cornfed.I know of an 'unannounced' dealer here on audiogon who continually rips the chief competition to his product lines. Grains of salt... Like all of us, I've been suspicious of several reviews that are just a little too enthusiastic.... | |
| Speakers for ARC REF.1 pre amp, VT200 amp I have heard that ARC voices with Genesis speakers. I know they have demoed at CES with Wilson Watts for the last few years, and this year with Vandersteen 5's. I have the ref 1 with a vt100m2 and the van 5s. One characteristic of arc equipment se... | |
| Audioquest Diamond X3 Cable spotters ? Hey thanks for all the help! Plus 2's for all ! I contacted the dealer and explained this wasn't the cable I had thought it was. It was advertised as an 'X3' which I thought only applied to the diamond. He paypal refunded my money right away &... | |
| Balanced vs RCA Interconnects Audition both. That's the same thing I have found. It depends on the equipment. In most cases, I there isn't enough difference to say one way or the other. I do remember switching from a 2 Meter SE to 2M Balanced between my pass labs mono amps / p... | |
| Best Bi-Wire speaker cable under 500 I am extremely impressed with my six foot analysis plus oval 9 biwires. My experience is limited, but they might be the best speaker cables I've heard. So good, that if you have to worry, you worry too much ! They sound as good as my $1100 red daw... | |
| AR-LS2b PH3 vs, Audible Illusions M3a I demoed a 3a,and returned it the next day because of the coarse volume detents. It was either too loud or too quiet. The one I demoed had telefunken NOS tubes in it. It was quite a bit noisier than my adcom passive gfp-750. I didn't own a record ... | |
| ARC VT-100 Crackling Sound I've always found very good technical help from just calling ARC itself. see www.audioresearch.com for number. | |
| Best speaker a wife would tolerate The only speakers I've owned that women have liked are my audio physic virgo speakers. Those have decent bass. I get the opposite reaction on most of my other speakers. Joseph, Herron, and smaller Dynaudios are also fairly small and well finished.... | |
| Freak Me Out The BeeGees live at Provincetown should fit the bill. Also, Peter Gabriel's Passion and Portishead's Live at NYC. | |
| Best "Modern/Contemporary" styled gear Speakers: Audio Physic Virgo.CD Player : Sony SACD.Amps/Pre : Rowland and EAR. Also like Audio Research's timeless look. Ever notice how dated some equipment looks in 5-10 y/o stereophile issues ? | |
| Where to buy NOS 6L6 Tubes I have heard from quite a few people I trust that Kevin Deal is a great guy for expertise, quality of service and well tested NOS. I talked to him on the phone when I was searching for a new phono preamp. A real pro. Check out a great article/inte... | |
| Do loudspeakers need to be Refurbished? I have noticed that in just the last 5-6 years speakers have made a tremendous leap in price/performance. Especially in mid/upper drivers. I listened to a set of $5000 quad usa monitors the other day. As usual, their midrange was excellent. It use... | |
| Looking for advice The metallic sound is probably from your older adcom equipment - it was known for that sound. Krell amps are a classic match for the big 801's. One things krells do very well is produce massive power for big speakers. This match was common wisdom ... | |
| Your 5 Fav Rock Concerts Neil Young, Civic Auditorium, Portland Oregon, 1989 Beautiful acoustic set. Played Silver and Gold. Live 'Natural Beauty' showed up on the album 'Harvest Moon' Bugs Henderson, Cascade Tavern, Vancouver WA, 2000. Filthy tavern blood and guts blu... |