john_l
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| Speakers for Rock I'm guessing you are shopping in the 1500 or so range. I would have a listen to vandersteen 2's , b&w 601's, proac 2's, and ariel 7&8. The van 2's would be my choice. I think the 801's are one of the best used buys out there - if you can p... | |
| Review: Aurios Media Isolation Bearings Pro Expensive ? Heck Ya. Pull their weight ? More than. I bought three sets of the pro's to put under my scd-1 and heavy eidolon speakers. I was floored at the improvement. It seemed to just put the whole room at ease. Finally the bass was not coming ... | |
| Review: Aurios Media Isolation Bearings Pro Expensive ? Heck Ya. Pull their weight ? More than. I bought three sets of the pro's to put under my scd-1 and heavy eidolon speakers. I was floored at the improvement. It seemed to just put the whole room at ease. Finally the bass was not coming ... | |
| Are Capitole and Mephisto recommended components? That is a very interesting point regarding Talon Arooj. I had never really thought about it but you are right. They never mention Talon. Strange because the Khorus X is one of the very best I've heard. On the topic of stereophile recommendations. ... | |
| Are Capitole and Mephisto recommended components? I can tell you the capitole mk I is better than most (all?) 'class A' cd players that I've heard or owned. I'm listening to one right now! Disclaimer: I am friends with a local Capitole dealer. I wish stereophile would review it. Check out www.sou... | |
| Cable vs. Electronics: biggest bang for the buck True that a cable can only detract, but that can be a useful tuning device. As an example, I would choose to use silver cabling with a vandersteen/tube system. Why ? Because a system like that needs all the detail and upper frequencies it can get.... | |
| Talon Khorus x or B&W 802 The Khorus X is a world class speaker. I was very surprised when I heard it. I think it's up there with some of the best I've heard anywhere at any price. It also has the advantage of being fairly efficient. See the reviews at www.soundstage.com a... | |
| Need Help Jennifer Warnes & Cowboy Junkies Music Hey Ake,If you have not done so already, give some of Krall's other albums a try. I found 'Look of Love' to be one of her lessor efforts.A weird album that I really like is Portishead 'Live at the roseland'. It has some of electronica, but it brin... | |
| Cary Audio High end is the only place I've found where you can talk to a person who can actually help you. The right person can usually solve your problem in under five minutes. Major Kudos to Pass Labs, Ayre, Audio Research, Upscale Audio, and BAT. I will b... | |
| Vibration Tweaks I am very impressed with my results from Aurios. I use the pro's under my 185lb/ea speakers and 60lb SCD-1. I just bought some 1.0's to put under my other components. Great stuff. | |
| Here's a fun cable question............... Set of valhalla long i/c's for pre to amp. (free from the cable guy)Used Tenor monblocks (11K)Used Talon Khorus X's (7K) (18KUsed SCD-1 w/full audiomod's (4K) (22K)Used BAT vk-30SE w/phono (3k) (25K)Nottingham space deck turntable with space arm a... | |
| ADCOM 750 preamp or processor for home theater? I'd get the 2 channel 750 and run 'through processor'. Great feature & a great preamp. I've owned preamps as expensive as $8500 that were in the same general club as the 750. | |
| LONG LIVE THE KING If you can be cool saying: A Hey Bop-a-loopa. You're pretty cool.I have a few recordings of his early sun sessions - he was sumthin else back then. | |
| Babyproofing Stand-mounted speakers It's simple enough to change a system to be child proof. Use midgrade or already cosmetically trashed electronics, a locking sealed cabinet with mesh airflow and floorstanding speakers with trashed or replaceable cosmetics (like vandersteens). Kid... | |
| When it's to good to be true? Albert, I'll take it. |