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What is your favorite material for loudspeakers?
The Baltic we use is Finnish I buy by the pallet to save $. If you source plys from most home centers its Chinese and lamination on this ply are terrible. Sometimes I can pull Chinese plywood apart with my hands!!!. Ive tried MDF ply, HDF ply and ... 
What is your favorite material for loudspeakers?
Baltic birch plywood with veneer over it. I use MDF but only with paint or laminate. Bubinga is 1 of my favorites but I use solid bubinga over birch ply. 1 of the few hard woods that's stable. I use a lot of US sourced Cherry veneer. Since most of... 
Love it, or Hate it ? (wood trim)
Give me wood and trim or trim then wood whatever. 
If I like sound of Ayre Integrated I would Like...
You said [I consider tube equipment a nostalgic novelty and nothing more]. Might be time to open your mind and ears for your wrong about tubes. If you said tube amps cost to much or retubings a pain. Or tube amps of hi-power and great quality are ... 
Best Amps match for Egglestonworks Andra 2 ?
Audio Valve challenger Class A tube mono amps. Auto bias shows if tubes need replacing can run el34 kt88 and 6550. Designed for loudspeakers that are harder to drive like yours. Full balanced or RCA. Quite even on my 109db horn systems. Made in Ge... 
Hard-to-find binding posts
Email me a picture of BP I might have some about. 
Speaker choice for workshop
Altec model 15. For a workshop about as good as you can get. Can even be flown,sofit mounted, inverted, easy to mount hang,can adjust to space placement system or listening tastes. Can play loud easy, sounds full detailed smooth even at low levels... 
AV123 LS6 Line Source up and running
Hey, I agree there is a effect as I said. And it will alter the sound of your loudspeakers. And what you describe as a sound characteristic seemed to me to be caused by your set up. A slight muddying of sound field would be the end result. If this... 
Single driver speakers - opinions
I have. Its OK. Good in small system or rooms.Ive built with Jordan and 1 of my friends really explored the same design CAD uses. Tried many small drivers of quality. If you want some thing special check out fe138esr its a 5in the best small wide ... 
Single driver speakers - opinions
Glad you can use them. I have much stuff about. Nice for someone to enjoy it. Not into hording;) One of my friends is is homes filled with TT, Tone arms, NIB Lenco TTs. Little goat paths run through the tall piles of kit. Have more maybe I should ... 
Have you used a Yamamoto HA 02 to drive speakers?
Thank you 
AV123 LS6 Line Source up and running
Would be hard to tell sound quality's having loudspeakers next to each other. Pressure in room will move drivers in loudspeakers not power a bit like a passive radiator. Why demos in rooms with other loudspeakers in close proximity is flawed. Also... 
what are the thoughts of stand alone super tweeter
Shadorne, Does seem most loudspeaker purchasers have no clue about the transducers crossovers etc used. And most manufacturers keep a tight lip so no wonder this is so. With so many loudspeakers with a few $100 in electric parts selling for over $... 
KCS Loudspeakers?
Thank you for the kind words. Have new designs coming out soon. Keep checking the KCS site. 
KCS Loudspeakers?
http://www.kcsloudspeakers.com/