johnnyb53
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| Totem Forest Speakers..... See if you can borrow a better source component (a Benchmark DAC-1 perhaps?) before driving yourself crazy with speaker placement. I know speaker placement is very important, but you have very high resolution electronics, speaker cables, and speak... | |
| What the most musical power amp for under $1K? For new gear, I nominate Parasound Halo A23 designed by John Curl. | |
| Older Altec horn speakers 06-08-09: T_boneJohnnyb53, The L65 Jubal link shows that sensitivity is 78dB. Is that really so inefficient? Given higher impedance, it might work with tube amps, but it would certainly be a stretch for a lot of tube amps I know...Sensitivity rati... | |
| High WAF, simple, integrated amplifier The 9.5" wide Parasound Z Series.The Parasound Z Series is cute as a button, compact (9.5"w x 2"h), well-built, simple to use, good-sounding, and reasonably priced. The only downside is that they don't offer an integrated. BUT, the line level prea... | |
| Older Altec horn speakers 06-08-09: PrcinkaAltec model 19 are the best horn speakers for home use I have had. Better than Klipsch and JBL(unless you want to go for 4344 and multi amp...)With good tube amps the Altec 19 is un-beatable...Now *that* is a good horn-based speak... | |
| Older Altec horn speakers 06-08-09: Mcgarick"There are far better speakers from that era than the 890C."Please tell!--Altec Segovia 874A--not horn loaded, but very efficient. Same size and basic configuration as JBL L100, but more neutral. Sealed enclosure as opposed to JB... | |
| Older Altec horn speakers I'm familiar with them. They were a 1971 model, an "oversized bookshelf" of approx. 25"x14"x12"d. The 890C consists of a 10" woofer and matching 10" passive radiator (Altec called it a free suspension phase inverter) and a small rectangular (about... | |
| Totem Arro efficient enough for NAD C315BEE? 06-08-09: KnownothingJohnnyb53,I was taking room size into account. The Monitor 7 and RS6 are not big speakers, but they are more efficient, their presentation is a little punchier than the Arros, and they do lower bass a little better. Good point... | |
| Totem Arro efficient enough for NAD C315BEE? 06-06-09: KnownothingClo,I love the Arros - but not for this amp and not for mixed HT/music use. Remember, this is for a 12x13 room--the size of a mid-sized bedroom. For most everything the Arro should be plenty. To augment it for HT and more dyna... | |
| Audio Technica AT-PL120 Questions 06-07-09: Fond_but_not_in_loveWhere can I buy thick slip mats/record mats online?You don't want a slipmat; you want something that holds the record still, damps the platter, and isolates the stylus from the sounds of the moving parts underneath.Th... | |
| Should I get a new cart, TT or phono stage? 06-07-09: Djn04One thought I had was to replace the stylus on the 2m red. I read somewhere that all 2m have the same body. Is that true? If so could I put a 2m black stylus into my 2m red body? Although the four cartridges appear physically identi... | |
| What is overkill for Vandersteens? 06-06-09: TvadTruth is, at 500wpc, one is plenty...Anything 500 can do, 1,000 can do better. ;) | |
| Should I get a new cart, TT or phono stage? I agree with Audiofeil and Buconero117: Keep the Denon. A sub $1K belt drive TT would be a lateral move at best. I recommend:--Spend a little money on isolation--maybe platform the turntable on a butcher block cutting board with Vibrapods or gel p... | |
| Should I get a new cart, TT or phono stage? What is it you want to improve--what is it you're not hearing that you want to hear?Does the turntable have built-in interconnects or are you using 3rd party interconnects? What is the turntable sitting on? Do you have an isolation platform or vib... | |
| Best bookshelf speakers under $1,000 for NAD amps? The PSBs are in the same general school of design as the Paradigms, but I prefer them for a little more smoothness, linearity, and inner detail. For stand-mounted, you could go with their Image B25, but I think you'd get a better match for the roo... |