johnnyb53
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| Speaker recommendations If you have room for them, how about a pair of Cerwin-Vega CLS-215s? Check around and read the reviews, which include favorable write-ups from Absolute Sound and Soundstage.com. Designers were formerly of NHT and another audiophile spkr company. M... | |
| Speaker Technology over the last 10 years 04-07-09: OjgalliObjections to cones...metal based tweeters: Use silk domes.Then there's Mirage, who uses a pure titanium dome tweeter with a cloth surround. This combines the pistonic linearity of a very rigid dome with the superior damping of cl... | |
| Sumiko Blue Point No. 2 + Audio Technica AT-PL120 There's nothing dimensionally that would prevent you from mounting a BP #2 on the AT-PL120. The PL-120's built-in phono stage can probably handle the Blue Point's lower output. You will find that you have to turn the volume up on your Parasound un... | |
| Inexpensive high efficiency bookshelf speakers 04-06-09: SimontjuFocal 706v ? What web site or manufacturer name?Made by JM Labs of France. Available many places including Music Direct, which carries JM Focal's Chorus and Profile series. I'm not sure if you're limited to a stand-mounted (or bo... | |
| Inexpensive high efficiency bookshelf speakers Mirage OS3-FS. They have a tiny footprint, have the speed and transparency of a good mini-monitor, are rated at 93dB sensitivity, and being omnidirectional, energize the entire room and turn it into a listening area. The enclosure is an aluminum e... | |
| The''best'' used mini speakers Polk...Bose..?? +1 for powered speakers; the values just keep getting better. Take a look at AudioEngine 2's, 5's, or any number of the KRKs, which sound fantastic and would handle TV dialog particularly well.You'll generally find KRKs at studio supply and music ... | |
| Speaker Technology over the last 10 years Concerning the preferences for panels vs. cone speakers: You could always go for the speaker that has characteristics of both types--the cone speaker-based line array.Like panels, they are fast and transparent, can have outstanding coherence, and ... | |
| Speaker Technology over the last 10 years It really depends on the company, how active they are in R&D, and what they decide to do about it.Case in point are my Mirage speakers. I bought a pair of M5si's in 1996, at the end of that product run. I still use them in the 7.1 home theater... | |
| Turntable in 20 K$ price range - Design & Music I was very surprised to learn during my conversation (April 2009) with owner/designer Alvin Lloyd that arm boards are "only" available for tone arms he accepts on his TT : Tri-planar, Graham and Morch.The Grand Prix Monaco whitepaper on their webs... | |
| Cart for Hitachi HT-550 Bill_in_pdxThe Sumiko Blue point #2 Cartridege...moving coil.. output voltage is 2.5mv. From what I gathered that this is too much. That the gain factor would be around 74 with .5 sensitivity. The result would be a high level of hiss. ...Should I ... | |
| phono pre amp giant killer? March 2009 was Abso!ute Sound's big analog issue, and they reviewed three phono stages priced at $350, 600, and $1095/1350.The $350 one is the Clearaudio Nano, and the review was a rave for its musicality and versatility. It has variable gain and ... | |
| Cart for Hitachi HT-550 I used to have a Hitachi direct drive turntable, the PS-38, purchased when it first came out in the summer of '76. I managed an audio store at the time, and we found that the top line Grado of the time (just before the release of the Signature ser... | |
| friend needs help to dispose of inherited vinyl For all the classical records that don't have much current market value, if there's a stereo pressing of Janos Starker's Bach Cello Suites on Mercury Living Presence in excellent condition, that alone could be worth $1000-1500.And what is it with ... | |
| Amp for desktop system? You might call Magnepan and see when they're going to release their new mini-maggies and passive woofer. I heard these at a mfr's open house at my local high end store a couple months ago and they're everything the Soundstage write-up says. It was... | |
| are all amps equal 03-31-09: Keslerd...I went over to Audio Advisor got some Black Mamba II, and spent even more. I no longer have just wire.Good job. That Black Mamba II is worlds better than anything Bluejeans has to offer. Black Mamba rocks! And for your $100/met... |