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Budget speakers for Orchestral music?
i have vintage Eico amps and preamp, they are 12wpc. 
Best used speaker under $1000 for tube low watter
Spendor BC1? thanks again for your responses... i've been looking into what you have all mentioned. how about the spendor bc1? i have not been able to find much info on them, outside how amazing they are, especially for classical. do they require ... 
Best used speaker under $1000 for tube low watter
one more thing... i currently have nice old kef 103.3s. will an upgrade within a budget of $1000 be much superior to them?. the problem is that the kef speakers are for more powerful amps, but they still sound quite nice with the eico. 
Best used speaker under $1000 for tube low watter
thanks again for the quick responses! i am a college student on a limited budget, my amps are eico hf-12s. they are amazing and musical little amps, running with a norh cd-1. i will soon be adding a TT, which i'll save for another discussion. the ... 
Best used speaker under $1000 for tube low watter
thanks for the response gmood1. the hornshoppe horns are too sensitive to room placement for me. i was looking at the omegas, what do you think would be superior, the grande 8, or grande 6r? also, anyone know about the decware 1.5 radials? they se... 
Lowther speakers for Fisher X-202-B?
Twl, if I prefer a more mellow sound, is the Fostex the better choice? not that I don't want accurate speakers, but I don't neccessarily wan't every flaw on a recording to be revealed. 
Lowther speakers for Fisher X-202-B?
thanks for the responses! let me add another question, which as I see on some past posts is widely debated: do you prefer the lowther or fostex drivers? i could pick up the cain abby speakers for even less than the lowthers, which do you prefer an... 
Lowther speakers for Fisher X-202-B?
thanks for the response Sdcampbell, but outside the bookshelfs, the Coincidents are way out of my price range. the Lowther speakers can be had for around $1500 new. 
two amps and one pair of speakers
slappy, basically the dps-1 box that i mention is a speaker selector box in reverse. however, don't you think that some sound degredation will exist running through a box like that? maybe not. i'm not sure. i just assumed that is always ideal to r... 
OLD tubes or NEW tubes. scott vs. jolida
thanks for the responses... your ideas about maintenance and reliability are right on the mark... but let me be more specific. im looking at a scott 340 receiver on ebay at the moment, the seller is reliable and it looks to be and is described as ...