kahlenz
Responses from kahlenz
| Helping a friend build a new system Your friends preferences hits all my buttons. My room is a bit bigger but with 8’ ceilings. Similar taste in music. Cozy and intimate rather than big and loud.Over 50 years I’ve had it all (within my budget): Altec Lansing VOT, JBL 100, B&O, F... | |
| Will the placement of casters on speaker stands degrade the performance I have Harbeths on Sound Anchor stands. I took out the spikes and replaced them with round headed "carriage" type screws. Now I can move my spealkers around wthout poking holes in my floor. No degredation of sound. Note: high quality vinyl fl... | |
| Average Price Spent for Speakers For the average audiophile, 100 hours seems about right unless you have a stash of cash. Any more than that and you are either single or dealing drugs. | |
| Do I NEVER shut it off…? I leave my ss stuff on all the time (occasionally unplug if I will be away for a while or threat of severe storms). Improves dynamics and timbre especially on acoustic instruments. Takes my amp about three days to get up to speed. The DACs all beh... | |
| Which amplifier should i buy Why on earth would anybody drive those speakers with a tube amp? Tubes are fun with high efficiency speakers with modest current demands (pretty much the opposite of the Magicos).Many good ss suggestions above, but with the kind of dough you want... | |
| Substantial Upgrade I have not heard the Hana ML, but I suspect the $450.00 upgrade will be subtle compared to the SL. The difference between the EL and the SL is immediately apparent. The SL is probably the sweet spot in the Hana range. I would pause on the ML un... | |
| How old are you? Old enough to remember yanking the tube amp out of my Mom's Sears Silvertone console and hooking it up to some 12" Utah speakers that I built plywood cabinets for. That year, Santa brought me a Garrard SL55b with a Shure m95e! | |
| Looking for a new integrated amp All of the amps you are looking at will work fine with your system. I think I would go with the Rogue. More importantly I would take a look at upgrading your phono stage. Just about any competent amplifier will drive those Tektons, but you will... | |
| $1000 bookshelf speakers with "recessed", "laid back" or "flat" mid-range? Too bad you don't have an extra $1500 or so to spend. Harbeth makes a line of speakers that are quite easy to live with. | |
| Cheap/expensive or expensive/cheap? My suggestion is to find a quality audio dealer and work with them to build a system that suits your needs and budget. Trying to do this using internet opinion forums and back issues of Stereophile is a fool's errand.The whole system needs to be ... | |
| Best Rock Song Ever! "Surfin' Bird"~The Trashmen | |
| How do you sort your LPs? I have four categories: Pop, jazz, classical, and "other". Within the catagories I go alphabetical (performers for pop and jazz, composers for classical). "Other" is things like seasonal records, novelty records, test records, comedy, and anyth... | |
| Guest suddenly takes it upon herself to move my speakers Who cares? If your setup is that fussy you should keep a lock on the door. | |
| Which is the most important part of a stereo system? Room. The room is usually the hardest to change. The room will dictate speaker and listener placement.Once that is determined, a savvy buyer will consider speakers (including subwoofers) that will perform optimally in the chosen room. Sound dis... | |
| Recommendations for upgrade You already have great speakers. Finding better ones will cost considerable money. I think you should audition the Maggies. Something quite different from what you have. I would also look into Quad ESLs and Avantegarde horns (same theme, somet... |