kurt_tank
Responses from kurt_tank
| Best budget table? I highly suggest a used Basis 1400, with RB300 arm, and an inexpensive cartridge of your choice. (At some point, you should upgrade to the Benz Micro Glider II cartridge).I bought this setup, w/o cartridge, for $1,000 delivered, and it included no... | |
| Looking for a Speaker in the $15,000 Range I have audtioned the Avalon Eidolons as a friend owns a pair.I love the setup he has. It is the best system I have ever heard actually.That being said, your amps will NOT have enough power to drive them. He uses a SS Classe amp with 400W/ch. (In f... | |
| Make me feel better First the Good News (for you anyway!)At least you can blame yourself. My friends kids were playing with my new TT (without my knowledge of course) and they severely bent the cantilever of my new Benz Micro Glider II ($800). Now, the bad news (for ... | |
| Avalon Opus without bass ? You might want to try the Revel Studio as it is about the same price range, or if you can afford it, the Salon. They are both great speakers, IMHO. Good Luck | |
| Martin Logan vs. Thiel To remedy the "sparkle" problem, you need to know that the electrostatic panels are essentially dust magnets. You should do some periodic maintenance to them every 6 months or so.1) Pull the plugs on the speakers, and let them power down for a day... | |
| converting to gitital I actually did the reverse just a few months ago. I had a chance to listen to a friends analog based system and it blew me away how much better is sounded than CD. (He has a pretty good CD front end as well, but it was just not the same).I then pu... | |
| Mat Material............... Since you received no responses before, I will respond, however, I will qualify this as being a secondhand response from my turntable dealer. (I am somewhat of a newbie to analog, so I will definitely defer to the more knowledgable people on this ... | |
| Need recommendation for a preamp. I agree with foreverhifi2000..I will be honest and state that I have not heard any of the preamps that you mentioned. (Although I had heard older Adcoms, and was never impressed). However, I have had an ARC LS-2 preamp for many years, purchased us... | |
| home theatre questions I highly recommend either the Denon receivers or the Sony ES series. I used to have a JVC receiver, albeit many years ago, and it was sonically one of the worst recievers I ever heard. The low frequency response was abysmal.The Denon and the Sony ... | |
| Should Escrow be Required? I think it should be up to the buyer to decide that. If a buyer is skeptical of a seller, then he should be the one to require it.By the way, positive feedback is absolutely no guarantee of a good seller. It is very easy to fake a good feedback ra... | |
| Queen quandry Have you tried the MFSL gold CD version? Or have you tried the analog Queen recordings? Perhaps the LP will satisfy you better. (In fact, I will give it a shot myself, as I have not heard any Queen in quite a while). I'll let you know how the comp... | |
| Shipping company for speakers- any good or bad one I recently used discount-shipping to ship my Martin Logan Sequel II's from San Francisco, CA to Dallas, TX. The cost is normally $0.95/LB. However, they have an interesting alternative to regular shipping. If you can drop off and pick up at their ... | |
| et tu Koetsu? I recently upgraded from a Benz Micro Glider II to a Koetsu Black. (Not that I really wanted to upgrade, but my friends children bent the cantilever on the my Glider (Warning to Glider owners!!), so I had to replace it anyway).The Glider sounded v... | |
| Amp for Revel Salons I happen to own the Revel Studios, but I spoke with a Salon owner who had just upgraded from the Studios and he said that while his Studios sounded great with a Levinson 250W/ch amp, that the Salons just sounded good with the same amp. He said tha... | |
| Are Audio Dealers Missing the Boat? I disagree with Stehno, in as that I do see a benefit to having a middle man. I know I was really sweating out sending $8,000 to someone for their speakers. Luckily for my sanity, he had not taken them home from the stereo shop yet, so I was able ... |