kw6
Responses from kw6
| condo owners, how do you appease the neighbors? I know your frustration! About 13 years ago I assembled a home theatre system in a 4 level condo/townehome. I lived on the third floor and the other couple on the 4th floor. They never told be to turn down my system but instead they chose to get e... | |
| Spendor S8e vs. Sonus Faber Grand Piano Hi Stylinlp_38,My room is 8'X14'X21' and the S8e speaker disappears leaving behind the music. I originally sought out this speaker I knew it would have a natural tone with very good articulation but what I didn't expect was how well these box spea... | |
| Vintage tube preamps: CJ or ARC? What's your budget? | |
| The best CD player for... Try a used Linn Ikemi!Good Luck!*>) | |
| Best player for Poorly Recorded redbook CDs? Try a Linn Ikemi or higher up in the line. If you can find a used CD12 that would be the best.Good Luck!*>) | |
| Preferences in the Spendor Se speaker series? Hi Dabarrie,Prior to the S8e I was using the Maggie MG 12/QR as well as a pair of Spendor S3/5.BTW I still own both. | |
| Preferences in the Spendor Se speaker series? Recently a new owner of he S8e. I agree with the other posters it's basically a $3000 speaker that sounds like a $12,000 speaker. This speaker should meet your needs. They look like box speakers but sure don't sound like it. Very open and throws a... | |
| Spendor S8e vs. Sonus Faber Grand Piano I run my S8e with tube gear and it sounds sweet with great tone, timbre & texture and I usually play cds from major labels not audiophile ones. For example, Coldplay, Sting, Billy Joel & etc. | |
| Is harmonic accuracy and timbre important at all? I use to own the Dunlavy SC-II among many others and agree with Plato that there are many of ways to skin a cat. That's why I enjoy listening to my recently acquired Spendor S8e loudspeakers which are not time/phase coherent but they do the tone/t... | |
| Power on or off LINN IKEMI I leave mine powered up all the time. | |
| Jumpers for Spendors I own the S8e and have on order Cardas CLJP copper jumper plates due to arrive soon. BTW my speaker cables are Cardas too.Good Luck!*>) | |
| Linn CD-12 or Ikemi: Your opinions I currently use the Ikemi and it is one of the better one box payers out there today but if I had the money and could find a mint used one for $10,000 I would get it!BTW a good alternative would be the Resolution Audio Opus21.Good Luck!*>) | |
| Speakers in the range of $3 to $4.5k per pair? Try to listen to Spendor S8e.Good Luck!*>) | |
| What cd-player should go with Proac 2.5, VT-100? Try a Linn Ikemi!Good Luck!*>) | |
| "White noise hiss" through speakers. I have a c-j tube pre and c-j tube amp. My speakers (MG12/QR) are a bit less effiecient than yours, but when I have the volume up to a reasonable good level and I put my ear right next to the panel its dead quiet. That much hiss on your set-up is ... |