larryi
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| Convincing your local dealer to let you try speakers at home You will have better luck if you are a regular, and reliable customer (one that does not abuse privileges). The problem with in-home demonstrations of speakers is that it is so easy to damage the finish of speakers in transit and it setting up at... | |
| New MOFI speaker (Andrew Jones) The stand has four square tubular steel uprights and a top and bottom metal plate (the uprights can be filled with sand or kitty litter, etc.) and look a bit like Sound Anchor stands. I think they look pretty good. The overall look is, in my opi... | |
| When were the best tube amps made? I don't know what kind of caps are in the power supply, but, I can check on it as the dealer still has it. I would guess paper in oil type, as this is commonly found in Western Electric gear. My re-built amp uses such caps. I am waiting on the... | |
| When were the best tube amps made? I like the 45 tube tube too. Are you using it single-ended with 94 db/w speakers? That would be a bit on the edge. I had a pushpull 45 amp which I used with 99 db/w speakers, and I had no issues with power, except for large choral works at some... | |
| What is your opinion of single driver speakers fosolitude, I wish Charney would return to Capital Audiofest. For the two years they were at the show I thought they had one of the best sounding system there and for a relatively decent price. I heard the Companion model with Voxativ and AER d... | |
| Too much power? I once heard two very similar Rowland amps playing in a system which had, I believe, power hungry Magnepan speakers. One amp was rated at something like 50 watts and the other 200 watts (basically the same amp with a larger power supply and more ... | |
| What is your opinion of single driver speakers In some respects, co-axial driver speakers, like Tannoys, have similar sound as systems employing full/wide range drivers—a vivid, lively sound. But, most full/wide range speakers have higher efficiency, making them better suited for use with low... | |
| What is your opinion of single driver speakers I've heard only a few truly single driver speakers whose overall performance was pretty good with all types of music. One is the Charney Companion speaker with the AER driver, the other is a Voxativ speaker. I also recently heard a Songer single... | |
| When were the best tube amps made? When people say that today's amplifiers are better, or vice versa, have they really heard a broad enough sampling of both to make that claim? Have they really heard the best of vintage amplifiers--such as Western Electric 59A (252 pushpull), 91A ... | |
| When were the best tube amps made? Modern tube types, like KT 120, KT 150, and KT 170 deliver more power, but to my taste, they don’t sound that good. I like much lower power alternatives, but of course that means having speakers suited to lower power. I will take a modern or vin... | |
| Candidates for best speakers in the $2000-5000 market I heard a pair of Rosso Fiorentino speakers at Capital Audiofest and they sounded very good. They sound reasonably fast and clear and delivered impact when called upon to do do without sounding overly harsh or brittle. I am sorry I don’t recall ... | |
| When were the best tube amps made? Kondo, Allnic, Airtight, Audio note (uk), WAVAC, all make great sounding tube amps, but they are not necessarily better than vintage models (even the older models of these companies will favorably compare with current manufacture). I am particula... | |
| Candidates for best speakers in the $2000-5000 market However good are Magneplanar speakers, the are probably be out of the running. For smaller stand-mounted speakers and space saving floorstanders, I would look at ProAc speakers, Harbeth 30.2, various LS3/5a clones, Audio Note AN-J or AN-K (partic... | |
| Candidates for best speakers in the $2000-5000 market It would help to know more about your specific circumstances, such as, room dimensions and speaker location requirements (near the corners, how far from wall, etc.), how loud you like to play your music, type of music, kind of speaker (floorstandi... | |
| When were the best tube amps made? You can find great tube amps throughout the time they have been made. There haven’t been any technological breakthroughs in recent decades that render older models mere outmoded. One of the best I’ve ever heard is the Western Electric 59A, which... |