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Gain for VPI Companion with supplied Grado Statement Sonata 1.5mV
ARCDB.WS says LS-16 has 12.2 db gain/unbalanced. 
Monitor Audio GX50
I share your enthusiasm. I loved my MA GX50's so much, I just bought the GX100's, both in bubinga. I just wanted a little more bass, otherwise outstanding. 
Cabling Question
I am in So. Waldoboro (down Rt. 32), very close to So. Thomaston. You wouldn't have any of them cables laying around, would you? What do you run for tube equipment? What is your "final" pair of speakers? 
Tubes in a Cary V-12R
Thanks. 
Tubes in a Cary V-12R
Does anyone know what value I need to bias the amp for 6L6GC tubes as opposed to EL34s? 
Tubes in a Cary V-12R
Thanks. Any word on biasing the 6L6s in the V-12R? 
The BEST system you've ever built !!!!
My current one:Cary V12 R AmpCary SL98P PreVPI Scoutmaster w/JMW-10 and Grado Reference StatementKimber Hero interconnects/8TC speaker wires (on Dennis Had's recomendation)VPI HW-19 Mk III w/Benz-Micro for my old punk recordsCary 308T Tube CD Play... 
Speakers to hang on to for LIFE
I have had my Celestion SL600s since 1986. I love them. They have survived the Beard Audio/CJ/ARC and Cary amp/pre changes over almost 20 years. They have been back to England for new drivers once and the crossovers were rebuilt with better caps a... 
Cary Silver Oaks speakers - anyone heard them yet?
I have the ones you mention from the CES shows, serial numbers 1 & 2. They are very impressive indeed. I am driving them with a V-12R using a SLP-98P, CD-308T and a Scoutmaster table. All that stuff is heating my home here in Maine with all th... 
Cary slp98p questions
Currently I have SLP-98P in a Cary V-12R, Cary CD-308T, Cary Silver Oak III and VPI Scoutmaster/Grado Reference system. It is the star of the system and the best money I spent.Mine is not DC coupled. I listened to one that was. It changed it, I li... 
Speakers: all-time worst
Hands-down, bar-none anything Dr. Bose has ever touched. I cringe at the mention of the name. How anyone with any sort of sensory apparatus whatsoever could buy into his sound is way beyond me.