magnumpi205

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What Speakers
Have a Mac 275 hooked up to Reference 3A Grand Veenas. Great combination! 
Anybody heard Reimer Teton speakers?
Have the Reimer McCulloughs, they are extremely good speakers for the money. Very dynamic, very efficient(94db), and go down to about 34HZ. Very fast tweeter. Really good with tube amps. 
What's best amp for around $2000.00?
If you wanted to go class d, Wyred has show samples for sale on their website. Great value and sound.Also make great integrateds. 
AES - AE3 Linestage
Hexfreds, Caddocks, Mundorfs caps, dual Goldpoint attenuaters, 6SN7 GTBs 
What's best amp for around $2000.00?
After a trip to the RMAF, I too will have to go with Odyessey. Went back several times to affirm my original impressions.Made in the US, built like a tank, and sounded better than some much higher priced offerings. Not bad to look at, also. 
Class D amps,bang for your buck ones
The best bang is Wyred. Great parts, build and great sound. 
Amarra for iTunes at RMAF...
The Amarra software for Itunes was $355 at the RMAF. Add the price of a Mac computer if necessary.A new version will be avaiable on the 15th of this month.Heard the software in a couple of rooms, with upgrade, and it sounded great. Opens up the so... 
Grand Veena and ? speaker cable
Heard the new OCC cables from Reference at the RMAF. The sound was very clean. They will retail for around $400 for a 2 mtr pair. 
Reference 3A Grand Veena
After another trip to the RMAF confirmed that the Grand Veenas are the best buy in speakers. Liked the Joseph Audio Pearls but that's a $20,000+ difference.Can't wait to install the the new phase plugs, brass screws and and OCC jumper wires for th... 
Speakers in 10-15K price range for Classical music
Neal,How did the RMAF search go. Heard some very good speakers there. 
Best value in 5 chan. power amp under $3,000
Just heard the Wyred amps at RMAF. Pretty hard to beat for the price. 
How much does CD player affect overall sound?
Transnova said all and said it well.Garbage in garbage out! 
Good Monitors for no more than 150?
Wharfedale 9.0, 9.1, 9.2.Had the 9.0 for a small system and had to g to Quad 12s to upgrade.Try tsto.com, new 9.0s are $99 per pair. 
Just me or do speakers in cell phones sound harsh?
As my kids would say:Well, Da! 
Mesa Baron
Have a Mesa Baron with Tesla EL34 blues, Hovaland Musicaps, hexfreds and Caddocks. Usually run it in triode, still a match for anything around.