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| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? You should talk to John, but I'd guess he's going to suggest 100s. If you're more than 15' from the plane of the speakers, the Talls are not recommended.good LuckMarty | |
| Proac or Sonus Faber Monitor Speakers I owned the original Tablette and currently own both the SF Minuetto (15ish yrs and counting) and the Cremona. The latter SF is not precisely a matched pair in vintage, size, price or bandwidth, but the Minuetto and Tablette are good matches, albe... | |
| musical small sub for B&W 805s's Just a quick heads up:Velodyne has discontinued the SPL-R line (was their "deluxe" models) and they are available at steep discounts. The 8" model was listed at app. $1200, now Audio Advisor is selling them at $600. The larger driver models are av... | |
| VMPS 626 JR Ribbon/cone hybrids often polarize opinion. I don't know the VMPS, but I love (and still own) the original Red Rose mini monitor with the "roof mounted" ribbon. Strictly speaking, this isn't the most neutral system out there, but it produces beaut... | |
| Does the Transport make a significant difference? May be my own hearing limitations or the limitations in my downstream components, but I've used several CDPs and a dedicated server hard drive as transports into my Benchmark DAC (it reclocks) and heard very little (if any) difference. So, IME I'd... | |
| Bagpipes anyone? When I lived in NYC, I briefly dated a girl who lived on 1st Ave on the upper East Side of Manhattan, near the East River. EARLY every Saturday morning, some guy played the Bagpipes in the park along the river. Might (or might not) have been charm... | |
| musical small sub for B&W 805s's The TBI subs described at musicalsubwoofers.com can integrate seamlessly with some speakers (I've heard great results with Merlin TSMs and Reynauds at a local dealer). Well reviewed (at 6 Moons) and IMHO worth checking out.Good Luck,Marty | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? John at Ohm told me that both the 100s and the Micro Talls work best at 2' from the front wall - the former for far field listening at greater SPLs, and the latter for nearfield at more modest levels.Marty | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Just ordered a pair of 100s as recommended by John. They should arrive in 2-3 weeks and will go into rotation with my Parsifal Encores and Merlin VSMs (and ocassionally Zingali Overture 3s). I've heard the MBLs a bunch of times and loved the "stag... | |
| A few more Ohm questions Thanks for the help everyone.Marty | |
| Single driver speakers - opinions At the risk of stirring up the 4" hornet's nest again, anyone heard any design based on the 4" Jordan driver - such as the Carolina Audio designs? I know this driver has a following.Marty | |
| $ 2500 ....Stay with Vandersteens ??...what else ? Beside the Vandy, the other "go-to" extended bandwidth speaker at this price point is IMHO the Eminent Tech hybrid. However, you'd probably have to switch out the amp.Good luck,Marty | |
| high end single box cdp's for redbook quality only The Cary 303/300 offers unusual flexibility:Adjustable (including zero) oversampling and switchable tube and ss output sections. Not necessarily the assault on the SOTA that some other players are, but a very good choice for a broad range of taste... | |
| Album Storage LIFO(or is that LO-FI)Marty | |
| Which tube preamp meets all these needs? The old Sonic Frontiers Pre-amps might work, although you might not find them "tubey" enough for your taste. Upscale Audio in Upland, Ca has a top of range Line 3 (probably the one I traded in there last year) listed for $2500 on their web site. I... |