martykl
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| Bass amp for a tri-amped system? Papermill,If you are interested, you have an opportunity for an experiment here, regardless of the amp you settle on:Since you are separately amplifying deep bass, you might want to try a Velodyne SMS-1 (+/- $400 from Audioadvisor.com) or SVS/Audy... | |
| Any new 70'-80 Yesterday, I was at Costco and happened to notice - out of the corner of my eye - that they're selling an 80" flat panel of some type/brand for $4500. Sorry, I didn't take note of any further details.Marty | |
| Preamp for Atma-sphere s30 Ralph,I got the impression (maybe from one of your posts here) that there were changes made after the first 15 units. I've never heard a later production example, but my early example certainly had its strengths which were evident when it was appr... | |
| Nick Lowe Wolf....Agreed on Little Village as best "Stealth Supergroup" (except for maybe Rockpile). Nick's in both.Marty | |
| In-celing and in-wall speaker choice The Vienna Acoustics Schoenberg line of on-walls is a very good sounding, great looking choice (particularly for a contemporary room design). I've had a set of gloss black Schoenbergs in my HT room for 6 years now and I am still very happy with th... | |
| Pre: Audible Illusions vs Joule-Electra vs ARC? River,One reason I kept the Joule was that I liked the sound a lot - especially into my primary speakers at that time, Verity Parsifal Encores. IMHO, the AI was a better match for my other main speakers, Merlin VSMs. Both of the above observations... | |
| Varying ways in which artists approach their music First thoughts:David Byrne Brian EnoPeter GabrielBeckMobyBrian Wilson (crazy, but intellectual)Peter Green (as above)All folks who tried to take their act to an interesting new place. | |
| Which Pre Amp Amp for New User? Opinions Please One thought for you to chew on:The technology in multi-channel pre-amps (pre-pros) may be the main area in home audio (source players, i.e. disc formats, etc. would be another) in which obsolescence is an on-going risk. In recent years critical fe... | |
| Pre: Audible Illusions vs Joule-Electra vs ARC? I owned a Mod3 for many years and still own an LA-100 (and an ARC LS-25, FWIW).The AI is a great sounding piece: it's full/rich in a typically tubey way. It's relatively inexpensive and has a very nice phono stage. Unfortunately, AI is legendary f... | |
| Recommendations....like this CD Louis Armstrong in general, and "LA Plays WC Handy" in particular are high among my go-to choices for this genre. (I also love the Toussaint/Bright Mississippi call). The Dukes of Dixieland are also wonderful Dixieland Jazz players and guys like B... | |
| Preamp for Atma-sphere s30 I used a Joule (among others)/S-30/VSM-se combo +/- a dozen years ago. Mine was a very early S-30 (One of the very first IIRC. It was intended to be a demo, but I bought it from the dealer in Venice, CA. about 15 minutes after he unpacked it - lus... | |
| Aesthetix stellar customer service I dealt with Jim White when I took my Rhea phono stage in for a circuit update/minor mod some years back. It took a little bit of effort to get ahold of him, but once I did Jim was really, really terrific. I dropped my unit off in North Hollywood ... | |
| C'mon name that amp ...please? The Aesthetix Atlas Stereo is a high powered hybrid amp that you might want to check out. Not only is it -IMHO- a fine sounding high output power amp, it's also unusually flexible in that it includes a very versatile low cut x-over function should... | |
| what is the best sounding speakers for under 5000. Now for something completely different:Per Atmasphere (and others): Audiokinesis, but....I'd think about the sealed Swarm subwoofer system at $1700.Add a Velodyne SMS-1 subwoofer management system at $400.The remaining +/- $3K would buy some great... | |
| My son.... Depending on what you mean by "Modest to moderately priced new", I'll offer 2 or 3 thoughts.1) IMHO, the single biggest opportunity to maximize the SOUND QUALITY of most multi-channel rigs (as opposed to typical 2 channel set-ups) is found in the ... |