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| best budget hi-fi speakers for my specific system I'm with Natalie. But that is a used pair not new for that price. | |
| Anyone Switch from Electrostatic/Planar to Dynamic I used Magneplaners and stats for years and loved them. I switched 10 years ago to Vandersteens and am very happy. Planars are wonderful under "ideal" conditions. Alas, many of us don't have ideal conditions, i.e. unlimited funds to make them work... | |
| 100w tube vs ss for Mag 3.6s If your dealer will let you try the Cary out at home do it. That will tell the tale. I don't know the two amps directly but have always liked Maggies with tube amps. I also am confident that the ARC is a good sounding amp based on the findings of ... | |
| Hall of Shame People come here in need of advice, they may be new to this or just lack some small bit of experience. Others propose to be the protectors of the flock or the audio equivilant of the "morality police" to defend the sheep from the evil audio establ... | |
| EX power cord skeptik needs help I do know that the Custom Power Cord Co. "High Value" has great clarity, balance, bass, space, and not at all bright on what I have tried it on. They are only $129 new from www.amusicdirect.com and you might spend that trying building all sorts of... | |
| Warm, smooth cd with good bass under 1700 used ok The only clear choice is an Audio Research CD1 used for around $1200 or an Audio Research CD2 used for around $1700. I have a CD1, and before I got it, CD never did a thing for me. It has great bass and is very smooth. The CD2 is even better. They... | |
| Need New Cartridge Recommendation I might have to try one of those too. I only have experience with the old V15 typeIII. I wasn't thrilled with the sound of those. I couldn't afford to repalace my $800 moving coil with anything comperable(remodeling the money pit)so I got a Grado ... | |
| Recommendations Needed: Upgrading from ARC CD-1 Well taken Karls, it's just that I was able to buy my CD1 for a yard sale price from a guy that said it was so bright as to be unlistenable. HeHeHe. He was an EE guy that told me that cables don't matter after I quized him on this point. He than p... | |
| Hall of Shame Why is so much of the advise in this forum worse than my spelling? Many of the contribuors here belong in the hall of shame! So many nay sayers and philastines. I do see that there are a few careful listeners with genuine and helpful info here but... | |
| High Quality Outlets Where to get them?? Go to www.amusicdirect.com they have what I mentioned previously. | |
| Hall of Shame Ezmerelda,wow your advice is as valuable as fish guts. All tube stuff sucks eh? You have a real credibility problem. All quality cables? All vibration controll devices? Your advice is rather misinformed, closed minded, and frankly(kooky) incorrect... | |
| need help on dynakit st 35 Do the tubes still get bright red. If so you likley have one or more bad coupling caps. they are usualy black(black cat) and right on the circuit board. | |
| Best Amp for Vandy 3A's under 3000 Used? These are some good recomendations but the best thing you can do to make your amp choice simple(this may seem off subject, but wait)is to buy a Vandersteen sub(the amp is in the woofer!) for your 3's(if you want a second opinion go to www.audioper... | |
| High Quality Outlets Where to get them?? You can get the Arrow-Hart(the best budget units) outlets at Music Direct for a reasonable price or the PS Audio Power Port units for about $50 which still seems to be a good value considering what goes into making one. Check out the Ps audio web ... | |
| Recommendations Needed: Upgrading from ARC CD-1 If you think the sound of your system is too laid back you may prefer the CD2.Though I would be cautious of some of this (I agree with much of what is said here but not all) advice to change components and people pooping on the Vandersteens. I hav... |