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Hi-Fi and Pro equip. like Mackie, Stewart or JBL
It will depend on your budget and the spl level your needing to project into the room. 100 to 150 people is not a small gathering and sometimes the din of conversation will raise the noise floor pretty substantially. Is this a quiet gathering of p... 
HELP No sound from tweeter.
Many manufacturers of speakers buy off the shelf components from several excellent raw speaker companies in europe. If the speaker is labeled on the back as to its model and manufacturer, you may be able to easily purchase the replacement from one... 
Opinions on a hi-end ? portable mini system
look at the jbl lsr-28p powered studio monitors. These and a portable cd player are all you would need to provide high quality sound. The speakers have a 250 w/rms amp for the lows and a 100 w/rms amp for the highs..built in. The speakers have bee... 
SS vs Tube: What do you hear?
ditto for me. Like the tube pre-amp/solid state amp approach. instruments and voices seem to gain a "body". Not that solid state sounds bad, just different. I think solid state may measure better in some areas than tube such as distortion measurme... 
preamps - vtl tl5.5/rogue 99/linn kairn
Purchase the Audible Illusions Modulus 3A. The Best Preamp period. Has the depth and slight warmth of tubes but great high end. Make sure you take the capacitors out of the signal path(a user option located on the circut board with dip switches). ... 
The Best Speakers for a Small Room
Go to your nearest pro-sound or music equipment/recording equipment dealer and check out the Mackie HR-824 powered studio monitors. These speakers are becoming standards in the recording field for their extreme accuracy. A pair will cost about $10... 
Can a Toslink be changed to Coax , BNC
midiman and fostex both make a format converter. Midiman has the co2 and co3 I'm not sure what the Fostex unit designation is. These units run about 70.00-150.00 depending on the model and if you also need to convert to AES/EBU pro-level. I have u...