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| Your Side by Side Experience With Best Vintage vs Newer Expensive Hi Tech Speakers I think there are at least two different topics here and both are interesting:1. Tuning systems and rooms: The two sides never seem to converge on this one, and I suggest it's due to the fact that audiophiles do not all have the same objective. I'... | |
| Quad ESL-63 and low-powered amps; Sun Audio, Atma that's great Tomic. Kent is the man.Though I have heard fried dog is underrated. | |
| Quad ESL-63 and low-powered amps; Sun Audio, Atma here is Kent email if you want to try that: esolution@estatsolution.com | |
| Quad ESL-63 and low-powered amps; Sun Audio, Atma I know nearly nothing technically, compared to Atmasphere, but my experience certainly confirms what he said. I have owned many amps that I imagine most people would consider well-designed, and they sound so different from one another. I know this... | |
| Quad ESL-63 and low-powered amps; Sun Audio, Atma If you decide not to complete the updating yourself I recommend Kent McCollum at Electrostatic Solutions for Quad rebuild. I bought mine from him and had.a great experience.Have fun with those quads. | |
| best amp platform/stand under VAC Renaissance 30/30 300b amp? Thanks. A friend also just sent me this, which is interestinghttp://www.theaudiobeat.com/blog/ikea_aptitlig.htm | |
| Koetsu -- Do all longbodies have platinum/alnico magnets? Thanks for the details, Mulveling. I am not certain this is true but a reviewer told me that some time ago Koetsu bought every platinum magnet available and stockpiled them. This is supposedly why no other mfg can source them. Seems silly that som... | |
| Koetsu -- Do all longbodies have platinum/alnico magnets? Thanks Brock. I always wondered what Alnico meant! I also thought they were synonymous with the Platinum magnets Koetsu uses. Thanks for setting me straight. | |
| Buying A Cartridge Direct From Japan If I want a rosewood standard or rosewood signature, is there a route to get it relatively inexpensively, either new or a reliable demo, and feel very confident about it's provenance? | |
| Buying A Cartridge Direct From Japan How can 2Juki sell Koetsu for half of retail, if these are first quality and authentic? How sure can we be they are authentic and truly new? Sky Blue for $3,000, for example. | |
| Best mellow sounding 12ax7 for Thor TA-1000 preamp Probably not very useful but my mark I serial number is in the 200's. I dont know when the mkII started.The only switches I could imagine would be either a USB/rca input switch (does it have a USB input?) or a phone mm/mc switch, if the preamp is ... | |
| Quad ESL-63 and low-powered amps; Sun Audio, Atma Funny you mention equalization because my quads and subwoofers did create a 8 or 10 dB bump which I cured very adequately with the use of a Rives Parc equalizer. Like magic. So I did use subs with my quads and totally agree they can be well integr... | |
| Quad ESL-63 and low-powered amps; Sun Audio, Atma Willemj, you raise good points. And by the way I am sure you know much more about audio than I do, so I will not be making many technical arguments here. A couple of points/questions:1. As you suggested may be the case, I think you and I have diff... | |
| Quad ESL-63 and low-powered amps; Sun Audio, Atma Willemj, I also find it hard to swallow that all perceived differences in amplifier sound are due to issues like clipping. My biggest problem with statements like that is the same problem I have with the objectivist camp in general: it assumes we ... | |
| Quad ESL-63 and low-powered amps; Sun Audio, Atma Funny to see this old thread reactivated! I started it back in 2015. Lots of equipment under the bridge since then and I thought I would share my experiences.Roberjerman is right... Single ended amps just didn't work with esl-63s. Usually dead on ... |