mschott
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| Highly recommend Paragon Sight and Sound in Ann Arbor, MI If you look at their used equipment page on their site you can see the prices are a fraction of new. They certainly can’t pay anywhere near retail for trade in’s and sell for those prices. | |
| Audio Research Ref 6 SE Products get upgraded all the time in this industry. Others offer similar products with upgraded parts in their product lines like Prima Luna. Myself I own Jolida separates with optional factory cap and matched tube upgrades. What is different abo... | |
| A note from Magnepan about the "30.7 for Condos" tour andy2 you’d be surprised. Most millennials and Gen X’s are naturally comfortable on forums. Fewer boomers and far fewer of the previous generation post in online forums. If they look at all, they just lurk. | |
| A note from Magnepan about the "30.7 for Condos" tour As far as dealers stocking expensive speakers, unless it’s a big dealer with huge cash flow it’s tough to stock expensive speakers like the 20.7 and especially the 30.7. The market for them outside of large wealthy metro areas is not big. No one w... | |
| A note from Magnepan about the "30.7 for Condos" tour I talked with Wendell a few months ago at the 30.7 demo at a local dealer. The whole idea behind the tour was confusing to me. It was more about the concept of the speakers than promoting the speakers themselves. I really liked them but they reall... | |
| Black ice Audio owners, pet peaves You really need to proofread your post. It’s unreadable. But I will say that I have none of the issues you mention with my Jolida JD1000P amplifier. | |
| VPI forum Mat not Matt. | |
| VPI's new "Vanquish" Ultra High-End turntable is a STUNNER! I don’t know what you mean. | |
| Seeking input on Larsen speakers I listened to either the 8 or 9 at Axpona this year and was very impressed. To be honest I can’t recall the details but they were among the best I heard in a typically poor trade show hotel room environment. If you are interested, seek them out. I... | |
| VPI's new "Vanquish" Ultra High-End turntable is a STUNNER! Agree with theophile. There is a market for $100K turntables. It's the same market for $200K speakers, half a million or more in electronics, etc. Ragging on VPI or TechDas or others for building state of the art tables for the wealthy is bizarre.... | |
| Cary Audio SLI-80HS vs Primaluna Dialogue HP or Evo Integrated Amps if you want the warm, midrangey tube sound, EL34’s are the key. They give so much depth to the sound. I would say that if an amp was designed for them, why change? You can always roll different brands of EL34’s. They are inexpensive tubes. | |
| Cary Audio SLI-80HS vs Primaluna Dialogue HP or Evo Integrated Amps I don’t know how the biasing works on that Cary but it’s probably not difficult. A very small flat blade screwdriver and a multi meter is all you need if it doesn’t have self biasing features. Generally Cary tends to have a strong bottom end while... | |
| Budget Tube Amp (newbie) Second for good value with Jolida/Black Ice. I have Jolida separates and they sound great and were an excellent value. I also have an older Jolida integrated amp but it needs some relatively expensive repairs so it sits in my basement. | |
| Which speakers have rear firing speakers and how do they sound? My former Snell Elll speakers had a rear facing tweeter. There was a control for that driver’s volume. I didn’t notice much difference with that knob. | |
| Need help identifying these speakers purchased in 1992 Pics are not showing for me. Have you made them public? |