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| Buy an Audio Research SP10 MkII or an SP11 MkII ? The SP10 Mark II is one of the truly great vintage preamps. While it might not hold up compared to the very best available today it is wonderful. The SP11 is not in the same league. I would buy it in a heartbeat if I were you. Good luck.Wendell | |
| Anything better than Vandersteen 3A sig for the $ That's a big room. I think you will need one or two Vandersteens subs to have a realistic foundation to the music. I'm not a big fan but the Vandersteen price performance is hard to beat. I recommend good solidstate as opposed to tubes for these s... | |
| Sonic Frontiers Line 3 "SE" upgrade - worth it? Sonic Frontiers was out of business. Are they bacK? | |
| Best amp for Vandersteen 2sig McCormack .5 or 125Muse 100 or 150Belles 150a or 150a HotrodOCM 200AMC 2100All work very well with the Vandersteen. Avoid cheap tube amps. In my experience, they simply are not a good match.Good luck.Wendell | |
| How many of you made it to CES 05?? I was there. The highlight for me was seeing and hearing Little Richard at the Orleans last night. Wow!!!!!!Wendell | |
| Good tube pre-amp for Rotel 1090 with Thiel 3.5s Anthing very smooth and rounded. The Rotel and Thiel are going to be very bright. Perhaps and older Conrad-Johnson or, better yet, Cary Audio. Good luck.Wendell | |
| switches I think solidstate equipment should be left on all the timeand never plugged into a surge protector if you want the best possible sound. | |
| Full Range Speakers for 4000 or Less? Under $4000 the Vandersteen 3A Signature is alot of speaker.Wendell | |
| Mccormack UDP1 a step up over stock Denon2900? I went from the 2900 to the UDP1. It is clearly better with Redbook CDs but SACD and DVD-A are very close and, in my opinion, not worth the difference in price. I'm glad I bought the UDP1 but the 2900 is a bargain for what you get. I've never hear... | |
| Recommendations for arm for Oracle Delphi mkII? SME Mark IV works well with the MkII. Provides a bit of bottom lacking in the Oracle. Be sure you have the Brooks Berdan mods done to get the best out of the table. I have this setup with a Sumiko Blackbird. Fabulous. Good luck.Wendell | |
| RRL Cleaner, Vinyl Zyme, and Groove Glide In my opinion it is the GruvGlide that is sucking the life out of your records. It certainly quiets the surface but at a heavy cost. It's putting a barrier between the stylus and vinyl interface. Not a good thing. ANYTHING, that leaves gunk to be ... | |
| Review: iRiver port. disc player IMP 400 CD Player I've never heard the IPOD. I can't imagine it being better than uncompressed CD but I could be wrong.Wendell | |
| Review: iRiver port. disc player IMP 400 CD Player I have one too. Amazingly good.Wendell | |
| sub$500 amp for Magnepan .5QRs The OCM-200 from David Belles. Nothing better, in my opinion, for the used price of $400. There are a couple on Audigon now. It will make the Maggies sing.Good luck,Wendell | |
| Best combo - integrated amp/ speakers/$8,000 The Ayre with Vandersteen 2CE Signature speakers is one of the very best sub $5000 combinations I've ever heard. I'm not a huge fan of Vandersteens but the Ayre makes them sing.Good luck,Wendell |