nightfall
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| What To Replace A Pair Of Lamm Ml2 Monoblocks With? Need More Power I tried out a few high efficiency speakers and they didn't come close to working well in the room given its size. The Classic Audio and Volti speakers you mentioned would indeed work, but are far, far beyond my budget, even used. The room is 25 wi... | |
| How Much Power Do Vandersteen 5a's Really Need? I have been fortunate enough to meet some great people in my now forty year audio journey. Jim has been incredibly kind, and more throughout this process. I can't possibly thank him enough. | |
| How Much Power Do Vandersteen 5a's Really Need? Yes, it is still available on the website, but only as an MP3. I haver no means of playing an MP3 on my system, unfortunately. I do have a streamer, and a NAS, but they only handle FLAC, WAV or DSD files. | |
| How Much Power Do Vandersteen 5a's Really Need? A kind Auiogoner is going to let me borrow his cd. :) | |
| How Much Power Do Vandersteen 5a's Really Need? I was just informed by Vandersteen that due to copyright issues, they can no longer sell, or distribute the Vandertones CD. No idea where to turn now. | |
| How Much Power Do Vandersteen 5a's Really Need? Thanks. Ordering the cd from Vandersteen as we speak. | |
| How Much Power Do Vandersteen 5a's Really Need? tomic, thanks again, VERY much. I'm in Michigan, central part of the state and the loan of cables, especially right now, would be a huge help. Thanks so much.I'll look into the CD via the sources you suggested. And get the XLR filters listed to h... | |
| How Much Power Do Vandersteen 5a's Really Need? Does anyone know where the Vandersteen CD used for setting up speakers can be gotten? Their site has a download, but I have no means of getting that download to my system. | |
| How Much Power Do Vandersteen 5a's Really Need? It appears that the standard spade connectors on speaker cables are, in general, too large for use with the 5a's. We checked two pairs of my existing cables, and two pairs of my friends (which he brought over earlier). All of the spade connector... | |
| How Much Power Do Vandersteen 5a's Really Need? I made the 5 hour drive (each way, not counting gas and food) to pick up the speakers today and all went well. VERY excited to have them home tonight with me. Beautiful Bubinga wood on these. And the surface is textured, a sort of crinkling that e... | |
| How Much Power Do Vandersteen 5a's Really Need? Tomic, thanks very much for taking the time to explain things. It's greatly appreciated. I already have the impedance of my CJ in hand ( Input Impedance 100 kOhms).And I can understand the benefits of the external hi pass filters being employed. ... | |
| How Much Power Do Vandersteen 5a's Really Need? Fair to say I'm a bit baffled by the widely divergent opinions on the amount of power necessary. I do have a question that has me completely confused, though. It was explained to me, by the current owner, that you connect your preamp via interconn... | |
| How Much Power Do Vandersteen 5a's Really Need? Thanks for all of the input. And thanks very much for the offer of help Tomic, I may reach out for setup assistance if needed. I do understand that the manual has a lot of setup information per a discussion I had with Richard Vandersteen, about th... | |
| Best Amp With Some Warmth and Midrange Magic - Need 150wpc solid state, 100wpc Tube Thanks Tweak1, appreciate the recommendation. I read through the discussion you started about it, and it was interesting reading. I may have missed something, though, but did you ever receive the LSA Gan 200 that you hoped to compare with it? I a... | |
| Best Amp With Some Warmth and Midrange Magic - Need 150wpc solid state, 100wpc Tube Thanks for the BAT recommendation. Thats a very good amp, at an excellent price. However, BAT's are fully balanced designs and not ideal being used single ended with adaptors. I've spoken to BAT in the past, and they strongly recommend sticking to... |