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Personal speaker evolution
-Videotone (From Hungary) -Boston Acoustics A150's-Boston Acoustics A200's-Boston Acoustics A400's-Sonus Faber- Guarneri Homage-Boston Acoustics A400's(Again)After all the speakers I listened to and even having owned the glorious Guarneri, I hones... 
Big Stupid Warm Speakers
Great threadI feel the same way. I would suggest a pair of the old Boston Acoustics A400's. Two eight inch woofers, one 6.6 inch midrange, one 1 inch ferro filled dowm tweeter. The A400's weigh about 70 pounds each. The have plenty of bottom end a... 
What amp for Thiel cs3.5's?
I would go for a Tandberg 3026A 0r 3006A. Both of these amps are solid state but have a reputation for sounding "Tube like" as far as solid state equipment goes. Tandberg's have a reputation for being quality built. Both of those amps have 150 wat... 
Speakers to hang on to for LIFE
Nice forumBoston acoustics A200s from 1981. They still offer great sound. In fact I would say you have to step up to a 3k speaker to better the sound by a wide margin. They do all things well and are very musical. Also, even though they are large ... 
which older /used preamp for phono stage ???
HelloI would look for a Tandberg 3012 intergrated or any of the Tandberg 3002, 3008, or the flagship 3016. They have both MC and MM stages and were renouned for there analog sound.Cheers,Francesco.PS- I run a Tandberg 3008A with a Rega P25 and a M... 
Your 5 Fav Rock Concerts
Rolling stones 78' Rich Stadium Buffalo,Rolling Stones Vodoo Lounge tour Toronto 90's, CSN&Youg Toronto 99, INXS Toronto Old Massey Hall 88,Bob Dylan Toronto 2004.Cheers,Nocaster 
A200 - should I keep?
Keep the A200s! I have gone the way of high end bookshelf speakers(Dynaudio) I ended up keeping the A200s because I found over the long haul with every kind of music they sounded better than the bookshelf Audience 52s(Dynaudio) Less tiring to list...