ohlala
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| For the Audiophile with a taste for good design(looks)....a question. Ikeda tonearm, especially in contrast to the 4Point. I was considering buying one but the ambiguous setup is a headache I do not want. | |
| Rockport Atria II or Magico A5 I have only heard the A3 as opposed to the A5. They sound like Magico but certainly junior in refinement to the S3mk2. I'm not sure what is compelling about the A5, when the Atria was preferred over the S3. My experience with Rockport is that they... | |
| HELP advise PLEASE - Focal Sopra 2 Speakers - I want a tube amp but " Min 2.6ohm @ 104Hz " The VAC has assorted output taps, so that is nice in your situation. I would experiment with a SS amp as another data point/ reference if practical. | |
| Vinyl Fremer Thank you | |
| How would you characterize the VAC tube amps? I used to own the entry level phi160IQ. Compared to a 150 watt SS, its bass was a virtue. Very alive, good bandwidth, a little forward and modern sounding as opposed to a romantic. Actually I believe it was more forward than my ML 532H. It was the... | |
| What do you no longer have that you would enjoy a night to listen to again? Probably my Nakamichi CD headunit in my car when I was teenager with the top model boston acoustics speakers at the time. It was great. | |
| Speaker Positioning I found a tape measure easiest to measure against room boundaries while making REW measurements at 4" intervals. When I was done with REW, I used a laser against a paper target at the listening position to mirror the speakers' distance to the list... | |
| Phonostage, preamp or amp? The tube experience, as a generality, is the amplifier in my opinion. | |
| Rare magnetism found in the world's strongest material Cool. Thanks for sharing. | |
| Anyone with experience with Spendor D9's? I have heard the originals, which I thought could be argued to be a little bright, at least in that system. They are a step back from the clinical/"hifi" when compared to Paradigm, the KEF reference line or the Sopra line in my opinion. They could... | |
| Versatile, non-fatiguing speakers for a small room under $1500 used or new: advice needed! That price point is within a broad range where there is an obvious trade off between bass extension and refinement of the midrange and treble when deciding between a two-way versus multi-way floorstanding speakers. I believe that it is enough mone... | |
| Devore Fidelity vs Devore Fidelity The Gibbon X replaced the Silverback. | |
| MusicDirect I have made three recent MD purchases and was charged my local tax. I am out of state, though. | |
| Update on Audiogon Member Almarg I am sad to hear this. Al is one the great, magnanimous audiogon posters, taking time to research answers to a lot technical questions. I certainly appreciate him helping me avoid a mistake. | |
| Replacing driver screws with brass screws Tash Goka of Reference 3A thoughtfully uses brass screws. I believe for resonance "control" and do not see reason to doubt his findings for his speakers. For me that is just more evidence the certain quest for the neutral, perfect stereo is a bit ... |