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Revel Salon/Studio and ARC Tube Amps
It would be iffy. The sensitivity is pretty low and they are a 4 ohm load so knock 3db off the rating to get a "real world" equivalent rating at 8 ohms. Very power hungry. You won't find many folks trying that combination, which is why there are n... 
Seeking thoughts on Apogee Caliber Ribbon speakers
They indeed can be frustrating. Physics is physics and there is absolutely no getting away from the cancellation/doubling effects in the bass....some frequencies doubling up, some cancelling out, which is why folks can't figure out just what to do... 
Revel Salon/Studio and ARC Tube Amps
I would think it would take the largest ARCs. These speakers take current.....plenty of it.....and can deliver great sound top to bottom. They go surprisingly deep in the bass with very good control and bass tonality. But you'll never know what yo... 
Magico S1
Give the fantastic JBL 1400 array a try. Lower grain, fabulous imaging, deeper bass, play louder. But, most importantly, music. Beautifully made. Gorgus 
Does anybody have any experience with the JBL 1400
2chnlben, I strongly disagree, they are very natural speakers, which means they are just beautiful with Ella, pure piano solos, string quartets. I have many competing, highly reveiwed "high end" (meaning accepted and politically correct) which the... 
Speakers vs. headphones
Facten, I use the Audio Research Reference 150 with a resistive loading network. 
Speakers vs. headphones
I have speakers that go to 20hz, and are my favorite speakers, cost completely no object, I have heard. Yet I get chills up and down my spine with my Audeze LCD-3 just as often. With the right amp they are just incredible, but for me it about the ... 
Speakers with fullness and weight?
Midflder, this is really the trap in high end audio, the reviewers and loud posters can convince many that something which is not exactly right is indeed right and that you are just not "refined" or "educated" or "experienced" enough to recognize ... 
Speakers with fullness and weight?
Thank you, guys, for your endorsement of my post. Hearing many, many live events and playing for myself in my own soundroom, the differences between what musters for "accurate" audio equipment and the sound of real music show a marked contrast! Th... 
Speakers with fullness and weight?
The "super detail" quest has indeed resulted in many "thinner than life" speakers as companies try to catch the ear of the audiophiles and reviewers. The number one easiest thing for folks to notice is increased detail. However, the ear of the aud... 
Does anybody have any experience with the JBL 1400
Audiolabyrinth, the 67000 are improved bottom to top. Bass is much clearer, tighter, more resolved, mids are more resolved, smoother, focus is tighter, that's a very quick description. I have several non-JBL speakers, all quite expensive speakers,... 
Does anybody have any experience with the JBL 1400
Hi Audiolabrinth, yes, Everests and 1400 Array, amongst other more usual speakers. The 1400 are really good, the Everest 67000 are magical. 
TAD Evolution 1 vs Thiel CS3.7
Go listen to the beautiful, natural, dynamic, powerful JBL 1400 array and save some money. 
Does anybody have any experience with the JBL 1400
There is so much misinformation about horns. I wonder if it came from folks, years ago, hearing Klipsch speakers with bad solid state amps when SS was new. Certainly there are horrible cone speaker systems, really bad planars have been made, and t... 
To those with multiple tables/arms/cartridges
To Halcro, arms and cartridges outnumber the turntables. Yet it boils down to only using 2 cartridges on 2 identical arms on my favorite turntable: a stereo and mono version of the same cart. That cartridge was chosen as it the most linear (I meas...