paullb
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| Can the Harbeth 40.1's boggie ????? No, Harbeth monitor 40.1s cannot boogie. Read Bob Neill's comments about them. He got tired of them and moved on because they never could lose their stiff upper lip. | |
| Is there a great LP12 set-up person in SoCal? Second Stan at Shelley's. I forgot about him. | |
| Is there a great LP12 set-up person in SoCal? Brooks is great with turntables and has always supported vinyl, but he has never been a Linn dealer - he was an Oracle dealer when the Delphi and the LP 12 were going head-to-head (shows you how long I've been around). Randy has been an on-again, ... | |
| Anybody own or hear the Wavestream linestage? Have you spoken with Elliot at Acoustic Image?He's the only Wavestream dealer that I know of and he usually has the amps in stock - don't know about Scott's other products. | |
| Sumptuous, lush, rich, liquid golden midrange amp? An older CJ premiere 4 would give you the sound you are looking for. 100 W per channel. | |
| LAMM LL2 vs. Hovland preamp Hello,The Hovland is much lighter and brighter than the LAMM which is darker and fuller. The LAMM also has greater depth than Hovland equipment which paints a flatter soundstage. It would pick the one that would nudge my system in the direction I ... | |
| Classical speakers that do violins well?? Spendor SP 1/2E. You should be able to get a good condition used pair for 2K.Pro: they produce very accurate tone and frequency response. They are well and rightly recognized for this quality - a classic loudspeaker.Con: they don't have very good ... | |
| Joule, Blue Circle, CAT SL1 Hello,I am not familiar with the CAT so I will restrict my comments to the Blue Circle and Joule preamplifiers. Both should do just fine and give a warmer, not overly analytical sound. Bobby shows with Joule gear all the time and Merlin/Joule is k... | |
| Attention Vandersteen 5A owners/ amp matches I Used to own a pair of 5As and have heard them with the number of different amps in my listening room including BAT 75se, Blue Circle AG8000 and BC 2.1, Atma-sphere, JC-1s and Conrad Johnson 12s. They are great speakers and you pretty much get ou... | |
| Harbeth Owners - What do you think? Dodgealum,If you hang out at HUG, you should know that there are no speakers that are significantly better than Harbeth :-). Seriously, there are different listener priorities and different product strengths and weaknesses - there isn't anything t... | |
| Harbeth Owners - What do you think? Remember that your Harbeths are not as bright or "forward" as the Thiels, so initially they will not sound as detailed and you may prefer the Thiels. Give the Harbeths a little time to break in and for you to get used to the sound. Then do a caref... | |
| Paul Speltz speaker cables The anti-cables are very good - just as good as my Audioquest Volcano cables that cost a lot more. But they weren't any better, either. My only criticism would be that, although they are very small, they are also stiff. I could not get them to smo... | |
| TT setup in Orange County, California Brooks Berdan Ltd. is a dealer located in Monrovia and is very good. He goes way back. He will charge you though. Give him a call and see if it's something you might be interested in. | |
| vandersteen 5 to 5a Hi,I have not upgraded my Vandersteen 5's, but did compare the 5's with the 5A's before purchasing the 5A's. I cannot tell you if it's worth $5,000 to you, but the 5A's are definitely better speakers. They have a better total balance and more reso... | |
| Review of Michael Wolff Carbon Ribbon Source power I also tried the same power cord on a home trial. I felt it was the clear improvement from my stock cord. Instruments and voices had more "body" and better harmonics. I did not hear any downside to using the cord. It was better, not just different... |