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Another "Help me choose my speakers" thread
Those Spendor 6se are very nice looking, have great reviews and should provide many hours/years of listening fun.  Probably a good choice with your music genres as well.  Post up your impressions after you have some time with them vs the 301. 
RIP Peter Tork
Darn Childhood tv...for how short of a run it had, it sure played for many years as syndicated reruns.  Interesting quote: "This is not a band," Tork once told the UK's Telegraph in 2016.. "It's an entertainment operation whose function is Monkee... 
Integrated under 1k (hopefully 500) for Wharfedale Dentons & Snell
Music direct has the 326bee for $450 right now. Seems like a good deal.https://www.musicdirect.com/integrated-amp/nad-c-326bee-integrated-ampI don’t think 50 wpc would allow all the possible combinations of future speakers to shine through but it ... 
Another "Help me choose my speakers" thread
What speakers are you using now? Do you have any experience with the listed speakers at all? Some lines of speakers have a known sound quality, like the Klipsch are known to emphasize upper-end due to the compression driver.  They are also general... 
Time to look at newer speakers?
lukaske I did reference the Ilumnia and it appears at 20k Euros they are a bit out of the ops budget. But very nifty.All I can tell is if your speakers were in reasonable shape you should be able to sell them to offset the cost of new if needed. I... 
Classical Music for Aficionados
I ran across Weinberg a couple years ago and I wondered if he is enjoyed now.  Apparently lost to Soviet history for a long time and friend but not student of Shostakovich (liner notes.)  I found the ECM disc with Kremerata Baltica/Gidon Kremer to... 
Classical Music for Aficionados
newbee, I will check the presto site. I did run across it recently so time to look further. So I picked up Schubert Impromptus Decca Brendel edition. Played disc 1 everyday on the way to work. I think I only have one other Schubert disc.Faure Pian... 
The Tragic Decline of Music Literacy (and Quality)
Part of the information was also used to fuel the Thoughty2 youtube video posted elsewhere here. Also, the first part gives no reference to what survey it is referring to and the chart is quite amateurish with a low sample rate and from where?The ... 
Classical Music for Aficionados
Is it my imagination or do newer release box sets seem to go out of print fairly soon? I've seen a few only a couple years old already gone from amazon except from high-priced resellers.  What do people use as a resource for upcoming releases? A l... 
Is there an rca input selector box audio only 2ch in 1 out?
It looks like there are good options including DIY. Thanks all for the information. Just to clarify, the player is another system and I only have about 30 SACDs but I will want to test some out with the new integrated amplifier. If a switcher prov... 
Is there an rca input selector box audio only 2ch in 1 out?
I made the mistake again saying amp instead of integrated amp.  I don't need to volume control is this still workable? Otherwise just what I need. 
NuPrime vs NuForce
There is a forum on another site that may be better able to answer this. The Nuprime moderator made up a chart for that line in terms of SQ. He would probably best know how current models might relate to the NuForce models if they are the older on... 
Classical Music for Aficionados
I just ordered that book a few days before finding this thread.It will probably take me quite a while to finish but I have that one and one on Brahms that a friend recommended on order.  I'm just a novice though even though I've listened to classi... 
Infinity Kappa 8's with a Krell KAV-300i?
When I researched the Kappa 8's I recall they really needed an amp that would power a 2 ohm load.  Here is one of the threads I found with a guy that had his amps eaten.https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/infinity-kappa-8-sI don't have personal... 
Tekton Impact Monitors vs Buchardt S300Mk2 and/or S400
Thomas and Stereo stated in his review that the S300 and S400 shouldn't even be in the same series as they are so different, the S400 should be W400 for waveguide.  I'm sure the op has researched but this would be something a bit different, a ra...