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| How much to spend to beat $1200 10yr old speakers? For those on the west coast...I believe Gene Rubin carries the new Quad line...also...the Maggie qr12s...the ones just below the 1.6s...are a great speaker...and roughly 1200 usd...if you have the room...a must audition.... | |
| Box speakers that sound like Electrostats? Joe...the comparisons are pretty dramatic...since both companies collaborated on the original 10L...which SPendor made for QUad...I was looking at a pair of 3/5s until I heard the Quads...the new Quads are less colored and more revealing that the ... | |
| New Speakers 1k I was in a similiar predictament...and after auditioning Vandies,Maggies,Spendors,Sonus Fabers,etc...settled on the new Quad 12L monitor...which is a larger standmount...for its transparency,detail,3-d imaging, and legendary Quad transparency....a... | |
| How much to spend to beat $1200 10yr old speakers? If you go Quad...go with the 12Ls...they have a much fuller presentation...and just to let u know...I would hesitate to call them bright... they are very revealing in nature...and sound nothing like rolled of SPendors or other "old-school" brit mo... | |
| I am trying to learn about Krix speakers for HI-Fi CHeck out their website...I know they are Aussie made...and have very few US dealers.... | |
| Overrated & Underrated The Strokes and Galaxy 500 | |
| Bought Wilco and Cowboy Junkies this weekend.... Despite the media portraying Yankee Foxtrot as an "experimental" album...it really is classic Wilco...and predictable in its unpredictability concerning experimental noodlings...I like it...and I hate almost everything... | |
| Help: Searching for Vandersteen-like speakers... Even with speakers that supposedly do 35hz...it is recommended to crossover the sub at an octave higher...in this case 75 hz...because BOTH would be -3db down at 35hz...A note on Vandersteens:although I do like their sound, they are not designed t... | |
| Box speakers that sound like Electrostats? The new Quad L series...I have the 12Ls...and their speed,transparency,and detail do rival their ELSs cousins...and with full range dynamic driver bass... | |
| Help: Searching for Vandersteen-like speakers... Precisely...all the benefits of tube "warmth" in the highs with tight,clean,bass from the SS power...am I the man or what? Jolida makes some decent hybrids...check out their website....if you want to go that route... | |
| Help: Searching for Vandersteen-like speakers... Maybe a tube pre, tight solid state bass power,coupled with Vandy boxless sound...I wouldnt get too wound up on SETs...there is only one Vandersteen...and a plethora of ways to incorporate tube sound... | |
| are there 2-ways that go down flat to around 40? Quad 12Ls do 45hz clean...probably closer to 40hz in a small room since this is Quads legendary conservative ratings....the best bass reflex design there is.... | |
| Any opinions on NAD quality? Rotel has actually had more recent reliablity issues than NAD...mostly pertaining to their 900 series intergrated amps...and my best local dealer...who carries Bryston,Bel Canto,etc...dropped Rotel in favor of the highly acclaimed NAD classic seri... | |
| Has anyone tried SET tubes amps with maggie 1.6's This sounds like a fun "band-aid" solution...but as you already know...Maggies need power...and the SET aint gonna cut it....Bryston amps are know for emphasizing bass output...and they mate real well with Mags...good luck... | |
| Round Two: Best Speakers for LOUD music and rock?? Most hi-end speakers...be it SPendor,Sonus Faber,Vandersteen,etc..do not perform well at moderately high listening levels...let alone "loud" levels...Im talking SPLs just above conversation level...they chuff,distort,and basically resort to one-no... |