philjolet
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| Magnepan 1.6 and Moscode 600s You could buy a used Innersound ESL amp for about $1200 or so and you would never need more power as it would have 600 watts with the Maggies. I have heard these two together and it is very impressive with presence and dynamics to spare. | |
| VAC - any comments? Good or bad. TAS has had great respect for VAC for a number of years. | |
| Help with speakers for Blue Circle Integrated Amp I strongly suggest Reynaud Evolution 3, which are supposed to sound especially good with Blue Circle, I have the Trente which has the same drivers in a smaller enclosure and they easily are better than my Maggie 1.6s, super detailed with beautiful... | |
| Dynaco ST-70 and Magneplanar 1.6QR I tried 3 defferent tube amps with my 1.6s and never got them to liven up, though the Manley Stingray did pretty good and with only 50 watts too.I ended up going with SS and even then, with a Plinius SA100 MKIII 100 watts per channel class A, I wa... | |
| Dynaco ST-70 and Magneplanar 1.6QR The Stereo 70 will run out of steam quickly with the 1.6's, I had Rogue Magnum 120's (120 watts) and they were not enough power for my taste. | |
| Three electrostat choices and my room-- need help I always felt my Maggie 1.6s were too big for my 13 x 22 room, I felt the QR midrange overpowered the reflective surfaces of walls that close, I do not think a 12 x 24 room would work for the bigger Maggies. | |
| Which artists do you just NOW get? Female vocals like Eva Cassidy and Patricia Barber, I used tyo like instrumentals but have found I like the well done ballad etc. these last few years.Rnm4Duane Allman was a big fan of the Jazz classic Kind of Blue and was known to listen to it a ... | |
| Open-Minded or Gullible? what KIND of fuses?just kidding I draw the line at raising wire off the floor even though I can believe the reasoning I just do not know (or care?) if I can hear the difference. | |
| speaker placement help what speakers? | |
| Favorite Movie Soundtrack Paris Texas music by Ry Cooder is good | |
| Maggie 1.6QR vs 3.6R and Room Size You can buy 3.5s for $1600 if you get lucky, they are supposed to be quite good as well. | |
| Maggie 1.6QR vs 3.6R and Room Size The 1.6s will get amazingly loud and are quite full sounding and have a well balanced sound, I think they would work well in a room that big, which would also cut down on reflections which to me is a problem with those speakers. I always felt the ... | |
| is creek5350se best integrated for 1000-1200 bucks I saw a Plinius 8150 for $950 not too long ago on Audiogon, that would have to be considered as well. | |
| Sony DVPS9000ES & Hybrid SACDs When I have had a problem with this exact issue I have had some success with pushing play while the tray is open with the disc in it. Maybe it bypasses some form of detection, but it sometimes works. | |
| Reynaud Magic Stand, spikes on carpet? I put the new spikes on and there is an improvement again with the bottom bass tightening further. I now have the best of both worlds and like the Magic Stands very much. I think the balance of the sound is much better with the tighter bass it is ... |