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I need more Funk
The Meters and the Neville Brothers. funk drenched blues takes you to walter wolfman washington and some johnny adams. 
re-finish of dunlavy speakers?
as far as the value ging through the floor they already went once the shop closed it's doors. From my point of view the out-of-production status should have sent prices straight up since they are still some of the best sounding speakers ever. Make... 
Guitar Solos
i saw Via with zappa when he was about 18. not quite HS but close enough. what a killer player. Nuno Bettencourt from extreem is another producer of tastey killer rock solos. Blues and Jazz is just so loaded with solos i couldn't make a pick on th... 
Guitar Solos
Steve via on David Lee Roth's Goin Crazy...one of the best put together (as opposed to jam) pop solos i've ever heard. 
aerial10t vs. vandersteen 5
George is right, no comparison. As to speakers cheaper than the 10ts used that sound better..try a set of dunlavy athenas if you can find them. I think they smoked the 10ts in every catagory (i was about a day a way from getting the aerials when i... 
What Do You Get When You Spend Megabucks?
the synergy and room comments above are the most appropriate IMO. My system is in the $25,000 new price range and, to me it smoked a local shops $90,000 reference system. Their $10,000 8 ft Transparent speaker cables left me wondering, not wanting 
thoughts on frank zappa
ooops 140, 240, whats a couple of IQ points amoung fans? Ronvandiep has problems comparing Frank with Mozart But i can't see it. Mozart's sence of fun would have gone hand in had with Frank's sence of humor, they would have made a great band. Bach... 
biamping Dunlavy v's-thoughts on tubes
Almost forgot...tubes work killer with the dunlavys. i use vtl 185s 
biamping Dunlavy v's-thoughts on tubes
you should be able to get away with the dunavies only since they already have internal provisions to split the signal on the two biwire posts. That said if you cross over out of the preamp and remove the bass signal pre power amp you should have m... 
VTL 5.5 or Audible Illusions L2 linestage
never heard a L2 but i have a 5.5 and can't imagine selling it 
thoughts on frank zappa
I saw an interviewer accuse Frank of the drug crazed rock star thing while he was being considered as a Czech ambassador. Frank didn't take too kindly to that line of thought given he was indeed clean and sobar throughout. I heard once that Frank'... 
VTL Tetrode/Triode
I'm using Dunlavy Athenas, a VTL 5.5 pre, ARC CD-2 with harmonic tech pro silways between the CD and the pre and truth links from the pre to the amps (i needed 22 ft so budget had to fit in there somewhere). I re-read your original post and noted ... 
VTL Tetrode/Triode
I think where we are seeing things different is in the presence part of our descriptions because we both agree that triode provides the most realistic rendering of the music. For my system and ears the triode mode conveys much more detail and reco... 
VTL Tetrode/Triode
Doh! I did indead mis quote you, but i do agree, as you noted that triode is more natural and pure. It appears that I forgot to add "triode" at the appropriate place. As to our other observations being 180 out, that's strange because we both are a... 
its all in the details
Sean, I was thinking that a recheck in the very near future would be a good idea myself. Your suggestion to ditch the tube if has drifted again is a good one