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| Small Floorstander That Uses Ribbon Tweeters? I use the Tonian Labs TL-D1 speakers which have a Fostex 8" driver and ribbon tweeter in a small room. 95 dB sensitivity and great at low level listening. Sounds wonderful with both tube and SS amplification. Check out the Positive Feedback review... | |
| cd's/SACDS to test highs? Use regular music to test your speakers. Listen to how well the ribbon tweeters integrate with the other driver(s). The high frequency range of the ribbon tweeters should be smooth and continuous with the rest of the frequency range of your speake... | |
| Mark Hollis/ Talk Talk "Spirit Of Eden" by Talk Talk is a classic and highly recommended. | |
| Are the Crimson cables as good as they say "I did not see any Crimson cables used for sale so I would not bother trying them myself because you will take a beating if you do not like them and have to sell."There is a dealer demo program in place for Crimson Cables. You can try before you buy. | |
| Anyone know what amp this is? It took me awhile to figure out which Dwell article it was due to a bad link, but the amplifier pictured in the Dwell article appears to be a Jolida JD102B Integrated Amplifier. Nice setup but the vinyl collection is even more impressive. | |
| Spendor and Tubes I tried a couple of amps when I had a pair of Spendor S3/5's. One was an 80 wpc hybrid integrated that sounded very nice but the best results were with an 18 wpc Audio Note P2 SE single ended amp. Go figure. A small room made it work out as well a... | |
| Chicks With Guitars Another vote for Laura Veirs. Her album "July Flame" is a favorite.Off the mainstream radar is Heather Woods Broderick with a album "From The Ground" on the Preservation label. | |
| What equipment uses 5687 tubes? Some of the Audio Note manufactured and kit pre-amps and DAC's use the 5687 tube. I have an Audio Note Kit L3 pre-amp that uses a pair of 5687 tubes. | |
| best wood for speaker cabinets ? oak,cherry, balti As I recall, Audio Note speakers evolved from MDF to Baltic Birch for a reason. The drivers and the minimally-braced Baltic Birch cabinet are designed to work as a unit. The interaction has been likened to the way a stringed instrument projects it... | |
| High end speakers without bi-wiring? I do not bi-wire, but side-step the issue with those kinds of speakers I own by passing a single wire through both terminals to bridge. Hate the jumpers thing.Good idea. If going with single wires in that configuration I would do exactly the same.... | |
| OK, now I know about Audio Note dacs.... There are a couple of comparisons of the AN DAC 3.1 to the 2.1 on the Audio Note Kits website at Audio Note DAC Kit 3.1 Balanced / RCA that also gives info on upgrading the 2.1 to the 3.1 DAC.I would let your kit DAC do a complete burn-in and beco... | |
| Are the CD'S days numbered? My experience is the opposite of Tmsorosk. One of the two remaining stores (Barnes & Noble) in my city (pop. 90,000) to buy recorded music has been continually shrinking the supply of CD's in favor of DVD's and Blu-Ray discs. The other store (... | |
| Can I take American equipment to Europe? You need a heavy duty step down transformer that will be able to handle the power required for your system. I personally would not trust the cheap travel converters to be used on expensive audio equipment. | |
| Favorite iTunes Radio Stations THREAD Check out KCRW's Eclectic24 on iTunes or at Eclectic24. 24/7 streaming mix of KCRW's DJ's selections in a single continuous program. Enjoy. | |
| Hi Fi in The Mechanic movie: what brand speakers? Franz Schubert - Trio in E Flat Major, Op. 100 |