rleff

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What can you tell me ?
what speakers are you driving,size of the room, and your music tastes?also what is your budget? 
warming up time tube amplifier
I don't know if that general a approach applies to all tube amps; it probally is related in some manner to the amps design,operating voltages and type of tubes used.What amp(s) are you running?If atmasphere pops in on this thread I would pay atten... 
How Important is Getting Your Rack Out
Can you run balanced;if so move the rack.Balanced lines don't break the bank; Mogami makes a excellant balanced cable that Ralph from Atmasphere recommends;very nice. 
Most agreed upon best speaker?
Correction:Panasonic thrusters from the late 70's;just wonderful never duplicated;only sold at Kmart. 
Most agreed upon best speaker?
Panasonic thrusters from the late 70's;just wonder never duplicated;only the ones that were at Kmart. 
First Trip outside of Best Buy, a real newbie.
I will have to agree with taking your time,listen and don't be rushed into a purchase;also if possible a home audition is best.You may find gear with 30 day in home trial and if you can I highly recommend it.Enjoy the quest;welcome to a hobby that... 
Floorstanders designed to be against the wall?
Ralph-do you drive them with your 30 watt amps or bigger?Just wondering. 
Zu Druids - Two years after
Vicks7- do you prefer the druids over the merlins;I was just wondering? 
Musical full-range in the $3-4K range used?
maybe dunlavy scIII's,IV's, or V's would work for you. 
Please recommend a top-notch bookshlef speaker
what are you driving the speakers with? 
Quad ESL owners question
Bob; did you consider anything larger than 8 inch drivers for the subs; I have soundlab m2's and anything more than 10 inches for the sub seems to be "slow" and can't keep pace with the panels;just wondering if you experimented with different size... 
ICE Amps for classical music?
Curriemt11- were you able to tame the speakers with the brillance control? 
Classe ca 301 is the low end weak.
I like John's recommendations and I would add that maybe Belles might fit as well. 
Quad ESL owners question
I think Soundlab's would be on the list. Albert Porter's system used to be soundlab's but now Dali Megalines are in his home;he talks very highly of these speakers when I inquired on advice before I bought my soundlab m2's. 
Plug n' Play, ahead of squeezing that last 1 ?
Maybe one of the Belles amps would fit your bill.