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| Power amp around $3000 for C-J Classic preamp If you decided on Vandersteen 3As and you want good sound forget about CJ and go with Audio Research. There is always plenty of used Audio Research available and once you've heard Audio Research with Vandersteens you will have no regrets. | |
| MAS power cords Mel Schilling of Music and Sound Imports was the distributor of the MAS cables along with Electrocompaniet. Later they became distributors for Camelot Technologies.I don't know if they are still around or not, but it might be a place to start.I ag... | |
| The frontier between ''vintage'' and ''junk'' ? When it comes to stereo equipment, I guess vintage refers to a specific age. Whether or not it matters to you and me depends on the sound. | |
| Connectors that convert spades to bananas? So, you want to put add-ons on a $5,000 pair of speaker cables. I recommend you send them back to the manufacturer for spades regardless of price to maintain the integrity of your speaker cables. | |
| Good Amp for Martin Logan Monolith II Minor1, You are using late model tube monos and preamp on your panels and recommending an older solid state stereo amp. Does this mean you're not there? I have had the original Mark Levinson amplifiers like your ML3 work extremely well with electr... | |
| Bookshelf vs Floorstanders Timrhu, That sounds familiar. I have found it is easier to get good sound out of a monitor speaker and if you want to integrate a subwoofer or two you get the best of both worlds providing you select the right sub. Floor standing speakers with gen... | |
| Should I buy the Harmonix footers for $2000.00? Harmonix footers for $2,000? I promise I won't carry on about this like I do the power cords. | |
| tuners, the red headed stepchild? The only good station here is NPR (National Public Radio). It has a nice variety of music including classical, jazz, blues and blue grass. There is an old fashioned radio show with interesting stories and characters, world news and interviews with... | |
| Connectors that convert spades to bananas? Stacking connectors can have a negative affect on the sound. Why not terminate your speaker cable with spades? Or better yet, remove the bananas and use bare wire. We already had a dicussion about this recently. | |
| Rotel, no more DVD players? Foster-9, Yes, I have tried it and it doesn't sound as good as my CD player.I also have a problem with owning a whole bunch of nothing and that's the way I see it. Call me old fashioned, but I'm not alone. I also like the flexability of taking mus... | |
| Good Amp for Martin Logan Monolith II If you want good sound from your Monoliths get tubes. Everything shows up for sale eventually. You have to decide on what you want and be patient.When buying used equipment there is no other choice. I don't like buying substitutes with anything wh... | |
| Power amp around $3000 for C-J Classic preamp Foster_9, That is very good advice. I have posted this before because it is a good example. Several years ago when the Audio Research LS-2 was new, Stereophile reviewers were using it as their reference preamp. Don't ask me why. I never warmed up ... | |
| Power amp around $3000 for C-J Classic preamp Not only are like brands of amplifiers and preamps designed to work well together sonically they are also designed to work well electrically and I have heard plenty of bad matches. If you don't mind the process of buying and selling while you mix ... | |
| Room size I prefer the long wall everytime in a medium size room. The long wall yields better midbass energy and a wider soundstage. Besides, sidewall reflections are never an issue providing you can keep things symetrical. You will mostly likely need room ... | |
| Rotel, no more DVD players? Most all DVD players are using Blu-ray and it isn't free to other manufacturers since it is a Sony product. Home theater sales are down in general, Thank God, and it cuts into their profits. I personally do not believe in hard drive based systems. |