rrog
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| Budget single disc player-under $600 There is a JD-100 on Audiogon for $560. Tube rolling yields excellent results with this player. The advantage of buying used equipment on Audiogon is you get more for your money and if you don't like it you can usually sell it for what you paid fo... | |
| Power amp around $3000 for C-J Classic preamp You have a broad choice of speakers with different needs. The Totems need a high quality solid state amplifier with a lot of power to sound their best. I used a 100 watt Krell amp with decent results. With either the Vandersteen 3A Sig or the VMPS... | |
| Amp/ preamp for electostatics and why A good used pair of 100 watt tube monos to drive your SL3s will cost you $800-$1200. For that price you can buy VTL Compact 100s or Quicksilver Silver 90s. I have used both with Electrostic speakers with good results.100 watt tube monos are very p... | |
| Best sound in old late 70s early 80s receivers I forgot to mention, before you buy, try to find out a little history on the receiver you intend to purchase. Try to buy from the original owner and find out if the receiver ever needed repair. If it has been repaired I would pass. At the factory ... | |
| Connectors that convert spades to bananas? Halcro, You are absolutely right. These bananas offer the best connection and they do the least to harm the sound. Audioquest has been offering this type of banana for almost 20 years. The less metal the better as far as I'm concerned.But I think ... | |
| As system improves, do bad recordings sound worse? I believe a bad recording is a bad recording, garbage in garbage out. What recordings do you use when you are making changes (improvements) to your system? Do you use only the best recordings or do you use average recordings? The really exceptiona... | |
| Old fart needs help with speakers and power req's Stanwal, I noticed you have quite a variety of equipment. It is nice to have when you need a change, but I am curious what power cords you use in your system. | |
| Vintage loudspeakers....Sleeper models.... The JBL L-100 and JBL L-200 don't sound anything alike. The JBL L-100 is a 3 way with cone drivers and the JBL L-200 is a 2 way with a 15" woofer and a horn. They both have high quality drivers with Alnico magnets and they are very efficient. JBL ... | |
| Good Amp for Martin Logan Monolith II The Aragon amps seemed like they were struggling because they were. I'm surprised they didn't blow up. Audio Research M-300 monos work wonders on the Monoliths, but you could probably get by with 100 tube watts depending on the size of your room. | |
| Amp/ preamp for electostatics and why Solid state amplifiers always sounded lean on my Martin Logan CLS, but any tube amplifier sounded great. After trying numerous solid state amplifiers I decided the problem was the speaker's wicked impedance curve. The CLS has very low impedance in... | |
| Good Sounding Speaker that Won't Attract Thieves? I have a friend whose house was broken into on several occasions. The thieves would walk past the Wilson Watts, Audio Research and Theta to steal his Sony TV. Finally they broke in and stole the woofers out of his Duntech Sovereigns. So, I guess t... | |
| Best sound in old late 70s early 80s receivers Keith, It really depends on what speaker you plan to use with an old receiver. Receivers from the late 70s were designed to be used with 8 ohm high efficiency speakers.When used with the proper speaker there are a few good choices. One is the Pion... | |
| Is Speaker Termination Required? Indeed, but if you short the amp, there's no sound at all!Better safe than sorry, is what people are saying...:))I think too big of a deal has been made of connecting speaker wire. This is a simple task whether it is terminated or not. I realize t... | |
| Aftermarket power cable for power conditioner? Ggaylin, You made a very good point. I keep an open mind and I will try anything if I think it will improve the sound. How many remember the $1.20 tweak. It involves 4 quarters and 2 dimes which makes $1.20. The quarters are placed in the front le... | |
| Aftermarket power cable for power conditioner? Dgaylin, You missed my point. I never said power cords don't make a difference and I use the best speaker cable and interconnects I can find to match my system. What I am saying is before automatically thinking you need a different power cord look... |