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| Who puts their speakers right up against the back wall and why? I've heard the Larsen loudspeakers, which are engineered to be put up against a wall. They're intended for those with room decoration issues that require this.They sound pretty good, but be aware that their imaging is a little 2 dimensional. I... | |
| Preamp suggestions, yes again The Don Sachs preamp is just the VTA SP14 built on a custom chassis. The SP14, with a remote, is available in kit form for $1390 and fully assembled & tested for $1790. The kit is no more difficult to build than any Dynaco piece and comes wi... | |
| What tube amp for Harbeth 40.1 Your best move is to a Bob Latino amp. Either his 35 wpc ST-70 or the 60 wpc ST-120. The 125 watt M125 mono block amps would be serious overkill for you unless you wanted to run them in 65 watt triode mode. The ST-120 is a Mac 275 killer.You c... | |
| 700.00 speakers new or used At that price point, I have a couple recommendations. The KEF loudspeakers from the late 1970s are wonderful. The tweeter they used back then got used by a lot of people and was certainly one of the very best of the day. A buddy of mine runs a... | |
| Ok now I am frustrated with streaming The bandwidth requirement for streaming media, either TV or music, are surprisingly small. If you read the linked page mentioned here earlier, the highest quality stream, 24 bit/192 khz, only required 10 mbs of bandwidth and you've got well over... | |
| Best Speakers for a small Nearfield room, budget at most $10000 (used is also ok) Here's a used pair of Dutch & Dutch 8c.https://www.gearslutz.com/board/gearslutz-secondhand-gear-classifieds/1301736-dutch-amp-dutch-8c.html | |
| Need preamp recommendation The Don Sachs preamp is just a dressed up VTA SP14. Much prettier and about $1000 more. The Don Sachs model will run you about $2500 and the VTA SP14 comes in at about $1500. You can save $500 by building as a kit. You won't find a better pr... | |
| $5k Pair Full Range Speaker Shootout - Help me pick I made this same recommendation to another guy here.Get the SEAS Thor kit from Madisound. They work with a custom cabinet maker who can build them and have them delivered to your door. I can't tell you the exact price, but I'll take a SWAG and s... | |
| purchasing US made speakers Get the SEAS Thor kit from Madisound. They work with a custom cabinet maker who can build them and have them delivered to your door. I can't tell you the exact price, but I'll take a SWAG and suggest that the total cost of the project would prob... | |
| Cheap/expensive or expensive/cheap? 14 gauge zip cord is all you need. Save your money. Really. | |
| Jazz vocalists which may not be as real as we think/imagine Diana Krall is OK I suppose. Many audiophiles are very taken with her due to sex appeal. She takes a good cover photo. Sultry.There are so very many other truly excellent jazz singers to choose from. Why spend your money on her? If you want ... | |
| Is Wife Acceptance Factor (WAF) sexist? Chances are, only one of you in the household is an audiophile and cares one whit about how your music sounds. Chances are the other person does care about how your home looks. And heck. Maybe you do too?I live in a 100 year old Craftsman bungalow... | |
| Are cables really worth their high price because of their geometry? @williewonka Siegfried Linkwitz, who knew a thing or two about audio engineering, used 14 gauge zip cord. Given that my Linkwitz Orions use four channels of amplification on each side, with 25 foot cable runs to each side, 200 feet of anything o... | |
| Are cables really worth their high price because of their geometry? There's a whole Facebook group, called "Audio BS", devoted to hating exotic speaker cables. There's good reason. About 10 years ago a buddy of mine was landlord to a hi-end audio distributor. One night, he went into their space, disconnected... | |
| Speaker upgrade around 100k retail Two suggestions:Pitch out what you've got and just buy the fully assembled LX521 package from MagicLX. That gets you the loudspeakers, active crossover and amplification. Total package cost is probably around $25k. You'd have a fully designe... |