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| Efficient, affordable speakers for SETs? The most efficient loudspeaker I know of is the Klipschorn corner horn. It's the only loudspeaker that will truly play at level for an SET amp. You can find them used for $6000 and less. New they retail for about $15,000. Cosmetics have a big... | |
| These seem a bit pricey $$$ More than half the cost of a commercial loudspeaker is marketing costs. You’re generally not paying wholesale price from the manufacturer. If you’re buying from a local audio shop, list price is a 40% markup from what they pay for it, and they’re ... | |
| Vivaldi, played badly, is the worst classical music on earth If y'all want to hear Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" for the First Time, take in an informed early music performance by Brecon Baroque lead by Rachael Podger. Buy the CD. Extraordinary performance, recording quality and dynamics. What's interesting ... | |
| Do any still use an older high end tuner from the past?.... No matter the tuner you have, it's only as good as the signal you feed it. When I bought my house 21 years ago, I was thrilled to FINALLY have a house of my own where I could put up a proper FM yagi antenna with a rotor! I was running an Onkyo... | |
| Beware of NAD M3 Fire Hazard I've owned three NAD pieces in the past. All died premature deaths. For me, NAD now means:Never Again Daddio | |
| Best 6NS7 Preamp for a Pass Labs XA25 amp You're not going to find a better 6SN7 preamp than the SP14 from VTA. You can buy it either as a kit, or preassembled and fully tested. You can even get custom builds for a bit more cash.Complete kit is $950Fully assembled & tested is $1450h... | |
| Help me understand John Coltrane .... seriously. Trane is an acquired taste. Don’t listen to him because others tell you he’s a genius. His later albums reflected the great physical pain he was in from his cancer. Very hard to listen to.Have you listened to much jazz? There are so many great pla... | |
| Audio Rack Selection Most all of the racks you see in these audiophile pages are overpriced and take up too much space. They also make lousy platforms for turntables. Any vibrations or floor motion gets amplified at the top of the rack. Just horrible.The very best ... | |
| Need under $1500 preamp for my system Your very best value in a preamp is the SP14 from VTA.http://www.tubes4hifi.com/SP14.htmYou buy it either as a kit or fully assembled and tested. They also offer it as a custom build in a wooden cabinet. Price depends on your choice.kit, w/tu... | |
| What Would You Do with a Sealed, 1st Press Miles Davis "Kind of Blue"? Try to find a sucker to pay you far, far too much for it. P.T. Barnum was right you know. | |
| There's a lot more bass in a 6.5" driver than most of you think There's no replacement for displacement.You can get some very good low end with small drivers in a transmission line enclosure. But you can't get level and transient response. Can't do it. Which is why you want sub-woofers. And not just one o... | |
| BEST SPEAKERS AT A REASONABLE PRICE There are many issues to consider. - What kind of music do you listen to?- How loud do you want to listen?- How big is your room?- WAFOne of my all-time favorite systems belongs to a buddy who runs a pair of late 70's vintage KEF Calinda loudspe... | |
| Types of speakers to create nightclub style sound? Night club systems are PA systems, not audiophile systems. That being said, the most musical sounding PA gear I've ever heard come from Bag End. Buy their stuff. Will easily fit your budget. | |
| Yesteryears' expensive speakers compared to modern moderately expensive speakers This deal at $11,500 is a great example of a terrific loudspeaker, at the vintage you speak of, that is a killer deal compared to anything new at that price point.https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649506284-avalon-eidolon-speakers-msrp-21500/ | |
| Best speakers for max. $3000? @cd318 The Linkwitz LX521 is showing up on the used market now that it's been around for a while, as are his earlier Orion design. The problem for most of those is shipping.The hardest part of building any loudspeaker is making it look good. Th... |