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| Honing down the speaker shortlist ~$5K Build the Linkwitz LX521 or Orion systems. You can readily do it within your budget. You'll get a loudspeaker system to rival ANYTHING. Absolutely killer. Great imaging.AND it's a LOT more fun than just wandering down to the audio salon and l... | |
| Dual subs and room size What wattsperchannel said. | |
| Please help ...integrated amp under $1200 Is there some reason that you have to have an integrated amp? When you buy an integrated amp, you are committed to only having only that power rating and sound. What do you do when you change speakers? And you don't say anything about how much ... | |
| MBL omnidirectional speakers. How do they sound ? I think they're a very good loudspeaker. I also think they're not a good value. There are other loudspeakers I like as well if not better, for less money.In this league, I'd encourage you to audition the big Avalon loudspeakers. You can get so... | |
| Music Server Last comment. Though I'm a total Linux-head, if you're willing to live with a Windows machine, both JRiver ($50) and Banshee (free) run on that platform as well. And truth be told, Windows Media Player isn't bad either. If you know enough of ho... | |
| Music Server The original post was about the $7500 Antipodes server, which is nothing more than the Fedora 20 version of Linux with it’s own music management software. My little $250 Ubuntu Linux server does all the things you want from a music server and does... | |
| Music Server What *IS* it with people who have so much money they feel they need to spend it on something that costs 30 times as what they need to spend? Antipodes is based upon Fedora 20, the experimenter’s version of Redhat Linux. It is not something that wi... | |
| True audio stories! Do you have any? Back in the mid-70's, I was hanging out one evening with my friend Tom Tutay, who now does a lot of tube amp work. He'd just gotten in a Dyna ST150 solid state amp, and as was his practice back then, he went about beefing up the power supply. He... | |
| Looking for a new pre-amp!! For just under $1000, you can build the SP14 kit from VTA and get something to set up against those much, much more expensive preamps you see on Audiogon.http://www.tubes4hifi.com/SP14.htm...or you could build the same sort of thing from scratch u... | |
| Speakers for 15K - Discounts Forget spending $15k on this. Build the Linkwitz LX521 system for 1/3rd the price, get a loudspeaker at least as good and likely better, and being this is a DIY project, you'll have much, MUCH more enjoyment from your system. Spend your $10k sav... | |
| Looking for my first tube amplifier, help appreciated. Get hold of the guys at VTA. They'll help you out to customize your amp.http://tubes4hifi.com/ | |
| Need Suggestions for speakers up to $15K new/used If you want a set of speakers you'll never want to replace AND be well under your budget, build yourself a set of Linkwitz LX521 or the Linkwitz Orion. If you don't feel like it, even within your budget, you can get them delivered to your doorste... | |
| Do they make a quiet great sounding phono pre amp?? The problem is you’re spending too much.http://tubes4hifi.com/pre11.htm#PH14 | |
| Subwoofers.... one 10" or two 8"? You've GOT to be kidding that you're even considering an 8" sub-woofer. There's no replacement for displacement and even with a 10" driver, you're marginal on the deep end, which is where subs are supposed to operate. There's a reason they make ... | |
| Power for Klipschorns K-horns are just about the most efficient loudspeaker on the planet. You can drive them with one of those under 10 watts single ended tube amps. Back in the late 50's Klipsch decided that a center channel was a good idea, which is where people s... |