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| Any Experience with Audio Valve? David at David Lewis Audio in Philadelphia raved about them when I was browsing in his shop a few months ago. Sure he'd be worth talking to about them. He often runs big ads in Stereophile. Spencer | |
| Best Pre/Pro for 2 channel I used to own a Classe ssp25. They go used in your price range. It was great for music, and worked well for HT. I recently downsized to a NAD receiver, which is adequate for film, mediocre(relatively speaking) for 2 channel music. If I didn't have... | |
| Source for JVC XRCD Lots:Red TrumpetElusive DiscAcoustic SoundsMusic directBetween these 4, they'll have it all! Spencer | |
| Build a system around speakers in the $5-$7.5K Just read these two threads: Merlin VSM-M or VSM-MX vs. Kharma CRM3.2 series on speakers forumTenor Hybrid v. VTL MB-450 Sig. thread on amp/pre forumMerlins will end up on your short list. If you speak with Bobby@Merlin, they'll stay on your short... | |
| Best $1k pair of floor standing speakers? To paraphrase an anonymous Soliloquoy dealer, "They really don't sound good at all with solid state amps. With tubes, excellent value". At the time, I was considering them for my HT system. This dealer had no interest in discouraging me from them.... | |
| Avalon Eidolon Diamond Are they really great? They can sound great, but:- need a big room- very finicky regarding placement; must be far from all walls- ruthlessly revealing of lesser upstream components- really needs high $ MIT wireI also recommend Spectral with them. | |
| Norah Jones on Bluenote?? Peter, Read about it on one of the bigger audiophile vinyl websites(I'm not promoting any one in particular), think they are doing pre-orders now. Spencer | |
| Best big flat screen under 4k Excellent website for this type of question...Spencer | |
| Speakers Corner QC? Anybody heard their Mingus!Mingus!Mingus! LP? Thanks, Spencer | |
| Tube Intergrated,Which One?Must be very Liquid 87db sensitivity, Bobby recommends tubes, but 30w minimum. Cheers, Spencer | |
| Speakers Corner QC? Doug,I have no conspiracy theory here about Music Direct or anybody else. Just looking for an explanation, as I've heard nothing but good comments here & on Asylum about Speakers Corner LPs. Hoping to get some myself.Spencer | |
| Speakers Corner QC? Doug, did you buy them all from the same dealer? Perhaps the dealer is getting their "Seconds"?Spencer | |
| best for home theater? revel or aerial acoustics? FWIW, I owned an Aerial setup for 5 yrs: 7Bs, CC3, SR3s ran it w/Sunfire amp & Classe processor. It was great, but was overkill because of all the points raised by the others here. I recently sold it all, bought an NAD receiver & Onix Rock... | |
| Tube Intergrated,Which One?Must be very Liquid If you can live w/only 2 inputs get a Berning DH270 OTL amp. That's what Bobby @ Merlin would probably tell you. They go for $4500 new(with a waiting list); the occasionally available used one can be had for around $3800, but there's a guy selling... | |
| Help I have not bought equipment since mid 80's If you want to keep the Energys, then I'd ditch the Krell and either go all tubes, or at least a tube preamp. To me, your description of what you want is often referred to as a "laid-back" sound, where soundstage often appears relatively behind th... |