sdcampbell
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| Need your help on SPEAKER CABLE... Kimber Kable 8TC - my personal "first choice" for moderately priced audiophile speaker cable. | |
| really small speakers less than 500 Since you define "small" as having up to a 6" mid-woofer, I'll assume you will consider small monitors. I recommend you look at the Krix Equinox. It's reasonably small (front dimension is about 7" x 11"), but is an outstanding little monitor. I ha... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? The best speakers I ever heard was a double pair of Magneplanar Tympani's -- driven by 4 tube monoblock amps. Absolutely raised the hair on the back of my neck they were so realistic. | |
| thank you all i already feel the suppot. Dave: My suggestion here is to rethink the distribution of your budget a bit. For example, you could buy a used Adcom GFP-750 preamp (rated "Class A" by Stereophile mag) for about $750 on Audigon, and get an amp that would pair well with it for ab... | |
| Vibrapods under speakers This is an interesting thread, and I'm surprised the topic hasn't been discussed before (to my knowledge). The main speakers in my system are Vandersteen 3A Signatures, which are capable of clean response down to about 26-28 Hz. The floor of my li... | |
| Help with Adcom GTP-760 problem? I think you may have your finger on the problem (so to speak). Actually, my "ex" and I get along much better now that when we got divorced. And Rwwear, I'll try the ground loop isolator. I did not try that, because the "whine" sound is a much high... | |
| Need Opinion on Speaker Repair I am not a repair expert (but that has never stopped me from expressing an opinion...). I know it is possible to recone speakers and to replace surrounds, and have the speakers test to original spec's. There are even kits that you can buy to repla... | |
| Homegrown Audio Silver Lace Interconnect I never got back to this thread to answer your question about the type of gear in my system:Bryston SP-1 pre/proBryston 4B-ST amp for front main speakersAdcom 5503 amp for center and rear HT speakersVandersteen 3A Signature main speakersVanderstee... | |
| mods for Adcom GFP-750 Sean: your points are fair, although I still believe, based on my own experience over a lengthy period, that major mods do not make good sense. The only mods I have ever heard that seemed worth the cost were the units from Audio by van Alstine. Hi... | |
| Opinions on Homegrown Audio Silver Lace? Both Trelja and I have posted a number of messages over the past several months about HGA cables, with particular comments about the SilverLace. Go back several months through the archives and you will find answers to your questions. | |
| Long run cable advice for surround spks. I have a similar length run to the rear speakers in my HT system. Since the rear speakers are for fill, and in most cases are reproducing a somewhat restricted frequency range, you don't need to spend buckets of money on speaker cable. Monster Cab... | |
| If you could... The absolute best system I ever heard was installed in a large, circular room with a heavy domed ceiling, baffles around the walls, and a moderately thick carpet. Not a standing wave in the place, and excellent sound quality from almost anywhere i... | |
| Music for "Tough Times" The album I return to, time after time, for a lift is Miles Davis's "Kind of Blue" -- arguably the greatest jazz album of the past 50 years. | |
| mods for Adcom GFP-750 I'd like to offer another point of view, and suggest thatyour plan to modify the Adcom GTP-750, and maybe the 5802, is not well considered. I've been an audiophile for 40 some years, and have built my own gear from kits, and also done mod's (such ... | |
| Parasound vs. Bryston After auditioning both the Parasound 3500 and the Bryston 4B-ST about a year ago, I bought the Bryston. It is an outstanding amp with first-class build quality, excellent power and soundstaging, and the unmatched 20-year transferrable warranty. Br... |