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| Vandersteen 3A OR Alon 2 MK2 I have to agree with the previous post. I owned a pair of Vandy 3A's and upgraded to the 3A Signatures. I was amazed at the degree of improvement for only $700. The 3A's are very good speakers - the 3A Sig's are great speakers. I don't often recom... | |
| Coincident Speakers Go to Coincident Technology's Web site for info. They have posted a number of reviews by audio critics. This won't directly answer your question, but it should provide some info that is helpful. | |
| Best DVD player in $500-$1000 Range I have had experience with both Sony and Toshiba product lines, and both have some excellent offerings in this price range. Infact, you can spend less that $400 today and get a damn good DVD player. Use C-NET's shopping service (www.cnet.com) as a... | |
| Subwoofer opinion badly needed! Matt: a follow-on comment. If you decide to explore the AR powered sub I mentioned in my previous post, there are a number of reviews of this sub listed on AudioReview. Go to the following Web link: http://www.audioreview.com/reviews/subwoofer/ | |
| Subwoofer opinion badly needed! Given that you want a sub for music (rather than LFE), and have only $500 to spend, your choices are VERY limited. Buying a used sub is one approach, or you can buy a model that is being discontinued. I have just purchased an AR S300 powered sub (... | |
| 24/96 where to buy? Contact The Elusive Disc at www.elusivedisc.com | |
| Beautiful Speakers I'm not sure what beauty is to you, but to me it's great styling and cabinetry. I think the Vienna Acoustics Mahlers are yum, yum, yum in rosewood or cherry. The upper end of the Sonus Faber line also has gorgeous cabinetry. If your interior decor... | |
| Sony ES Tuners Just a comment, FWIT: unless you have a specific reason to get the Sony tuner (cosmetics, matches your system, etc.), there are a number of better tuners for the same or less money. Start with Sansui, Onkyo, etc., and look at the analog tuners las... | |
| CDP isolation options for improved HF? You might try what I did: place a group of Vibrapods under a piece 1/4" tempered glass, which has also been damped by applying a sheet of DexDamp (a constrained layer damping sheet, similar to DynaMat). DexDamp can be purchased by the sheet (about... | |
| Burn-in time Vs. Getting used to a sound Whatjd: I have entertained the same question you pose, being the perpetual skeptic. The ear-brain connnection can become used to many things, and over time adapt to what it thinks is "normal". Much the same thing happens with smell if you are expo... | |
| Speaker Cable Length - Effect on Sound As a general proposition, shorter runs are always preferable to longer runs. Assuming you have a heavy gauge of wire, however, you should not hear any difference between a 3' and a 10' run. However, as you exceed 10' in length, the cable thickness... | |
| Supplies for cable building Several of the posts have mentioned "HomeGrownAudio". A friend recently assembled one of the all-silver sets of IC's, and the quality of the wire and jacks is very good. If your objective is primarily to save money, rather than have the DIY experi... | |
| Any "turn-key" Hi-end Turntable... The two choices that come to mind are the Rega tables with their RB300 or RB600 arms, and the VPI HW-19 "Jr." or Mk III with the AudioQuest PT-6 or Rega arms. Both systems are excellent, and represent high value for the dollar. If you want a TRULY... | |
| Top Ten Speaker Cables of all time?... Based solely on my personal listening experiences, I'd have to rate the Kimber Kable 8TC as the best moderately priced speaker cable I have owned or heard. Expensive stuff? Probably the Cardas Golden Cross. | |
| Best very small Speakers (at any price)? Given the size dimensions you specify, there aren't many speakers that are going to "blow you away". Listener magazine just ran a review on small speakers in the $500-750 range, and the speaker liked best by the 2 reviewers was a Reynaud model (se... |