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| New Sonus Faber Flagship Speaker? From my understanding, Palladio are similar to stock Homage but with more closely matched drivers and of course the white finish. They are very limited in quantity, almost all sold out last time I checked with Sumiko.I own a pair of Guarneri in th... | |
| Sonic Frontiers 2 with Wilson WP6. I have owned SF Power 2, 2SE, 3, BAT 150, 75SE, and now 150SE. I have powered Wilson Watt/Puppy 5.1 with Power 3 before but it didn't do it for me, Wilson needed more power than Power 3 can provided.I have compared 75SE to Power 2 and Power 2SE (a... | |
| SF Guarneri with ARC Reference 110-CD7-3 ? not sure what Raquel's motive is, but you can always source drivers from other countries easily. | |
| Best way to store a cart doesn't dry air harden the suspension over time? I was told to store them in moise air instead. you rather have mold which will not affect sound than hardened suspension? | |
| SF Guarneri with ARC Reference 110-CD7-3 ? Try BAT 75SE or 150SE, I have my Guarneri Memento driven by 150SE and the sound was to die for. Bold, spacious, airy, focus, and lightening fast. Of course rest of my system are also very good, but I have had very good experiences with BAT 75SE/15... | |
| Repair Watt Puppy 5.1 Diffraction Pads I had to remove the foam on W/P 5.1 before, Wilson suggested using Googon and it worked wonderfully. be careful not to get any chemical near the driver, I removed the drivers first to prevent accident. I like the speakers w/o foam, looked much nicer. | |
| Speaker Ideas upto $2500 Usher BE-718. I have owned many and Usher is one of my favorite at $2k price range. | |
| 6C33C-B tubes why do you need to replace 6C33C socket? in the case of BAT, it's a difficult job so not likely owner is expected to replace socket once a year. | |
| Alternative Tonearms for VPI You can mount a Graham on VPI Scoutmaster, you will need to buy the arm board from Graham and price is quite high. | |
| Maybe a ridiculous question, maybe not I vote for worth a try, similar idea as megasonic clean and should be very effective in cleaning deep down in the groove. semiconductor industry uses megasonic to clean wafer all the time. | |
| What do you see as the downside of tubes? my twin boys grew up with big tube amps sitting on the floor, wide open without cage. no, they never got burn.my friend puts it best. if you can train a tiger to perform in circus, you can train your kids not to touch the tubes. | |
| How did you discover audiogon? Audiogon heavily advertised on Audioweb and another online classified back in 1998, I signed up right away since the format was easier to use and it was free like the rest of the classified back then. | |
| What do you see as the downside of tubes? Major downside that has not been mentioned:You will enjoy music so much more. Holographic imaging, silky midrange, liquid and smooth texture, air and bloom around each note, they are all addictive and intoxicating you might 1) lose sleep and liste... | |
| Tube amps that kick ass? Sonic Frontiers Power 3 can be had for <$3500 if you can find them, they are very good for the money.BAT 150SE is superb if 150 wpc is sufficient, BAT has tremendous drive and speed that sounds more powerful than 150 wpc. you can start with 75S... | |
| Seeking suggestions for Preamp There is an Einstein on Audiogon right now, world class pre amp that allows tube rolling unlike ARC Ref 3. Make sure you use better feet and after market power cord to hear it's true potential, same goes for any tube pre amp. |