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| Manufacturers don't get it. make tubes visible. When properly executed, exposed tubes are beautiful to look at especially on power amp. Jadis, BAT, Cary to name a few.But some are just plain ugly. New ARC Ref 610 for one. I much prefer the old Ref 300/600 with hidden tubes and big meters in fro... | |
| Shipping Expensive Speakers? WATCH OUT I see new business opportunity for Audiogon, start a shipping company to ship high end speakers :)If I have to pay double of UPS rate to get that peace of mind, I will be happy to spend the extra. | |
| Treating High Humidity in basement Dehumidifier is very commonly used in Asia, almost every family has more than one in Taiwan. Not popular in US and difficult to get, price is also very high. In Taiwan, you can pick one up for less than US$100.Leave it on all the time, they don't ... | |
| Speaker Recomendations $3000 go hear what everyone is talking about, the new Usher BE-718, new for $2800. Amazing high, mid, and bass. | |
| Ugliest Speakers??? Can anything beat the new Thiel 3.7? | |
| Dynaudio Sapphire speaker they were on static display in Taiwan & Hong Kong hi-fi shows, probably the same pairs that were freight from one show to another. | |
| Usher Be 718 or Kitty Kat Revelators? BTW, I posted a long reply to one of the BE-718 thread, but my reply never showed up. I stated the many strengths of BE-718 when compared to other speakers from my memory. Too bad. | |
| Usher Be 718 or Kitty Kat Revelators? Current owner of BE-718 and have them placed 2' from back wall as well. All I can say is "wow". I have owned too many speakers in life (30+ pairs), BE-718 stands up against anything.The most amazing part is the amount of detail at low volume, some... | |
| Anyone audition the new Thiel 3.7s yet? They showed the 3.7 in Taipei hi-fi show. From the show goers, most were impressed by the sound and found them to be very coherent, fast, and transparent. Though not too many cared for the styling. I did not bother to spend time on 3.7, I will nev... | |
| Tube amps I have paired WP 5.1 with SF Power 3 before. Despite the power rating, SF Power 3 was not able to drive the WP 5.1 without clipping. WP6 might be an easier load than 5.1, but I doubt it is very different. But if you want to go the tube route, I wi... | |
| New Cart? Best all around performer...MM or HO Coming from Shelter 901, I had to switch to Sumiko Blackbird to better match my integrated amp. I don't think I lost anything in terms of details, speed, dynamic, soundstage, and transparency. In fact, many areas improved. Yes, it could be because... | |
| amp via transformer 220 - 110 a good idea? I was doing the same thing for a while after taking on a short term assignment in a foreign country. I thought the sound was degraded in many ways. Less dynamic, transparency, top end rolled off early, sound stage was narrower.I will suggest getti... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? Tbg, Usher is the only speaker I heard with Be tweeter + midrange, never heard the Pioneer nor TAD and I am sure they are exceptional as well. I like Usher for its look, sound, and price. TAD is weird looking while Pioneer doesn't nearly go as dee... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? Since this thread is still going strong, will chime in from my recent discovery.Usher BE10/20, incredible reproduction of minute details and leading edge dynamic that are hidden in most speakers. Superb integration of tweeter and midrange due to s... | |
| New sonus faber Cremona M version Tda2000, thanks for the link and info.Sounds like Sonus Faber is moving more and more toward hifi and less musical sound. As a former owner of EA1, Extrema, Guarneri, Cremona Auditor and current owner of Amati, Cremona, and EA2, I found each itera... |