smandlej
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| KEF LS60 WIRELESS + KC62 SUB OR HEGEL H390/KEF R7 META + KC62 SUB? I have had the KEF R7 Meta's in my system for just one year and am delighted with their performance. I have a small listening room and these were the biggest/best speakers I could accommodate. Please see my virtual system for more context. | |
| Sviatoslav Richter. Greatest pianist of the last century? It's Alfred Brendel for me. | |
| Great Interview- Any musician who has played or fronted a rock/blues band over the years must have suffered some loss of hearing, I would have thought. Attended an early Cream gig in a smallish hall with 750 watts per side from stacked Marshalls - truly deafening ... | |
| What model ProAc is this As former owner of Studio 2's, I can say these are not Studio 2's, nor are they the EBS's. My guess Studio 3 ?? | |
| EBAY MONEY BACK.......WHAT A JOKE ??? My advice would be to open eBay's dispute procedures as soon as something goes wrong. If the item does eventually turn up and is OK , then you can apologise (profusely ?) to the seller. eBay keeps your payment in a form of escrow - if it has relea... | |
| Admitting my error… If you are going to buy used vinyl you will need to purchase a decent record cleaning machine and replace cheap paper inners with anti static ones. I know as I have been buying used vinyl for years ever since the advent of CD's, when record compan... | |
| Experience with Townshend Seismic Podiums on Concrete Floor (they're great) As an owner of Townshend podiums myself, the clue is in the full name "Seismic". A concrete floor in an area of seismic activity, even minor, will not isolate your speakers fron nature's effects. The use of spikes coupled to a concrete floor will ... | |
| Cartridge Recommendations for SME V Arm I'm using a Koetsu Black (and I am not alone in this judging by some reviewers systems !!) - spend the loose change on more vinyl. | |
| What’s your latest high-end audio purchase? Townshend Seismic Podiums - got rid of the dreaded speaker spikes, and before that purchased the Townshend Allegri Reference as a replacement for the standard Allegri. Both produced a significant upgrade in sound quality - well worth the money IMHO. | |
| Single vs Bi-wire Speaker Cable I opted for as true bi-wire. Van den Hul Revelation - four individual runs per channel. Martin Colloms used this wire when reviewing the speakers that I currently own and these do the trick for me. If single wire is so superior why do speaker manu... | |
| Current Universal Players Reavon UBR-X200 4K Ultra details from reavon.usa.com | |
| Best Stereo Upgrade Value In my case, it was the pre-amp - Townshend Allegri Reference - the most expensive element of my humble system. | |
| Is it ok to stack LPs horizontally? So you unstack a pile of discs just so you can play one, stacked one third way up. I have thousands of LP's all stacked vertically some dating from the sixties, not one of them warped !!! | |
| Every day I see another turntable recommendation... My Michell Gyro Dec is 30 years old and still going strong. Updated over the years with an Orbe platter and other mods, I know of at least two reviewers who use one in their systems - see my system pics. All the brands you mention are respected an... | |
| Most beautiful turntable under $5k Michell Gyro Dec - I have had mine for 30 years and still going strong. At least two hi-fi reviewers here in the UK use one as a source coupled with an SME 309 or IV tonearm. John Michell preferred the SME V which I use on my "Orbed" Gyro Dec - se... |