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| Totem Arro: Do I have enough power? The Totem ARROs will drive easily with 20-30 watts. You can always call Totem and ask. | |
| Speaker recommendation - 3K budget Made a decison, yet? Sure is an amazing diversity of opinion out there, eh? I hope you can listen to some of the main suggestions, like Thiel and Maggie. They are VERY different, and your ears will tell you what you like. For a smallish room and y... | |
| Tube amp for Sonus Faber Cremona The DeHavilland monoblock 845 amps are fantastically good, and quite a bargain at $6K. I would think their 30 watts are adequate for the Cremonas, and I would guess the match would be terrific. Reviewers at Positive Feedback rated their system 'be... | |
| New Speakers 1k If you want monitors under $1000, don't overlook the new Von Schweikert VR1. Nice size, gorgeous exotic veneer finishes, exceptional sound. | |
| Coincident Partial Eclipse vs Totem Forest The Coincident Partial Eclipse is recently upgraded to Mk. III, one of the few speakers at its price with a Scanspeak Revelator tweeter. I haven't heard the new model, but sure would like to. The Forest is getting a bit long in the tooth, I think.... | |
| Efficient speakers for my 2A3's........ The Cain and Cain speakers did sound very good at THE Show. And the Abby, I think, is only $1500, a steal. the Galante monitors are 95-96 db, made expressly for low-watt tubes. The Galante Rhapsody is $2295, and sounded very good with Sophia tube ... | |
| New Speakers 1k Von Schweikert Audio has introduced a new monitor speaker at $995 nominal, with 'introductory' pricing. They intend it to be a world-beater, and it's worth checking. Not very tall, sort of stout in proportions, but nice looking and with a superb w... | |
| Good one-box CDP or good DAC? Audionote makes two CD players, at $1500 and $2500, both with tube output stages, I believe. I've not heard them, but will soon. Might check jcaudio.com. There are favorable reports on the Cary 308, and the Cairn CDP, both around $1500. | |
| Replacing jumper bars I've used the Mapleshade jumpers, and definitely would recommend them. Beware they are thin copper ribbons, and don't handle misuse well. I presently use Walker Audio cryo-treated silver wire...walkeraudio.com. | |
| New or used amp? Lots of good suggestions from the cognoscenti! I think the first decision is whether you prefer tubes or solid state. I'm firmly rooted in the tube camp. At CES, Cary unveiled the Rocket 88, 4 KT88s, 20 watts triode, 40 in pentode. They used it to... | |
| How does the AES compare with "real" Cary?i.e 845? As I noted in another post, Cary unveiled the Rocket 88 at CES, 4 KT88s, 20 watts triode, 40 in pentode. They used it to drive a B&W Nautilus 801, to demonstrate how it handles difficult loads...in triode mode!! Most important, it was extremel... | |
| Best speaker for medium to low power tube amps?? I think the new Von Schweikert db 99 sets a new standard in efficient speakers, at $5995 or $6995. They were one of the best-of-show at CES, with the benefit of the $50K Wavac amp. The speakers have active amps for woofer 'boost', so require AC pl... | |
| Recommend location and type for kitchen speakers In-walls at a budget level will not sound as good as independent speakers. In my opinion, you'll get fuzzy muzak. I'm looking at the new Swans M-20 active mini sat/sub system, nice sound for $200 (shown at CES, check av123.com), with intent of han... | |
| Speaker vs. Room Size Coincident has revised its Triumph Signature monitor, price still $1199, and it may be extremely good. With claimed sensitivity of 94 dB, it is very friendly to low-watt amps. New tweeter and woofer (Vifa?), other improvements, nicely finished, co... | |
| Small footprint speakers How about the new Coincident Partial Eclipse ($3000) or Victory ($4600, 97 dB, 14 ohms!) or even Conquest ($1900): coincidentspeaker.com. I'd also bet your Atma-sphere would be killer with the new Green Mountain 1.5 ($4800). |