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| SMC McCormack or Vincent Pwr Amp Buying an un-modded used McCormack amp and then modding it is not a good idea. Better to wait for a Rev. A or Gold level modded amp and buy that used so you get big discounts on both the amp and the mods. My experience is they don't need much serv... | |
| Subwoofer's Front Firing vs. Down Firing The hole or the sub? Pretty sure I hear digging. | |
| Subwoofer's Front Firing vs. Down Firing Clearly Duke and Tim do not have enough sales experience to know how a subwoofer works. But it is fun to watch Bo school two guys, who actually know how to build a speaker, on the finer points of subwoofer design. I for one hope it continues to se... | |
| Best Center Channel to Pair with B&W 803D2 Get a new damn cabinet. Kills me when cabinets determine component choices, but that's just me. | |
| best mach for SB venere 1.5 Congrats. Nice amp and great that you got to demo it. Always a good thing. | |
| Need to consider a new pair of ICs What's the new DAC? Someone here probably has one and may have a helpful perspective on this issue. | |
| Suggestions for New/Used amp under $3500 A couple of us tried to help you avoid wasting your time and money, but I suppose sometimes you just have to discover things for yourself. First, driving good $8000 speakers with any part of a $1200 receiver is a mismatch and a mistake. Assuming t... | |
| Monitors that compete with quality floorstanders?? Agree with Johnny. I've heard the Mani-2s and they are remarkable for their bass output (as well as many other things) for their size too. The thing is, (the clue)s are rated at -3dB from 28 to 33Hz (room dependent) and are about $1000/pr. new. Th... | |
| Monitors that compete with quality floorstanders?? Simao mentioned the Part Time Audiophile review of (the clue), and I've found him to be a pretty straight shooter although I'll say our tastes are probably similar since I love the JA Pulsars (and all JA speakers) as well. Also read the Positive F... | |
| Monitors that compete with quality floorstanders?? Check out "the clue" from Sjofn. At your price point you could get two new stacked pairs and still have money left over for stands. I heard these at a NY audio show and couldn't believe the quality bass this configuration was pumping out, and they... | |
| Upscaling Speakers, Downscaling Amp...What to Do? Curriemt11, what amp did you end up going with and how does it compare to your old VAC? I'm also contemplating the Pulsars and Perspectives and curious as to what you found the main differences to be other than the obvious difference in bass capab... | |
| Sjofen The Clue speakers I heard these at an audio show in NYC and thought they sounded phenominal. I think he had four speakers playing with one on top of the other on each side backed pretty much right up against the wall. Almost didn't even sit down to listen cause I t... | |
| An audiophile in Chicago ..... Haven't been to either in about 15 years so no idea how good they are these days, but Holm Audio in Woodridge has some good brands. And if you can't travel, Audio Consultants I think is within city limits. | |
| Hegel h300 or Krell S550i or Music Fidelity M6500i I'm not familiar with your speakers, but Technics really isn't known for producing great speakers as far as I know and these look like the typical 70s/80s Japanese low/mid-fi fare (i.e. cheap drivers in a cheap resonant box). I'd be looking to rep... | |
| authentic space recordings Here's one smaller venue and one larger:Patricia Barber Companion -- recorded in the Green Mill bar complete with clinking glasses and silverware.Sera Una Noche -- recorded in a large cathedral I think, at least that's what it sounds like. |