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| Speakers to replace Monitor Audio Studio 20SEs Try rare, very hard to find but worth every effort, French Atelier de Synergie Acoustique (ASA) Pro Monitors, circa $6500USD MSRP from distributor. Very limited availability. These are the best I've heard (for me anyway), I'm 53 & have been do... | |
| opinions on Clayton amps ? I've never heard the Clayton but am interested. For reader's info: At '07 T.H.E. Show in the ModWright inner room they had the latest greatest balanced preamp circa $4500, circa $12k Belles Power Modules huge class-a amp & $21k/pair Escalante ... | |
| Bargain Priced SACD Giant Killer? I heard the Tube Research Labs modified Sony DVP-NS900V at the VMPS booth at THE Show '06. I'm familiar with the $10k Wadia 27ix DAC & also a heavily modified SACD player ($5-7k range, owner didn't specify). Though I have not yet A-B'd the TRL... | |
| speaker effiency A light when on when you first mentioned Vandersteen. I remembered in the early '80's seeing Vandersteen use "efficiency" incorectly. "Efficiency" (measured in percent) was, as I said, fairly commonly used in the early days with lower-output tube ... | |
| speaker effiency Glad I caught this b4 the flames arrived: insert "Audio Engineering Society" in place of "Acoustical Engineering Society". Whew! Thanks. Jim | |
| Eagle John Iverson Marty G., email me direct & we'll catch up. Jim R. spkrplus@cs.com | |
| Eagle John Iverson Marty, how the heck are you old buddy? Check your bifocals & above spelling: Jon writes for SP while John has been MIA for about one decade! Cheers. Jim | |
| speaker effiency I, being the lovable audiophile with some degree of Scotch-Filipino temper to control, will do my best to keep this all civil. Will forward reply from Galen Carol (ex-JBL factory speaker driver techcician) upon receipt. There are eight Stereo Revi... | |
| Turntable for Rega RB300 Arm Your Rega TT was mysecond choice! | |
| Buyer Beware! & your point is.........? Let me see: I have a financial emergency. I must immediately generate cash so I price my audio gear below market value. This generates more activity than normal, even after the items sell. Of course this drives home e... | |
| Eagle John Iverson Jon Iverson (alive SP writer) is different person vs. John Iverson (apparently deceased irrascible highly entertaining vintage BMW R-90S riding one tough sum' bitch audio engineer). Contact eagle@blitz-it.net. I've got addressif necessary. Cheers-... | |
| UPS insurance claim denial advice I believe UPS has a policy that packing materials must be new unused, so even though they accepted the parcel in a used carton, they might try to deny on this ground. It would be in your best interest if the carton was new unused. | |
| Is Cello still around ? gone gone gone. Name was bought by The Audible Difference in Palo Alto. AD is still around (& a very nice shop indeed) but not Cello. Cheers. Jim Romeyn | |
| Power Amp modules for sub-woofer amp the reason you won't find FTC power figures on any in-speaker amp is because the FTC does not require it. Please I dare anyone to find a more incorrect place to mount an amp than inside a woofer enclosure? Do you think the money people spend for r... | |
| Turntable for Rega RB300 Arm The only thing to buy imho is a used Linn LP-12. Any incarnation, every part available at reasonable prices & probably will be while we are alive, most musicallity, far far above any american table i know of, & I've sold a hell alot of of ... |