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Snell AIIIi - Replace or keep?
"The guy interested in mine said his drivers fried and snell wouldn't do the repair on his earlier Type A III. "He is wrong! The only thing that is not available for the typeAIII is the tweeter or mid-range (cannot remember which one) but it be su... 
Usher BE-10/20, what do you use to drive them?
I heard the BE-20s at dealer's place, they were using antiques soundlab monoblock at the time. They sound very good, indeed, I think they are one of the best sounding box type speakers I have heard so far, the beryllium tweeters and mid-ranges rea... 
Help me choose which speakers to buy
I would like to put in my 2 cents. For $150-$200 you can pick up a used pair of Energy C-2 (the older model). For the money they are unbeatable. They were on Sterephile's class C recommended (monitor series). They sound much better than B&Ws D... 
High efficiency speakers for Shindo
Avantgarde, Tannoy, lowther..... May be this is not your cup of tea , you might want to try the new Quad 2805, they sounded beautiful with Quad classII monos, which is rated at 15w/ch. I always through ESL speakers (soundlab,martin logan) are very... 
Quad ESL 2805 or Avantgarde uno Horn?
Thanks for all the replies. My listening room is approximately 14' x 30'. Currently I am using a Cayin A100T and Yamaha CDX 10000 as a cd player, I plan to add a Monarchy NM24(D/A, preamp) shortly and use the Yamaha as a transport. spyddie 
Quad ESL or Soundlab?
Thanks for all you replies. I have not heard the older Quad speakers 57, 63 but the 2805 sound very truthful to my ears. I have not audition the soundlab yet, from what I have heard they required careful amp/amps matching to sound its best. Thanks...