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| Will a 75x2 tube amp drive BW 804D? I would think it would; B&W speakers have a preference for being driven hard but 75 watts from a tube often equals considerably more from SS in actual practice. You can get the maximum output at one M by applying the usual formula of sensitivi... | |
| Who is the KING of MONOS? I thought I was the King of Mono one year; caught it at a New Years party and didn't get rid of it till spring. | |
| Cables for high efficiency speakers? That sounds very reasonable. I was a little dubious of the idea that a special cable is required for higher efficiency speakers for several reasons, one being the experience with my friends current systems. Friend A has a system not unlike mine in... | |
| Meridian 508.24 vs ? for $900 I have had good luck with Meridian, still using some from my days as a dealer in the early 90s. Right now 605 amps and 200 transport. | |
| Stax stax ESL-F81 - please help I use to use Stax Class A amps with Quads when I was a dealer for both of them but never had the Stax speakers. They OUGHT to work with them and some show up occasionally on ebay but I can't speak from experence; but you would think that products ... | |
| JM Labs, Focal Diablo Utopia VS. Micro Utopia BE There are two pairs of JM Labs Mezzo Utopia speakers listed, one at $4000 and the other at $4700. The tweeter they use is the one Wilson uses in the Sasha and other models. If they are not too big for your room or too difficult a load for your cho... | |
| Cables for high efficiency speakers? Did you ask the manufacture if his speakers were wired INTERNALLY with silver? And if not, why not? The best cable will depend on your amp, your room and your taste. I distrust blanket statements by manufactures or anyone else. Did he tell you why... | |
| Shure V15 III loading experiences Then the answer is that the problem is capacitance, not impedance. When it is not sufficient you have a droop in the midrange. | |
| Cables for high efficiency speakers? Why not? Exactly how do the requirements of high efficiency speakers differ? I would think that ,if anything, they would be less stringent. Why not try what you have now and see what you think. | |
| Shure V15 III loading experiences I haven't used them in years, still have one in a drawer. As I remember the main loading problem was insufficient loading by most cables.Two hundred to three hundred extra Pf usually smoothed them out considerably. Check Vinyl Engine for info if y... | |
| Help with new system I would get a pair of Spendor S -100 or Sp-100s instead of the s8e. The SUT won't be ss, they are not an active device; I use Bob's Devices, it is very good with my Denon 304 and 103. See discussion of it in recent Stereophile and at 10 AUDIO on l... | |
| JM Labs, Focal Diablo Utopia VS. Micro Utopia BE I have not heard them but I had an older Mini Utopia that was an excellent speaker and they are often available at a very good price. I only sold mine due to a preference for soft domes over metal ones. | |
| The British Sound A large influence on the "British" sound was the BBC. Live music broadcasts were more widespread over there and the BBC made great efforts to have high quality sound. Many of their engineers made contributions to audio; Spencer Hughes[Spendor] and... | |
| The British Sound Oregon,I am sure Sarah can, on one of those channels she has inside her head. | |
| The British Sound A large influence on the "British" sound was the BBC. Live music broadcasts were more widespread over there and the BBC made great efforts to have high quality sound. Many of their engineers made contributions to audio; Spencer Hughes[Spendor] and... |