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| Anthem Statement P5 amp and Golden Ear Triton One speakers I have both the Triton 1 and Triton 2 and have a deposit on the new Triton Reference which won't be shipping to late May\early June. My Triton 1 are powered by a 160wpc solid state amp and an all tube preamp. I absolutely LOVE the sound. The Tr... | |
| The "most foolish" loudspeaker tweak/upgrade ... is The speaker wires in question are manufactured by the same company (New Delphi?) that makes the internal wiring on NASA various space vehicles including the International Space Station (US Modules). If Von Schweikert is charging 39K for them, just... | |
| Preamp for Halo A21 and/or B&K ST2140 There is a Rogue RP5 tube preamp with 4 line and 1mm/mc inputs for sale here in the classifieds.. It also has a processor loop and 2 sets of outputs, all rca. This is a 3500 piece with remote and TMR Audio has it for under 2500. I own one and i... | |
| Replacing KEF LS50s with Reference 1s If I had 5 of the same speakers, I would sell them as 2 pairs and 1 center channel and be willing to sell the pairs and single speaker separately. The chances are much less if you try to sell or swap all 5 for the other speaker. At any rate, I ... | |
| Adventures in Table Shopping I have had similar experiences at Goodwins as well although not for a turntable. I just bought my turntable, a VPI Prime from John Rutan at Audio Connection in Verona, NJ. It was a 3 1/2 hour drive from my home in northern Rhode Island. Well wo... | |
| A speaker that looks like a driver or a driver that looks like a speaker? Yeah but it will have to be in gold, that's his preferred color. Personally, I find the speakers ugly as hell and they would never go in my living room no matter how good they sounded. | |
| Looking for a used AUDIOPHILE AV Receiver Magnum Dynalab made a couple of high end receivers at one time. Not sure if they still do. | |
| break in I believe in break in but up to a point. If I insert a new component into my system and the sound sucks, no amount of break in will magicly make it sound better. I learned that the hard way. The only component that I noticed a big difference in... | |
| Just Ordered New Speakers I am using Odyssey Stratos Extreme mono blocks, the new Rogue RP-5 all tube preamp, VPI Prime turntable, Esoteric SACD player, Sony HDD Music Server, Magnum Dynalab MD102 tuner, all Shunyata power cords and conditioners, Groneberg Quattro Referenc... | |
| Picking up my Prime on Saturday I picked up my Prime Saturday from Audio Connections. First, I want to say Johnny R is one of the nicest guys I have ever met in audio. Plus, His knowledge of music is excellent. He kept putting on different tracks on various systems and I was ... | |
| Picking up my Prime on Saturday John saw a post I made regarding the Prime and he sent me a private message. I wanted the Prime, having a Scout for 17 years with zero problems. | |
| Picking up my Prime on Saturday The speakers will not be in until May/June time frame. It will be a long wait. | |
| Looking for speaker base suggestions I went to a countertop store and bought 2 pieces of 2 inch thick black granite. I had them cut to size and polished for under 100.00. These pieces were in kind of a scrap pile they had where each one started out as the large cutout for the sink. | |
| Picking up my Prime on Saturday Thanks guys. Yes, the phono stage is in my Rogue RP5 preamp. It's all tube and has settings for mc cartridge including impedance, output. It sounds great with my Scout. | |
| Just Ordered New Speakers You will get there. I was hoping to work until age 66 but my job is mostly hard manual labor and with Arthritis I really ache most of the time. After our last snowstorm (we had 3 storms in 3 days) after I had gone to the school and snowblowed ... |