steveboeck

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Best sounding LP nobody else has ever heard of...
Gap Mangione (Chuck's brother)She and I A+M records 1974,great precussion,I first heard this on a stacked pair of Quad 57's with M+K sub's ARC D150 ,Levinson pre amp.After that i've been an audio addict to this very day,hope you find this one I wa... 
Any previous Wadia users?? Or did everyone move?
Somewhat off topic but is anyone using the 581 to drive amps direct?If you are do you hear any benefit?The reason I ask is that I'm thinking of going with the 581 and driving my VTL's direct.Any thoughts? 
Allman Brothers Fillmore East on Vinyl
I have the Capricorn and a copy of the Nautilus Super Disc and I found the Nautilus to be the better copy,in any case still one of the greatest live recordings ever.steveboeck 
New Von Schweikert VR SR4 mk11 Cream or Crap ???
I have good luck contacting them between the hours of 9:30 to 10:00 AM PST.I don't believe they are as busy in the early morning,give it a try.I've called back several times until someone answers,Albert gets inundated with calls all day long,but w... 
New Von Schweikert VR SR4 mk11 Cream or Crap ???
I tried bi-wire when the speakers were not broken in yet,they sounded somewhat disjointed.After about 350 hours I tried bi-wire again and had a different result,more detail more transparency and the soundstage was much more coherent overall.I stro... 
New Von Schweikert VR SR4 mk11 Cream or Crap ???
Call HigherFi in Minneapolis Minn.(952)440-2226 they might be able send you in the right direction.I ended up going to the factory in San Marcos Ca.and listening there.I live close by so it wasn't a problem.HigherFi is the online distributor, not ... 
New Von Schweikert VR SR4 mk11 Cream or Crap ???
I replaced a set of Quad 989s and a pair of subs with the VR4 SR MK2 and I don't miss the Quads even a little.The MK2 are great speakers. 
Von Schweikert Sub VRS/1
I am using a pair of the vrs/1 with quad 989s,the room is 28by20 and they are completely seamless ,they fill in the lower octaves and mate in a very unobtrusive way with the very fast quad panels. Steve Boeck. 
Tube amps you have heard with Quad 989
I am using V.T.L. MB250 signatures with E.I.kt 90s 280watts of triode power,sounds great. 
CD v. SACD
I recently bought a sony es777 used,and promptly shipped it to Richard Kern at Audiomod. He installed all new vishay resistors,super clock and superclock power supply with new blackgate caps on the audio board.I am pretty much an analog listener a... 
Quad 988 / 989 reliability ??
Detlof: You may have had more problems with the 989 than previous speakers you have owned but the fact of the matter is the 989 is no more or problematic than many others. I have owned electrostatics my self, I have not had problems with my 989s f... 
Quad 988 / 989 reliability ??
Hififarm:I called qs&d today to find out if they had been seeing a larger than normal return of 988&989 Quads,they told me that the return for repair was no more or less than for any other quad model.I also questioned them about the major ... 
Quad 988 / 989 reliability ??
And here I thought this was a forum for audiophiles to excange ideas and share knowledge,not free, crass advertising by dealers trying to push their latest product line.At least now I know I will never buy anything from the previous poster. 
Quad 988 / 989 reliability ??
The quad 988,989 is essentially the same speaker as the 63,they all use the delay line design,cheap circuit board and electronics,I know I have taken them apart.Quad is now owned by a chinese company,but they are still made in England.They have ne...