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| Any Tube Int. Amps w/ a phono built in? The norh 18wpc is you want to go economical. Haven't heard it. | |
| Speakers like 'stats but for smaller rooms? For curiosity's sake, here's a speaker that's been an announced R&D project for a long time:http://www.eminent-tech.com/newspeaker.htmlI used to own their LFT-VIII speakers, which had many fine qualities along with some significant drawbacks.A... | |
| Spica TC-50 or Vandersteen 1b/1c or ? Brian Cheney has a typically well-informed post at audioasylum on the Spicas circa 9/8/03. I recommend reading it if you haven't already. | |
| ASL 1003DT Integrated or Unico Hybrid Integrated I thought RJ advises more power for the Europas than the 1003 can deliver. Can you shed any light on this in terms of your listening room and spls? Or am I just mistaken? | |
| Symdex Epsilons Info ? A google search on "symdex epsilon" will return about six hits. Go from there. | |
| Who is Most Beautiful female singer ever Peter Frampton was lovely. Big, NJ secretary's hair though. | |
| Philadelphia area audio club? There is a thread at the link below where you can introduce yourself and help start the group. As of now, it is only a jumble of monikers and email addresses I have accumulated. I am not in charge.To post, you will have to register. It's as easy t... | |
| Help a complete novice get a dvd player for 500. If you check at harmonicdiscord in the modwright forum, you will see people seem to like the new Pioneer Elite DV-45A universal player (CD, DVD, SACD, DVD-A, and mp3, I think,) which goes online for around 420.00 to 480.00.http://www.harmonicdisco... | |
| "Refurbished"? One additional thing about refurbished could apply to individual units, not to a design flaw in an entire product run as above. The factory might get a failed unit back for refurbishing, but you never know if what the technicians fix is the actual... | |
| Advice on replacing Vandersteen 2's I should have provided more explanation regarding the Vandersteens. One of the most enjoyable listening experiences ever was a modest pair of 2ce's with subs and Melos electronics at a NY S'phile show. I love their sound, and the music selections ... | |
| Advice on replacing Vandersteen 2's First, the time-aligned speakers everyone is suggesting are not ideal for off axis listening due to lobing effects.Smaller and better looking than Vandersteen 2 speakers might include floorstanders from:OperaReynaudJoseph Audio (pricey)And in addi... | |
| What is your most beautiful component? In an audacious way, what about those full range Heil speaker that never came to market? Or the MBL D?For sheer modesty and functionality: Advent Receiver and Connoisseur turntable.And have you seen all the menagerie at http://www.enjoythemusic.co... | |
| How much does your system retail for? If we equate points with US dollars, my current audio system was more than my IQ and less than my combined SAT scores, allowing for ensuing depreciation in all the variables mentioned.... And no, my current system is not an off-brand boombox or cl... | |
| A Little Hypocrisy? Well, alluding to the above argument about piracy, perhaps the market will not bear what retailers charge for CDs. And I believe the industry just got nailed with price fixing fines, although I don't think they admitted "any wrong doing". So what ... | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music Faure's Requiem. (Also harmonic singing by M. Litwinski, except it's unavailable commercially save a pale imitation with a fusion jazz group, "Two Suns". There might still be streaming files of Litwinski at wnyc.org's "New Sounds".) |