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| ESL enclosures Yes, an electrostatic that was enclosed was the Dayton-Wright speaker, made in Canada by Mike Dayton-Wright backin the Seventies. It contained a gas inside the envelopecontaining the electrostatic drivers and had a good soundin the midrange and mi... | |
| Speakers for low level listening Good question. Most speakers do not sound very good atlow levels. That is largely the human ear at work. Ifind using an equalizer will solve the problem if youequalize carefully and listen at low levels. Considerablebass increase may be necessary ... | |
| Need info on JBL C51 Apollo speakers Yes, buy them if you can. They could have any number ofdifferent JBL systems in them---from a single D-123 tothe top of the line S-8 System: consisting of the LE15A,and the 375 horn driver with lenses and crossover. Bestway to tell is to take the ... | |
| What High End Manufacturers Could Learn From Bose Bose wins; most highly advertised speaker there is. He isno dummy. | |
| Grado SR-225 or Sennheiser HD580? Sennheiser has the better quality in sound. | |
| Anyone familiar with the Heathkit AJ-1600 Tuner? Ask Van Alstine. Try VanAlstine Audio on the internet. He is competent and probably has servicedor rebuilt these Heath models. As I recall, they weregood units, but not exceptional. (I may be misspellinghis name; so try some variations.) | |
| Is the MR85 Mcintosh Tuner any good.? No, not overpriced. Just excellent equipment. All theirtuners are above respectable and worth keeping. | |
| Overcharged for McIntosh Service? My experience is that it is better to pack stuff upand send it to the McIntosh factory for repair. I havehad nothing but excellent work from them and not costlybills; in some cases, they didn't charge or undercharged. | |
| High end vs internet No, the high end is in the process of killing the highend. The internet is not the problem. | |
| Building a dedicated room The cheapest "dedicated" rooms I can think of are "headphones". Predictable results. | |
| High End Audio Equipment, Status Symbol? Right! High end is mostly about status; but, it is stilllots of fun. | |
| Bybee vs Shakti Both rely on "snakeoil" technology and are best avoided,unless you have gobs of money to throw at something. | |
| Commens on the McIntosh MR7083 AM-FM tuner Don't be afraid to buy any Mac Tuner. They all soundgood if fed with a good signal. The older ones are muchsexier, however. | |
| McIntosh MR7083 vs. Magnum Dynalab MD100 tuner This is easy. Buy the Mac. Most tuners are not fed agood signal; people attach a little wire to them and expectgreat things. Wrong. Have a good signal and both tunerswill work well. I lean toward Mac because they will probably be there years hence... | |
| Luxman 441 vs. Technics SL-1200mk2 as first TT? My Luxman has operated perfectly since the Seventies andkeeps on going. Not only is it beautiful to look at, itperforms flawlessly. I believe Technics build the motorfor this table; can't be sure. Works well with any armI have had on it. Presently... |