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| Snell Type A Serial ' 1485, 1486 Hi,Yes indeed a pair of true classics-- repair the surrounds--a common occurence unfortunately with the woofers, the other drives should be OK.Definitely Bi Amp-as in my pic-Ha!-- take up the offer from the previous gentleman and procure the DB X ... | |
| Supratek Cabernet Preamp Hi, If you contact these Aust guys-they should put you in the correct place.I personally did not care for the Suprateks--too slow-even the Bent TVCs blew them away.Dhttp://www.stereo.net.au/forums/showthread.php?t=11377&highlight=Supratek | |
| Driving 1 ohm Ha .5ohm you say?--bring back the oldies but goodies-- my Electro Research A75s would drive 0.25 Ohms load no problem all day!The Primary of the Dayton Wright XG8 ELS transformers.DesW | |
| Proper Toe-in Configuration Tried this method?Sounds Interestinghttp://www.audiocircle.com/circles/index.php?PHPSESSID=8hpm0gp4lf1tjif5rlj7p6ouh5&topic=64321.new#new | |
| Harbeth No Contest the Harbeths are superb--you cannot got wrong with those.Current owner. | |
| Emerald Physics: Same as the Quads in the fifties? Hi,Not on my watch-- the EP's I've heard are frankly poor at best.DesW | |
| Celebrity Audiophiles? Do you guys know of any? Hi,When I worked in LA in the late 70's I went to Santa Barbara to hear the Model2's at Harold Beveridges house--he told me they had just made a pairin Mirrored Glass panels (!) for Julie Andrews.Christopher Hansen had some Celeb clients around th... | |
| dCS Verdi full stack compared to scarletti system Hi,I've owned the Original DCS stack you have and listened at length to the full Scarletti setup with Audio Consulting Amps(Wonderful better than the ASR's /Dartzeel/etc) into Avalons at CES and can honestly state the sound was a quantum leap over... | |
| Current feeling on stacked quads? Ah Yes !-- One of the truly great Combos-Det--your nostalgia bought tears to my eyes!I had a beautifully finished Stacked pair from Radio People in HKG also with the T1 Ribbons and a 24"Hartley via the Jon Curl Symmetery X-Over.Absolutely stunning... | |
| Soundsmith SMMC1 or Clearaudio Maestro on Rega P25 Hi, No Contest-- get the Soundsmith--Schroeder was using one to demo his state of the art arm at CES-- I heard the cart in both that setup and Soundsmith 's room-- excellent.Yes it should work fine in the Rega arm.Des W | |
| Counterfeit Electronics?? Add Jadis Electronics and NBS Cables to the ListDes | |
| Do any speakers image/sound-stage close to walls? Hi Duke,Glad you appreciate the worth of the Snells--they were a magnificent speaker in their time-- and in spite of the Rubber surrounds collapsing!- were ahead of their time in sound quality. I had a pair Bi Amped via the DB crossover with Elect... | |
| Do any speakers image/sound-stage close to walls? Oo ho-- Carter is out for 6 weeks with sprained Ankle--Anyway good to talk Audio with a fellow Rugby ite!I'm from Auckland-- the shaky Blues !Presently working in Las Vegas--got to CES this year.Good listening.Des | |
| Do any speakers image/sound-stage close to walls? Yoh,The only speakers in my recollection that do as you ask are the Venerable Snell AIII 's if you can find a pair buy them!Best DesPS if you are Yarpie--I am a Kiwi as long as Aust doesn't win the Super 14 I don't care ! | |
| Bias Instruction for Jadis Defy 7 MK-ii Hi,I don't know who told you that--unless Jadis changed the setup recently--the Defy 7 like all Jadis Amps are self biasing. the only time you will have to remove the cover is to change out the pesky 180R green resistors that will pop when you hav... |