thermonicavenger
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| Usher BE-718 or Harbeth HL-P3es2: Your Opinion Both have good reputations ultimately only your own ears should make the final decision. Trust them and you will be a lot happier. | |
| How much does your system retail for? Gentlemen I once got into a very short argument with a FORMER girlfriend. It went something like this. You love that stupid f#@king stereo more than me, That's it! I've had enough! It's time to choose,me or the Stereo!My instant Answer: So when ar... | |
| How much does your system retail for? Hey Bicycle_man you can do things even cheaper if you really want to. One of my friends built his own turntable from scratch. Magnetically suspended and mu-metal shielded with a marble plinth. The bronze alloy CNC machined platter weighs in at 28K... | |
| How much does your system retail for? About $66 000 Aussie dollars retail paid around $38 000 in it's current state for 2 channel front of house not including AV or computer sound systems but including current room treatment band- aids. This thread made me add it all up for the first ... | |
| Words From the Wise Enjoy lots of live music. Get the response of your ears tested.What I thought was a channel balance issue was actually a dip in the response of my left ear. By the look of your set up I say get some pro advice on acoustically treating your room. Y... | |
| Survey-What is your most used source? Sansui TU 919 FM tuner | |
| Tube el34 NOS Mullard, Siemens or Telefunken rule IMO. OLD Tesla were robust and made to last, don't know if the same could be said of the new. It is a scientific fact that cryogenic treatment is futile unless you use HUGE magnets to orient the molecular gr... | |
| Your 5 Fav Rock Concerts 1. The Mars Volta Absolutely ROCKED the living S#!T out of the sleepy town of Adelaide. WOW! 2. PJ Harvey. A Rock Goddess with amazing stage charisma and her bands musical integrity stood way out from many others at The Big Day Out rock festival. ... | |
| The BEST system you've ever built !!!! My current Tannoy Canterbury SE system which rather than repeat myself you can check out in virtual systems for yourselves. All I will say is this. Having heard a few recording studio systems, IMO this current system eats the studio set ups for mu... | |
| Glanz moving magnet cartridges I unfortunately am still looking for that brochure. My experience is only with MFG line so I cannot comment on the G line. Cheers | |
| Opinions on Full-Range/single driver speakers I have tried Jordan's, 4 JXr6 a side in a line array with peerless 200mm HDS for the bass. They were sent back because they didn't meet the manufacturers specification. The Peerless are now in the computer room on bass and my new speakers in the l... | |
| What Unusual SET tubes you've tried & liked? Cheers Audiofeil. My amp builder has similar tastes. You hit the nail on the head and here's the method behind my madness. I can run my AKG K 702 headphones with out the problem of limited headroom that speakers present for these musical tubes. Do... | |
| Speakers to hang on to for LIFE All speakers have a finite life. but some seem to fair better in the long run than others Altec's,Klipsh, Tannoy's and the ones I tested, the Kef B110s I sold for $400 the pair on eBay a while back. They were still within manufacturers specificati... | |
| Glanz moving magnet cartridges Glanz are a moving flux design I will dig out the little brochure I have when I find it tomorrow. What I remember is they sounded pretty damn good for the money. I owned a MFG 71S and it rocked. I found a MFG 71E with a busted cantilever and I kee... | |
| Designer Hall of Fame Peter Stein Modular Electronics [ME] back on the wagon after a long hiatus.Graham Dicker Rola Australia, digi 125 Aspen variants and most of my custom valve amps and my battery operated SE class A transistor 23 KG MONSTER evil giant slayer |