timrhu
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| alternative to speaker stand spikes? Another inexpensive alternative is to take one of your spikes to the local hardware store and purchase hex bolts or carriage type bolts with same thread dimensions. You can then attach a protective pad if desired. These can be securely fastened to... | |
| Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill Acoustic Anv. A one hit wonder for sure but it Jagged Little Pill still works. Ask my sixteen-year-old daughter. I routinely hear this music coming from her car as she pulls into the driveway. And very loud I might ad. | |
| Best integrated amp for imaging/soundstage at $1K? Listening to the KandyIII as I type this. The amp has been in my system for nearly a year. It replaced the Audio Refinement Complete you also mention. It sounds wonderful to me and has many features I find useful including remote, headphone out, a... | |
| How do I go backwards? Jd, sorry to read about your misfortune. It sounds as if you have some true friends here at Agon. The generosity displayed has to lift your spirits. It touched me, and I don't know these people personally. Although my previous system didn't approa... | |
| SS Integrated amplifier advise, please This may be one of the most commoml asked questions on Agon during the last few months so a search of archives may help. I'm using a Roksan KandyIII now and have been very happy with it for a year or so. It has many features I consider essential a... | |
| Paradigm Studio v2 VS. Vandersteen 2Ce Signature ? During the past three years I have owned the Vandersteen 2CEs and Stodio 60 V2s. The extended high frequencies of the Paradigms wore me out. They came across as brittle while the extended bass response was a plus. Unfortunately when I moved my sys... | |
| Amp for new Meadowlark Krestel 2's ? I've owned several amps that would hum in my system. When replaced the hum went away. The thing is, any well designed amplifier should incorporate a power supply which provides AC filtration to eliminate audible hum. If special AC filters are requ... | |
| HDCD question..... I used several transports with both the Adcom GDA-700 dac and a PS Audio dac, both of which never failed to detect HDCD on properly encoded CDs. My current player also processes HDCD. For your situation Chadnliz, if you run the Rotel as a stand al... | |
| Vandy 2ci -- ??? Help with replacement ideas I'm with Unsiund here. But more specifically the Shearwater Hot Rods which are in your price range used. I had a pair of 2CE Signatures that were just too dang big for my room. They were visually imposing. I replaced them with the Shearwater HRs a... | |
| Int. Amp Recommendation I understand these aren't on your list but consider thr Roksan Kandy III or the Creek previously mentioned. The Roksan has many useful features, it works well for me. Good luck. | |
| Best Integrated Amp. If you aren't looking the tube route you should listen to the Audio Refinement Complete integrated. Adequate features combined with a smooth silky sound. | |
| Why are big speakers in small rooms bad? For me it is more a visual thing than sonic problems. My room is also small but I've had speakers as large as Vandersteen 2CE sigs in there and although the sound can get cogested at higher volumes, at normal listening levels they didn't sound too... | |
| Does anyone do good protest music anymore? It must be extremely difficult to resist the effects of money (greed) in the music industry. Look at groups such as Jefferson Airplane or Steve Miller from the 60s bay area. Their music was sincere when they were at their artistic peak. Shortly af... | |
| How's the quality of the HDCD's from China/Ebay I bought two Coldplay cds. They sound ok but I haven't compared them with US versions. I bought a US version for my sister, I'll have to check it out to see which is better.I will say these two cds don't present the soundfield depth that cds such ... | |
| Amp for new Meadowlark Krestel 2's ? Beernut, was previou amp hooked up in similar fashion as new Jolida? If so, was there any noticeable hum? It seems as though the amp's power supply filter should eliminate hum. |