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| Speakers made for close placement to front walls Any sealed box or front ported design is a better bet than rear-ported speakers. Several Linn and Naim models are specifically meant to go near the wall. There are many others too of course. | |
| If $ was no object what speaker would you buy? Verity Parsifal Encore. Just right for the size of my room. SF Amati Homage not a bad match either, but the Verities are local. Loth-X Polaris a contender but a tiny bit oversized for the application. Ensemble Prima Donna unfindable. | |
| Upgrade order? Preamp, amp, speakers Have to agree with Swampwalker's pithy statements.My own notion is that, all else being equal, it will be more fun to listen to the new preamp through the old speakers than vice versa, so I'd do the preamp first. | |
| WAF Tricks to Display Exotic Audio The only answer I know is to make neat runs, and it's only a partial answer. I have a pal whose power and speakers cables lie in precise, elegant curves and loops from outlet to isolators to amps, and from amps to speakers like the El train, on ri... | |
| Does the name GainClone ring any bells Fascinating! Thanks for this post and answer. | |
| Speaker upgrade suggestions You want more... more what? I'm not especially partial to the B&Ws you have, but that's my taste not yours. I could say that I liked the Triangle Titus ES better because it had a much livelier sound and a great image, but maybe that's not what... | |
| veneer question If my experience is anything to go by, you should glue it right back as soon as you can. I had an edge loosen on one of my Meadowlarks, then a chip fell off and got lost. Although it's only about an inch long, a matching repair is turning out to b... | |
| what conditioner to use with tubes I found an isolation transformer helped my own preamp a lot. If you want to try it, get one with a fair amount of headroom, say double your preamp's wattage draw. It shouldn't make any difference whether the unit is tubed or solid state. | |
| Thorens TD 160 making noise HELP You need to check the turntable's output leads. Start with the RCA plugs, the ones that connect to your (pre)amp's phono inputs. Make sure the wires inside them are intact, not touching each other, and properly joined (soldered). If the RCA plugs ... | |
| Who's Your Favorite Bass Players; Why? Michel Donato hasn't had a mention and he deserves it. Superb creativity married to technical mastery. Plus, his "Setting the Standards" disc with James Gelfand on piano is demo quality. | |
| Meadowlark They closed, leaving unpaid debts unfortunately. No definite news is available as to why. It was a real shame. Lots of folks are sorry about it. The owner, Pat McGinty, now works for Innersound. | |
| Small-ish speakers for a very large room? I have a pair of Triangle Titus ES on stands, serving as nearfield monitors in my bedroom. They are quite smooth and detailed, and very lively and musically satisfying. I think they would work very well in a combined music / HT system. Of course t... | |
| What's your profession? Age? English teacher (second language) in an adult high school. Age 55. | |
| ESS SPEAKERS If you mean the Oskar (for Oskar Heil) speakers with the Heil tweeter (which was licensed to ESS back in the seventies)... there are three models. I've heard two of them, and they both have superb, addictive highs and a much better match with the ... | |
| Small-ish speakers for a very large room? You can try to fill that huge room volume with sound from a single pair of speakers--but this is no easy task on a budget. Still... the Energy suggestion is interesting, and a PSB tower model might work too.But if your ears are used to refined sou... |