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Speakers to pair with Quicksilver mid mono
Klipsch….wonder why room surfaces are included in the naming convention for 2 models….. low risk, since you like K horns…. easy get Heresy load on shelves, bass up, tweeter down Echo in Portland can probably help ya move the K’s    
Synergy
a self constrained “ better match “ = synergy….  
Synergy
Pindac is a hero and lifelong learner …. A wise man said to me…. picking distortions you like is …..  
Mid-Fi, Hi-Fi or.....?
Happiness is where you find it…not some arbitrary place name….  
RIP Melanie Safka
RIP…. and what artist of any enduring worth / substance / ? has not taken a path with risks ?…..  thx Brian  
Moving Magnet Phono Cartridges
@mahler123 i am guessing the pushy sales dude got himself banned….  
Ribbon cable inside amplifiers
to the OP a Pass , Belles or Ayre SS preamp would be on my short list IF i was in your anti tube position….. i do get it….hand off an easy to use system to surviving spouse ( my plan is the NAIM Uniti Atom, which she loves )…. You are in very goo... 
Moving Magnet Phono Cartridges
@billstevenson …well maybe but my Kuzma and Dynavector Diamond get regular use……. and at the end of the day…. extract more music…. for a $  
Moving Magnet Phono Cartridges
yes for what it’s worth…. the Grace F9 body coupled w new production Soundsmith Ruby OCL is quite a formidable transducer IF your arm, table, isolation and phono are UP to it…. An ancient but well cared for Signet TK-9 aint to bad either……    
Ayre AX5 Twenty
@at0310t and the VX-R, especially Twenty is a fabulous amplifier. Genius that Charlie was - RIP.  
Very Very Interesting NYC Venue and Meeting Place
When an audio dealer, no matter the hours uses the word “ fetish “ to describe tge attraction for some vintage bits, they well understand where the $ is…. Seems like a cool place and dude… wish him well…  
Would you buy a pair of speakers by just looking at the measured freq. response?
@ghdprentice this issue is other confounding variables. The scanner is measuring cone breakup modes … sometimes the ( in the example i am most familiar with a very popular and expensive paper 5” mid is often out of phase with the input…. So add in... 
list of speakers
Great start ! Clearly a labor of love for music ! Best to you Jim  
Would you buy a pair of speakers by just looking at the measured freq. response?
OP yes…there is a German company that makes a laser scanner of the cone or diaphragm in motion in comparison to the input signal…. You might be surprised how poorly some materials do at reproducing the input…..  
He spent his life building a $1 million stereo. The real cost was unfathomable.
Reflection in order and compassion… and a better plan for my eventual passing…. Aside - I attended a nice music listening event last evening to honor the life and memory of a music club co-founder. Bit of a fund raiser for his favorite charities….