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totem are great, have a pair w Bluesound Powernode in our sun room w subs and they are nice. Something fantastic at low volumes is the Vandersteen VLR with coaxial driver. Easy to drive and remarkable bass with no sub. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Uber : I have Comfort to the Soul loaded on the server for your visit ! 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
I have been on a Tori Amos binge today.... good save Uber, implement a one week hold....tomorrow the postman brings 8 mirror matched EL-34..... 
Time to upgrade my Amp
With Quattro powered bass you don’t need 350 tube watts, you want magic midrange and amazing HF extension. There are any number of tube amps that pair well with Vandersteen and some hybrid as well. Typical pairings include Aesthetix, ARC, VTL,, Qu... 
Only 1 Lacquer producer left, in a garage in Japan?
And old successful artists with no bills to pay 
Axe to grind know it alls
+ 1 Eriki will gladly repay you on Tuesday with a magic brick , just not the real VPI one that works...sometimes...on some amps, universally.... 
Speaker manufacturers or box manufacturers with off the shelf drivers?
To the OPcertainly a legitimate question. There is a LOT more to speaker design than just catalog shopping drivers or even inventing your own. In a dynamic driver speaker, creating your own from scratch is daunting to say the least and IMO sort of... 
New Speaker Conundrum - Vandy's, Spendors, Salk, Ascend - Mainstream or ID
Pete is a Saint and a true warrior, hope he is doing better.glad you are enjoying the system - there is a lot of synergy and power amps can shine being free of the demands of powered bass. Enjoy the music !!!!!!! And the Nightbird set him FREE 
Axe to grind know it alls
another thread that justifies the addition of the ignore user button..one filter i apply to the credence factor is the level of contributions to music threads....and perhaps the concert/ performance thread. there are those consumed by the hardware... 
Musical Concepts amplifier modifications upgrades
we sent many Hafler customers to him to wring out better performance, none were ever disappointed  
Help me stay with Vinyl.
@lalitk  posts with wisdom, stunning progress in musicality and with high quality streaming, millions of albums...great for discovery and enjoyment  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Sarah McLachlan - Solace ( APP-052-45 )dropped down to the 2 ohm tap, light loading the trannys, with the low negative feedback setting - sublime... 
Help me stay with Vinyl.
Discogs, I never go below near mint minus and only from reputable sellers, above 99.7% rated and with > 100 transaction  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Cold and windy on the left coast today, even the tough surfer chicks are scarce... so:Bob Marley & The Wailers: Babylon by Bus 
Chemically Altered Audio
And the magic ratios are ?