tomic601

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Whats playing on your system today?
my sense is bdp knows stuff......serving up Walter Becker - 11 Tracks of Whack..( there are 12 )........ 
Lyra Delos A truth teller or what?
i ordered a Delos and Phenomena - Nova to run with my Basis 1400will let you know how it sounds....vs the Grado Ref Sonata 2last time I heard this cartridge was on a Bardo with factory arm and it was quite well balanced..... 
Why do I see more Vandersteen model 3s vs model 2s for sale?
really IMO just about any speaker does well in a real and irregular room, breaks up nodes, etc...i had both 3A-Sig, then 5a and now 7 in a combo living room with wide entry into a shared dining space which is open to kitchen, valulted ceiling is 1... 
Why do I see more Vandersteen model 3s vs model 2s for sale?
finally dragged my carcass “ home “ to Seattle....have the 7’s fired up with some 91 point Costco rot-gut red from Portugal .....Sol Gabetta - Prayer sounding good....the Ref5 se dial says 38, mid hall is where I put my seat, maybe just a whisker ... 
Why do I see more Vandersteen model 3s vs model 2s for sale?
Mr_mi agree, two issuestaste and I can say my Dad and I were polar opposites on wood, I have Americana sapwood wild cherry dining table that drove him insane... yet he love flame and Curley Maple in a flintlock.... go figureknowing RV as I think I... 
Amp and preamp for dq10s
The Odyssey is not vintage per we but is a lovely amp and one I would strongly recommend along with others mentioned, we often paired them back in the day with Hafler gear, ditch the piezo supertweeter !!! 
Vandersteen 3A Sigs vs Klipsch Forte III
I salvaged some great cork / sorbothane horn damping sheet goods ( from the condo soundroom buildout) , more than enough to do a triple layer on the exterior horn bodys on the Cornwall,si will report back if the French horns move to the correct sp... 
Why do I see more Vandersteen model 3s vs model 2s for sale?
A giant killer upgrade path you are missing is 5azebrawood or wild Rosewood are my faves and you get a much better sub..... 
Why do I see more Vandersteen model 3s vs model 2s for sale?
Flask makes photos better, flash not so much 
Why do I see more Vandersteen model 3s vs model 2s for sale?
I have bought 5 or six things from TMR, always matched the description - agree the photos look a bit odd, the fronts show some “ sap wood” andwith the book match look to me interesting. A son of a gunsmith, cabinet maker, log salvor and sometime b... 
Vandersteen 3A Sigs vs Klipsch Forte III
I just have a subscription to Rolling Stone....hanot really, Seattle and Cleveland before that....but it I think you have witnessed apples and Octopus writ large, could not get two more different approaches and speaker companies and designers.... ... 
Vandersteen 3A Sigs vs Klipsch Forte III
My pillow needs 100 hours of run in to form and sing properly.... LaScala can do it in 20 hours with Burnin by Bob Marley....it helps if you are also burnin.....the punk/ Rockabilly band I mixed sound for had a stacked set for a PAno pillow requir... 
Vandersteen 3A Sigs vs Klipsch Forte III
Since the spatial info is encoded in the signal, somebody walk me thru the physics of how a big baffle improves the image ?you do get the bounce off the panel and the back wall is 100% distortion....but have at it, math gets extra creditthe same a... 
Vandersteen 3A Sigs vs Klipsch Forte III
Yes, while not completely fossilized, I remember the cassette advertisement- although with a Tandberg ( off topic but a Dragon killer ) I would never use Memorex.....ya sound anchors will rock solid couple to floor and make micrometer ( near) tilt... 
New Speakers ... Can't Stop "Listening"
Fantastic enjoy !!!!!!