tomic601

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speakers with balls
Cornwalls....about $1k a pair and then a nice 50-100 wpc tube amp, the MC275 perfectyou will need hearing protection and a decent lawyer to keep eviction at bay.... 
speaker repair in the Seattle Tacoma area
doubting dealers stock woofers...call PSB ? 
Naim and Elac Adante, Wow
Hotel California better for ADA...see what I can do 
speaker repair in the Seattle Tacoma area
Hawthorne in U district in SeattleGig Harbor Audio if Tacoma 
Typical New Speaker Dealer Discount A Buyer May Expect
wide range of margin so you can expect some discounting with high margin brands to make you feel better...IMO shop on value and services delivered...just my buck fifty... 
Amps for Vandersteen 3a Sigs
a few more great proven choices ....in addition or reinforcing of what others have said...AesthetixARCAyreQuicksilverVTLRogue 
Amps for Vandersteen 3a Sigs
if he already has the subs I would be all over the pair of Treo for sale now on Agon...cherry not CT $3250....... ah hem......love the Quicksilvers, heard them running 5a....magici had my 3a-sig for many many years and a few rooms with a MC202....... 
Classic Over-reaction!
tomcarrsee if you can get the dedicated line on a different phase leg at your breaker box.... 
McIntosh MC501 or Audio Research DS450M for Magnepan 1.7
kinda like when IBM sold big blue mainframes..” nobody ever gets fired for buying IBM “... ditto for the big blue meters...i currently own   just 4 Mcintosh components, so take my comments  with a grain of salt....do you like the sound of those au... 
The ups and downs of tube vs. SS...
btw this has been a very civil thread with a lot of hard won knowlege being shared - I for one see this as the best Audigon offersthank you all ! 
The ups and downs of tube vs. SS...
xrayzsometimes..the FET front end tube buffer out SP-17 is I believe a good example of the sum being better than the bits ..... i own one so count me as biased tho..a REF 5se it is not, but for the $$$ quite competent... 
The ups and downs of tube vs. SS...
Ralph - really good points and the human hearing system is also hyper sensitive to time and phase...so getting part right only gets you so far IMOtube dac, tube preamp, hybrid high pass amp with just 5 parts in the signal path, time and phase accu... 
Naim and Elac Adante, Wow
gpgr4blu and ctsooner..ok most of the planets are back in alignment.....fly out to the Emerald City and we can get high on balsa wood and a few decent Davis Family Wines...nothing high technology or innovative about them....I know they have email.... 
Speakers least affected by room acoustics
not really except listening in the near field to minimize the effect..... 
Classic Over-reaction!
i read this last nite..chuckled..good story..thought to myself about all those dedicated lines I have..moved DAC back to rightful place along side preamp today......buzz in left channel...€£¥^[]{}<> !!!!!!!!!calmed down and found loose XLR o...