tomic601
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| Initial impressions of my new Vandersteen Quatro's in Audi Havana Black Eagle Eye from Server to DACNiagara balanced DAC to Pre and pre to power ampfilters have sky pigtails speaker wire is LFD ( internal) biwire - will do for now - waiting to get the wire with RV's amp | |
| Vandersteen help needed No shade thrown at your choice at all Bondmanmy point was and is you could not have picked two more divergent speakers from a design and sound perspective.sure the i version is better than the older 1C but I expect Ohm also work hard to improve th... | |
| Vandersteen help needed I think the key thought to center on and repeat going forward is IF the speakers ( or any other component ) is capable of getting it right in dealers room with similar equipment you should be looking harder at what they are doing and changing towa... | |
| Initial impressions of my new Vandersteen Quatro's in Audi Havana Black Yepi am pretty sure he never sleepshe works harder than me that is for sure !!! | |
| Initial impressions of my new Vandersteen Quatro's in Audi Havana Black CT aka Carbon Tweeter Pete !!!congrats..I wonder when we will get an easy FB style Audiogon interface so we can easy share photos - oh wellthe run in is going to be what it will but With the 7 was never a strain.. glad to hear they are working in ... | |
| what to do with 1000+ CD's, many imports and live concerts Sorry for your lossyou have got some great adviceyou could also do a quick catalog of the rare high value stuff as advised and include the rest as 800 ish other CDlist whole collection on Audiogonrun it as auction with a reasonable reserve...Say $... | |
| Vandersteen help needed Tune to room first with Johnnyyou can switch or try something new laterdid that snare sound spot on at AC ?there is your clue - they are capable of what you want | |
| Speaker phase observation and question? Vandersteen also uses first order filters which don't honk up phase...and his crossovers are incredible feats of engineering without a big baffle to smooth frequency response - a big baffle is a nice flat hornwiring a driver out of phase to attemp... | |
| Amp recommendations with a budget of $675 to mate with... IMO the 2 needs an amp that control ! The wooferso the stuff listed above with good damping factors, stout power supplies and ability to deliver current are all good.i would add VanAlstine, Hafler, APT, PSE to list( the guy that did PSE helped RV ... | |
| Vibration control inside a cabinet HRS Nimbus couplers and vibration dampersi use them on a NAIM Unitiserve inside a cabinet..works wonders !!HRS is solid engineering | |
| Audiophile quality streamer/server-in-one without a DAC. Does this exist? Ditto on Bluesound | |
| Disappointment with Pro-Ject... Sort sort of relatedmine hums alsodid not try Ground lift cheaterwill do that but my recollection ( too lazy to go look) the wall watt is 2 prong any way....plus the antiskate is idiotic geometry | |
| Amplifier Upgrade Decision Ayre MX-R in old configor a VX-R might get lucky and find a used Twenty series in your budgetthe Aesthetix stereo and mono are awesome amps IMO | |
| Small room electrostat/ planar speaker? Apogee Stage | |
| Record Cleaning Machine Nitty Grittyall models fit your budget range $500 - $1,500made in USAdrop dead easywhy fight gravity ?i have a 1.0love it |