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Add a Subwoofer to my Vandersteen 1ce s or replace with Revel Concerta2 F36
Alsoplease point me to a good sounding post punk album.... 
Add a Subwoofer to my Vandersteen 1ce s or replace with Revel Concerta2 F36
Have no experience with the Revel you speak of so take my comments with a grain of saltThe ones are amazing.....the last pair I heard (I) driven by a Marantz receiver with a Bluesound Vault server/ DAC were glorious...( about an hour south of Monr... 
Speaker companies with a focus on parts quality and measurements
Not true that at this price he can't get custom drivers and high quality parts - check out Vandersteen VLRthey go pretty low for a small bookshelf 
Tuberolling the REF5se...
Mixed thoughts from others on the very expensive and sometimes counterfeit-DR.....do you have them ? Where did you source ? Changes in sound ? 
Does anyone have any experience of hybrid valve and solid state power amps?
ARC HD-220 a hybrid as is Aesthetix Atlas as well as Vandersteen the HD-220 way underrated IMO 
Speaker companies with a focus on parts quality and measurements
You should watch R Vandersteen U-Tube video on pistonic motion.....real science about how driver cones behave ... or not.He has been working on time and phase accuracy for decades, which some have just discovered... 
Grateful Dead May 77 Box Set Announced
I ordered the 3 CD set 
Help me get started again. Tube amp...
CJ MV-45a is a fantastic amp also.... had a pair with stacked ESL.. sublime 
Tuberolling the REF5se...
listening to Leonard - You Want it Darker, Getz- Gilberto, and Wailing Jennys Firecracker 
Old Amp vs. New Amp
Wolf - love it !!! I just sent my 1961 Mac 240 for first caps.... I can relateWhile it is gone I am running an early 80's Audionics CC2 in my Vintage system - running 3 Ohm Apogees...pretty sure it has stock factory capsOP - good move on the Levin... 
Tuners that do it?
Richard did his mod to my old MX-110my new MR-85 in a different system sounds terrible in comparison and is now on the fritz...the Tanberg 3000 was a fantastic tuner in 80's 
Looking for a Speaker Recommnedation
IF it was me by now I would have hand forged biwire jumpers made from all my spouses single lost gold ear rings.....man you shoulda been named Job....smile 
Help me get started again. Tube amp...
Van Alstine 
Most coherent low volume speaker with very fast bass under 10k used?
Vandersteen 5aand you can EQ for the roomamp optimized to drive the built in push pull subs free you to choose many amps for top endnice pair of 5a for sale in agon now 
Looking for a Speaker Recommnedation
The market moves - he sold a quarter of a million Model 2 - that does not exist anymore so yes WAF and aesthetics have enteeed the equation - but I would put model 3 a sig up against anything at $10 kabove that price point people want Vandersteen ...