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For Vandersteen owners & lovers: Which other brands do you like?
Jim and Richard were friends ( RIP Jim - another on the list of greats lost early ). They certainly shared many design objectives; First order filters, minimum front baffle, time and phase correct. They differed on a few points but much more in co... 
For Vandersteen owners & lovers: Which other brands do you like?
Cabinet in a cabinet starts w Treo. It’s expensive… The 7 is cabinet in cabinet and a carbon fiber layer. The 1-2-3 aka sock series are too budget constrained to get the lower distortion cabinets, ditto the original sock Quattro. I will mention, A... 
For Vandersteen owners & lovers: Which other brands do you like?
@russ69 @soix ;-) my absolute best to you…. much Grace in your helping posts….  
For Vandersteen owners & lovers: Which other brands do you like?
what a lovely civil and helping thread…warms my heart….maybe just maybe there are great caring humans here after all…. Cast a wandering ear as far and wide as you want to…. i have crossed  oceans to hear gear that interested me. It like music is ... 
Lyra Kleos arrives after eight months. . Worth the wait? First impressions
lyra are imo worth the wait. My Delos will go back to Japan soon. 50-100 hours seems about right. Your and others observations about suitability for a type of music is an audiophile curse for neutral components….  We all suffer this to some degree... 
Advice on a tube tester
@armstrod lot of wisdom in your post :-)))))  
Advice on a tube tester
B & K suits my needs and passed cal….but for the good stuuf i trust Andy at Vintage tube services…and RAM….. rip Roger…you are missed.  
Is the seated-centered solo listening to music a dated tech?
Leonard Cohen also had something to say….. about… “ various positions “… i think if you look at control room speakers, or the cited singular multi cell speaker without context of what and where the engineer  / artist / producer might be in the pr... 
Is the seated-centered solo listening to music a dated tech?
Bob smoking ops Seger sang it best : “ horizontal bop “….. are there other alternatives ? Perhaps hundreds…. a book may have been written….  
Silver Speaker Cables
@charles1dad you are a true gentleman ;-) tip of my hat to you. On cables to the OP - you have been given a lot of informed advice with some low risk listening experience options….. The Kimber you are using is excellent  affordable wire and works... 
Are advances in technology making speakers better?
pick your expert carefully…. some change gear like clothes….new amp, preamp, turntable, cartridge / ancillary, super tweeters….. list goes on………. and yet lack introspection about JUST how hypocritical they sound…and behave  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Bill - Go man :-) You own the night !  
Do You Tell Others How Much You Have Invested in Your System?
Funny thing that happened when trucking company delivered my speakers. They should have per instructions sent a small liftgate truck as we live on a very windy narrow dead end street. Driver had to park 100 yards away up a hill. He asked what was ... 
Do You Tell Others How Much You Have Invested in Your System?
i just say….not enough….  
Get out and listen!
excellent discussion ;-) get out but also get in…..quite nothing like a small chamber outfit or piano in your listening room…. Benaroya is excellent but do also try the recital hall. Best to all. Just South of Seattle part of the year - always ...