tomryan
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| How many pair of speakers do you own? Three...no, four. No, wait a minute. Does my wife's dresser top system count? | |
| newbie question on TUBE gears. You need to tell us what speakers will be used. I personally love tube amps and have owned various ones for 23 years. However, I also like tube pre-amps and the well designed ones are virtually maintenance free. Maybe replace the small tubes every... | |
| Can I expect to pay full retail for a new system? Examples:Purchased $5,000.00 speakers, new, from authorized dealer for $3,900.00.Purchased $3,200.00 speakers, new from dealer, for $2,400.00.Purchased $4,500.00 amp, new from dealer, for $3,600.00.Purchased $1,400.00 subwoofer, new from dealer, f... | |
| Speakers Like Merlin VSM? Merlins are definitely a speaker "of choice". I found the TSM-MXs a bit fatiguing and rather uninteresting. Tried three different amps (an Air Tight 300B actually worked the best) and still could not get interested in listening to music through th... | |
| Information for Joule Electra LA100 Mark III I 2nd (or is this 3rd or 4th?) the motion - I find it superior to units costing $2-3,000.00 more as I'd owned or borrowed four other such units. It is the most musical and enjoyable pre-amp I've owned and is well worth the cost. Simply disappears ... | |
| has any one owned a pair of Spica sc 30? They were one of the first speakers I ever heard that disappeared. Tonal quality was very good, too. However, they couldn't play loudly and were restricted at both frequency extremes. They were replaced with the TC50s about 1983. | |
| Rel Strata III versus Rel Britannia B3 I've had a Strata III for about 3-4 years and have been able to successfully blend it with 5 different speakers. I most recently bought a pair of Dynaudio Focus 110s for fun and was able to blend in 4 adjustments. Since the REL takes a small signa... | |
| Perfect linestage for Quicksilver V4s or Triodes? Watch out for the Audible Illusions stuff. Haven't heard any of their pre-amps in a few years but they always sounded kinda cloudy and thick. Depending on what you want to spend, check out the Joule Electra LA150 (which, of course, is what I have ... | |
| Seeking hot running amps Plinius makes great sounding amps that, when run in class A, will heat up the most chilly of rooms. | |
| What new amp for my Merlins Am I missing something? Which model do you have? | |
| Taylor Hicks from Idol I love the music Taylor loves. I just ordered "Otis Redding Live In Europe" which I wore out when I was 15. That and every James Brown, Wilson Pickett, Johnnie Taylor, Joe Tex, etc. album available. | |
| I think it is time to retire Van Morrison's voice never sounded anything close to 'clear' but one of the great rock & roll voices. Fagen's voice on his new one sounds awful - weak and lacking in range. Like he can't get down lower than the top of his throat (which is how ... | |
| Anyone heard Harbeth HL5s with Nuforce? I have their little brother, C7, and used a Plinius SA50mkIII which was quite nice. Am now using an EAR 890 70 wt tube amp and love it. | |
| amber In about 1982 I ran two Ambers as monoblocks. They were decent sounding solid state devices and, as I remember, the company was run by a passion for audio and music making. I don't even remember a pre-amp, though. | |
| Anyone try Townshend Super Tweeters? I've been using Tonian Supertweeters (ribbon) with Harbeth C7s for a number of months. They've added openess, air, sparkle(the good kind - like finer musical nuance) along with extended highs. Tonian matched them for my speakers specifially and se... |