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| Joule vzn 80 or 100 for merlins? Good luck finding a used VZN of either persuassion. By the way, Bobby at Merlin only really recommends the "music box" version of the VZNs which is a particular type of cabinet. I had TSM-MXs which were very easy to drive by an Air Tight 300B amp ... | |
| laid back speakers In the spirit of "reverse thread", yes, I second Paradigm. Also, Magnepan, Martin-Logan, some Coincident Tech models, some Totem models... | |
| laid back speakers Spendor 3/1s, 2/3s, ProAc Response 2S. Merlins and Dynaudios are NOT warm and laid back and I think they'd sound awful with a bright, forward sounding amp. Spendors are easy to drive, much eaiser than the Vandys, but then you'd have to buy stands ... | |
| krell & merlin what next? If you can afford the Joule, go for it. Believe it or not, Quicksilver Mid Monos or the V4s would work real nice, too. | |
| Buggtussel Question Avoid spekaers with this upper-mids behavior like the plague. Don't know why but lots of speakers nowadays have it including the Spendor 3/5SE (not much but it's there). You will never be able to enjoy music because even if it's not happening at t... | |
| Best Proac monitor My wife has non-audiophile but superbly musical ears. The Tab Sigs drove her from the room after 1 minute ("Like finernails on a blackboard") but the Response 2.5s caused her to stay up until 1:00am on a work night - we kept the 2.5s for over 7 ye... | |
| Review of Dartzeel NHB-108 Amplifier 100wts is "modest" power? And possibly a negative as it requires "attention to the speaker load"? I thought Apogee went out of business!?! | |
| Spendor S3/5 standard vs SE version???? Size of room is very important. I've found the 3/5 to be better in the near-field listening position and did a four day in-house audition of the 3/5SE. Found a slight upper midrange etch or glare and forwardness, but this was in my small 11 x 13.5... | |
| Please recommend a good Tube preamp. If you can afford it the Joule Electra LA150 at about $5,200.00 is an "end of the quest" pre-amp. Used you can probably get it for around $3,000.00. | |
| Soprano's Stereo & Music??? 1) Thought Furio was dead?2) "House" has the non-descript but elegant looking SOTA but no wires, amps, source, speakers. Ahh, TV Land... | |
| ProAC 2.5 users please share experience on amp You might check out the Canary amps that are for sale, some new in box for, I think, $1,795.00 and one used for $1,350.00 but for some reason the ad says "300B tubes excluded"?!? Maybe not enough power, though. | |
| Only three manufacturers? Just when Playboy is becoming more and more irrelevant and selling fewer copies, they start talking about real hi-fi. But even with their "deminished capacity" they sell a hell of alot more copies than S'phile and A' Sound combined. So maybe some ... | |
| Harbeth Owners - What do you think? Drubin - Your accessment of the ProAcs is like mine. I absolutely loved their musicality and ability to draw me in for hours but ultimately wanted more inner resolution, but this took over 7 years to happen! I think it may be the large cabinet lik... | |
| Harbeth Owners - What do you think? Thanks again, guys. My room is 11 x 13.5 x 8 with plaster walls/ceiling and thick carpet on hardwood over cement so it contains everything and does not flex with the music. I use a REL subwoofer so bass extention is not a concern.I have narrowed i... | |
| Best used speakers under $3,500? Swampwalker - I was speaking of the Merlin TSM-MXs which should be available for far less than $3,500.00 and would make pretty good HT speakers what with their high level of resolution and clarity. |