tomryan
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| 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. | |
| I have problem with my Tenor150 - advices welcome Jaguar is not doing well, it's one of the anchors around Ford's neck. Their cars (especially at the lower end of line which is funny as they only make high end cars) are not competitive with other brands such as Audi, BMW, Mercedes, Acura, Lexus, ... |