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| Speakers: all-time worst I had a pair of Bose 501's back in the early 70's before I knew better. They were the greatest thing since sliced bread in my opinion, I know better now. The accoustimass speakers are okay, just way overpriced for what they offer, excellent market... | |
| Merlin VSM SE Speakers - Opinions Thanks one and all, all imput has been helpful. | |
| Best Male Singers of the 20th Century No Bmpnyc it isn't Al Jolson, good guess though | |
| Merlin VSM SE Speakers - Opinions Glide3 did you notice the same shortcomings in the bass department in your room? One major consideration for me is that I want a speaker that doesn't "specialize" in one type of music over the other to answer Gts87 question as to the type of music... | |
| Merlin VSM SE Speakers - Opinions Gts87 My room size is 13'2" wide X 19'long x 12'-8' high Cathedral Ceiling. I currently run ARC D115 Mk2 with SP-8 harmonic tech cables. The speakers will have to be on the long wall spaced approximately 7.5' apart and about 9' from the listening ... | |
| Best Male Singers of the 20th Century If no one knows the who this singer is, so noted in his time for the purity of his voice and perfect pitch, my bet is that most of the singers listed above, with the possible exceptions of Sinatra, Caruso and Elvis (as a pop icon, certainly not a ... | |
| Best Male Singers of the 20th Century Well I guess most of the well known artists from Caruso to the latest contemporary artists were pretty much covered. But here is a question for one and all. WHO WAS RCA'S FIRST MAJOR POPULAR RECORDING ARTIST? Clue... he was a contemporary of Carus... | |
| Amp suggestions for Audio Research LS-16 The D-115 runs very hot. I have the metal cover off to help dissapate the heat which helps keep the tubes cooler. I can't say how frequently the tubes need to be changed because I have only had the amp about 4 months. When shipped to me 2 of the o... | |
| Amp suggestions for Audio Research LS-16 I am not suggesting the D-115 Mk2 over the VT-100 Mk2 which I have also heard and is excellent and I am sure better overall than the D-115 though I can't say since I haven't heard them both in the same system. I am just suggesting the D-115 Mk2 as... | |
| Amp suggestions for Audio Research LS-16 I have an ARC D-115 Mk2 and SP-8 with the NHT 2.5i's with the ARC tube ring dampers. I have seen a D-115 Mk2 on Audiogon but feels it is too high priced, the guy wants 1850.00. This is a superb 100 watt all tube amp that is about as musical as it ... | |
| Tube Dampers - what's the story? I recently installed the ARC tube rings (dampers) in both my SP-8 and the input drivers on the amp, ARC D-115 Mk2. The improvement in focus and separation of the instruments along with a dramatic improvement in dynamics is not subtle. Highly recom... | |
| NHT 2.9 vs. Thiel 1.5 (or other?) Woodmann is absolutely right. The NHT's require the best amplification. I am with him on their use with tubes. I am using all ARC tube amplification with the 2.5i's which are very similar to the 2.9's but lacking somewhat to the 2.9's ease in the ... | |
| Could someone explain the Pass Aleph 3?? Depends on the the speaker's efficiency, size of your room, damping in your room. You don't give enough information. If you have horn speakers (Klipsch) you can probably get away with 30 watts and be more than satisfied. Most probably for your app... | |
| Which ARC? - SP8, SP9 or SP11 I owned a modified SP-6A for 10 years before selling it. It had leaky eletrolytics and ARC wanted 800.00 to fix it! I currently have an SP-8 revision 3 (yellow capacitors) It is in my opinion much better than the 6, richer, better detail, better b... | |
| Audio Research glare You probably have a hybrid ARC. There is none of the glare you are referring to in the all tube designs prior to the D125 Classic series hybrid. |