tubegroover
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| Vandersteen-like "In-between" speakers Hi Motdathird You gave several things you liked about the Vandies but not one thing you didn't like. To be honest I really haven't heard a better full range speaker or I should say a speaker I prefer more than the 3a sigs anywhere close to their p... | |
| Great Vintage Amps-which one for you? I've owned a ARC D-115 Mk 2, Dynaco ST-70 and still have MC-60's all of which are great vintage gear. So far as looks go, definitely the McIntosh amps which I still have. So far as sonics go, the D-115 Mk 2 is a great performer though I found the ... | |
| Tube Equipment: Gimmick? Hey Slappy before you feel that you are about to be sentenced to the end of your natural life by a perpetual playing of "Pachebel's Canon" through a SET amp on a pair of high efficiency horn speakers by the SET sect of the Southern Branch of the T... | |
| Tube Equipment: Gimmick? Hey something just dawned on me, maybe some of the tube guys have been too long away from ss and maybe same for the ss guys.Come to think of it I haven't listened to a ss amp since that digital amp a few months back and before that at an audio sho... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Tom instead of your bits of bites why don't you serve us up a meal. What do you like, what works and why and furthermore, have you heard a Supratek product and if not, nor are interested, why are you driving in this neck of the woods with your neb... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Hey Tom, your point is well taken and I also totally agree. Now if we could all agree on what constitutes accurate sound as opposed to tuning a system to suit our ears. Let's face it, one can never know how accurate a reproduction is unless he/she... | |
| Tube Equipment: Gimmick? "I have seen the "guts" of tube equipment. It does not look extremely complicated or intricate (especially amplifiers). However, solid state equipment seems to be much more complicated. For instance, the FPB-300 has numerous massive circuit-boards... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Good point Tom, but let me ask you a question, what component in ANY system isn't adding a degree of coloration? And what system recreates the real event? The pipedream is to think otherwise or that one technology supercedes another by virtue of t... | |
| Tube Equipment: Gimmick? The attraction of tubes is the "presence" of the music, at least to me. Many ss guys will demur. The best tube and ss designs probably have more in common than differences, at least I keep reading it although I haven't realized it first hand yet, ... | |
| Best monoblock tubes amp with Vandersteen 5As Another one to consider might be 2 strapped Berning zh270's. I have heard that one works quite well with the 5A's although I haven't heard first hand. Two would provide more power than I could imagine you could ever use with this speaker along wit... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Khrys, maybe some were offended maybe not. My guess is that many felt that your comments were a bit brisque in light of the fact you haven't listened to the product. I would only smile NOW at someone that would question the concensus of such a div... | |
| Why so many Merlin VSM's for sale?? This question was asked previously. The above responses touch on the reason why many give before realizing what these speakers are capable of. Tonally I have not heard a better speaker than the VSM, they are just superb in this regard. Add to this... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Khrys, in the world of audio and wines, based on my experience which is reasonably broad with the former and decidely limited with the latter, the Supratek products would have the bouquet and flavor of a finer vintage at a price the common man mig... | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart...RIP Well so far as the movie goes, it was just entertainment but probably poor entertainment to those that were well familiar with the wonder of his music and have explored his life in more detail trying to get a glimpse of how it could have come abou... | |
| Which Beethoven's symphony do you like the best? Bluefin I would definitely acknowledge that the opening motif to the 5th of Beethoven is probably the most well known passage in music, little doubt about that. I would also bet that the 1st and 3rd movement of Mozart's G minor symphony (# 40) are... |