twoleftears
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| Have you ever used a separate speaker selector unit to audition speakers? Would you? If it's just being used to audition/compare speakers, rather than use them in-house long-term, if the different speakers are all hooked up to it, doesn't that level the playing-field? | |
| Belles Virtuoso power amp So it appears the preamp and power amp have been out for a few months (prices??), and the integrated is imminent. A while ago they were quoting 5.5K without meters and 6.5 with.Of course for 5.5K you can also buy an Aria preamp and a pair of Aria ... | |
| Amp and Preamp recommendations for Yamaha NS5000 Luxman pre + power. | |
| New integrated amp Canadian Belles dealer. http://redleafaudiomarketing.ca/ | |
| Camp designations Wire Hangers | |
| Brand new Vandersteen Model 2's $3279 https://vandersteen.com/products/model-2ce-signature-ii | |
| Why not more dealers take trade ins? Why should dealers take trade-ins?How many buyers are first-time, and how many upgrading?I bet it's 1:4 or higher. Most of the upgraders will no longer have use for some component or other, and a good percentage of them don't want to hack the usu... | |
| want a CD player upgrade I have the Bryston and a previous generation Luxman ("u"). Both are very good--the Bryston is absolutely neutral, the Luxman a tad (just a tad) warmer. I'd recommend that new Luxman or the Marantz Ruby. The Mohican is based on an much older Con... | |
| Hand me down audio equip- upgrade advice Try and hear a recent iteration of the Vandersteen 2--a used model should fall in your price range. | |
| Why not more dealers take trade ins? They have to test it, store it, provide a minimal warranty, have someone market it, have it sitting around for months, etc. etc. all the while competing with all the internet venues.Sounds like a great business plan to me. | |
| Loudness - Why has the industry stopped producing amplifiers with this feature any longer? The reason it mostly went away was a big trend towards hair-shirt purism in preamps and integrated. Tone controls, balance control, and loudness (button or variable) all were eliminated at the altar of the fewest possible stages and connections. ... | |
| Belles Virtuoso power amp So there's a power amp now too, alongside the Virtuoso integrated?PLEASE get back to us after a while with a full report. | |
| Spendor D7 vs. Harbeth Super HL5+ I do question the presence of that "supertweeter" in the SHL5+, that isn't there in other Harbeth models. I know the BBC model that it's based on had one too, but why? | |
| Hahahahahahahaha WHAT ARE THE ODDS??? Sorry, but there are no harmonicas on that recording. Something's awry. | |
| Bookshelf Speakers for Large Room Can you at least raise or eliminate that shelf above the speakers that currently divides the space vertically in two? That would give you a bit more room to maneuver. |