twoleftears
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| Classical Music for Aficionados No, no, even better (if that's possible) than the other RV-W suggestions, all of which are great, are his Five Variants on Dives and Lazarus. I have the Chandos recording. Bliss. | |
| Rogue Cronus Magnum II, but I have depth constraints.. How much headroom (inches) will you have above the unit? The CMII runs pretty warm. As well as through-ventilation give the KT120s a little space above. Otherwise, can’t go wrong with CMII. | |
| Opinions on the right Aerial Acoustic and amp for a room? Aerials come up with some frequency.Right now: https://www.audiogon.com/listings?utf8=%E2%9C%93&global_search_text=aerial6T at $4950 obo. | |
| high-efficiency loudspeakers @bbarlow The Spatial Audio X2's look very promising indeed, and they could turn out to be real contenders. I'll be watching the thread on A. Circle carefully. | |
| Which speakers do I pick and are they close in quality You don't elaborate on how you came to narrow the choice down to these two. Are you buying new or second-hand? Are these two models that are available to you? They seem so far away from each other in the spectrum of speakers that the pairing se... | |
| Which speakers do I pick and are they close in quality You're hardly comparing apples with apples, save that they're both 2-way designs. Totem is floor-standing; you'll need stands with the Harbeths.Harbeths are in a high quality bracket, but may not be to every taste. You should try and read a few ... | |
| Low AC Line Voltage One of thesehttp://www.furmanpower.com/products/all/component-power/reference-series | |
| PMC 24 and Canalis Cambria two way floorstanders; What is the advantage to this design?: @ Value is a tricky issue. On many items, there's close to a 50% spread on wholesale vs. retail. Factor in actual manufacturing costs, packaging, shipping, etc. etc. and then what's left? Whatever that is, the manufacturer has to make a profit ... | |
| Tubes Very happy with GGL AU's and AT's. Tried a NOS Amperex in the pre-amp socket, and very little difference between it and the GGL. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Now you've mentioned Lupu, one of my all-time-favorite piano recordings is Lupu with Brahms Op. 117, 118, 119. Sublime music played sublimely. | |
| Low AC Line Voltage Besides simple voltage fluctuation, there's different amounts of crap on the line at different times of day, different days of the week, and when the weather is different (HVAC in use or not). The width of the variation will depend on the neighbo... | |
| Musician vs. audiophile Valid points here, but I think it also has something to do with the low volumes that you're listening at. Some speakers (or speaker+amp combos) just don't "come alive" at low volumes, even though at higher volumes they may beat up on the alternat... | |
| PMC 24 and Canalis Cambria two way floorstanders; What is the advantage to this design?: Having owned the 2-way Proac Response 2.5 for many years, I set out a few years ago to look for new speakers, and I was definitely biased towards 3-way or 4-way designs. After listening to a lot of speakers (the quest is chronicled in one of my o... | |
| Synergy problem I tend to think you're right in pointing your finger at the Klipsches.Lots of alternatives.Just looking on A'gon right now, I'd single out:Wharfedale JadeTotem ForestSilverline PreludeCheck into Ryan Audio, too. | |
| Gumby vs Yggy The Yggdrasil will sound very different to the Gungnir. Read the review in Absolute Sound. Incisive is one adjective they use. It's definitely not in the mellow camp. |