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| Primaluna prologue 1 + Thiel 1.6 Go the other route. To sound their best Thiels need plenty of quality power. | |
| Speaker Placement Problem Thiel SCS's. | |
| Thiel speakers--can you power them with reciever? I've used Thiels for over 20 years now. I've tried quite a few different amps on different models. Unless your using something like the M series B&K amps, don't bother, and you can forget the rest. Sure these budget amps can hum a tune on the ... | |
| Stones remasters... I really like the Stones music, but the quality of their recordings can be generously be described as poor. Can you really remaster recordings that weren't "mastered" in the first place? | |
| Speaker cables where to begin? Did you call the cable company/usedcables.com? They keep a data base of what customers prefer with their particular gear. IME, you might want to take their advise with a grain of salt. Most of their recommendations are right on the money, but once... | |
| Threshold S/500 Power Amp or ??? Besides more power, the S/500 will stay in a higher biased state longer than the S/300. So even at moderate levels the S/500 might sound more suave. BTW, the series II and the e series have their benefits over the original S series. | |
| NAD, and Vandersteen Richard Vandersteen once told me that his favorite budget amps for his speakers were the Rotels. With a budget of $1K you could easily find a used McCormack amp. IMHO, McCormack and Vandersteen are one of the all time great matches on all levels i... | |
| SET the best? At the risk of appearing petty; I believe the lowest range of the piano is 27.5 Hz. | |
| has lead shot surpassed cold Please do a search in the Audiogon archives regarding lead shot before proceeding with such a plan. Please! | |
| OT Congratulations NY Yankees Timrhu, Derek Jeter won this years Roberto Clemente award, and Philly's Chase Utley appears to be one heck of an up and comming 2nd baseman. | |
| Vintage speakers 80s-90s..... Not trying to bruise your budget, but for another $100 bucks you could get an old pair of Vandy 2's. Now that's a bargain. | |
| OT Congratulations NY Yankees Timrhu, Cubbies fan? | |
| OT Congratulations NY Yankees If you don't care for the cost of a championship, don't blame the Yankess for investing wisely. Blame all of baseball. Starting with the owners, whose practice of collusion empowered the players to resist a salary cap to satisy their own personal ... | |
| Does the impedance have to match? At the risk of sounding like a broken record, IMHO amplification makes a poor foundation for choosing speakers. Better to use speakers as a foundation for choosing amplification. | |
| Bass rant Elizabeth, I mostly agree with you. I do listen to news and sports on the car radio though. |