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| Help a newbie with low-cost system suggestions I suggest that you decide on your speakers first then decide upon the appropriate power and work back from there, choosing cables last. For what ever it's worth Richard Vandersteen told me many years ago that he thought the B&K ST140 was the c... | |
| Vandersteen model differences/power requirements As I've said many times before, I think the 2 series Vandersteens may be the best value in audio. They do need space, they can be very fussy about rooms and placement. Considering the size of your room the 1's might be the better choice for you. | |
| Balanced Tube Preamps I Should Try Sonic Frontiers Line 3 SE. | |
| The strangest looking gear you've ever seen?? I'd like to add Edge (strangely named, too) and Avantgarde (appropriately named, too). | |
| Preamps for $300 to match with B&K st-140? I just saw a Forte 2 listed for $250. IMHO worth looking into. | |
| ESL enclosures Eldartford, the "LF cancellation effect" is very real and some individuals may have room and placement restriction issues. There is more to planar drivers than elimination of "box sound". Amongst other things, many are enamoured by the apparent sp... | |
| Does this tube preamp exist? With all due respect to Soundwatts the PV-11 doesn't come with a remote and no c-j has balanced in-puts or out-puts. Sonic Frontiers is out of business, but, one of the original owners has set up a new shop that specializes in parts and is maintai... | |
| ESL enclosures Didn't Genesis or Infinity do something like this. Of course their drivers weren't typical ESL's. | |
| Does this tube preamp exist? If you can go up to $1000, there is a Sonic Frontiers Line 1 for sale here on Audiogon. Fits all your parameters. | |
| My cj still gets to hot How do you store the amp? Is the amp getting appropriate ventialtion? How many inches behind, above and to the sides is it from the next surface? What is it sitting on? Are those surrounding surfaces generating heat? What is the ambient temperatur... | |
| My cj still gets to hot Hifihutch, I just got my amp back from CJ yesterday. Have no fear, they handled everything just great. They turned it around in no time, better than ever. Very good customer service, highly recommended. My ss c-j never gets hot, something doesn't ... | |
| Preamps for $300 to match with B&K st-140? The truth of the matter is there are very limited choices in decent inexpensive pre-amps. The B&K pro MC 10 seems to satisfy all your requirements and would probably be the safest recommendation with regards to compatability. Please keep in mi... | |
| Preamps for $300 to match with B&K st-140? I'm not familiar with the diamondbacks. I would suggest avoididng interconnects that are very high in capacitance if you use a pre-amp with a high out-put impedance into the B&K ST-140. Of course the length of the interconnect will have to be ... | |
| Preamps for $300 to match with B&K st-140? Kool39, "the 10-100 times guideline" is some what arbitrary and IMHO generous. While 600 Ohms will probably work, it might require more attention to interconnect selection. | |
| Tuner connection and sound variance. HELP What your describing isn't that unusual. Your tuner and all that's attached to it may be acting as an antena, maybe picking up more than broadcasts too. This is one of the reasons that some like "purist" hair shirted pre's that only allow one inpu... |