vladimir

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Mani-2 Sig. Vs. Wind
RELs are the easiest subs by far to blend with satellites and I am also a fan of the Mani-2. RELs improve the soundstage of any full-range speaker. And yes, you can have bass problems with true full-range speakers in a small room because of room g... 
Velodyne dd series 10 or 12 v. Rel Strata III
I am a longtime fan of REL and I like them so much that I sold my system but kept the Storm III. However, what other posters say about the DD series is true, they are so wonderful that unless you have no problems with room-induced resonances Velod... 
MG 20.1 or Wisdom audio m-75
Tireguy and Gladstone, please, what MG20.1 modifications are you talking about and who makes them? Are they a mistery, or is it that you don't know exactly? 
Has anybody heard the Dali MegaLine?
Thanks for the link. 
Anthony Gallo Ref 3 - Bass Solutions with Tube Amp
A solution like you suggest is easy. Purchase a used solid-state amp that has volume controls and one of these 50Hz low-pass filters. 
hi I'm italian
With the limited information you give, I would suggest very efficient European speakers such as Tannoy concentrics (several models), Living Voice or Beauhorn. 
Gallo reference /TAS vs Me
"I still hear a fatiguing, forward, ("shouty") upper-mid prominence. Does anybody else have a similar problem with the Gallos?"Kalan, if you read the BFS review, it says the Gallos are very critical of backward-forward tilt. More backward tilt and... 
Vandersteen 5a. How refined a product are they
What a didactical oxymoron. Vandersteen 5as are great speakers, better than the previous 5s and especially so at the price. As I am sure others have, I have listened to great speakers badly setup by dealers (in fact one of them was a Vandersteen 5... 
i need a 3 channel amp for B&W's HTM1 & 805N's....
"After that they are in class B only"Elevick, that should have said "in class AB only" by definition a class AB amplifier is never in class B. AB here means a small overlap when one half of the sinewave switches over to the other. A class B amplif... 
best shippers?
I will never do business with UPS again. DHL for international shipments is OK. 
help narrowing down my list of speakers, $2500
You can't leave out the Gallo Reference III, at just $100 above your budget. 
Is this the ultimate 2-way speaker design?
Good two-ways vs. the rest. Hmm.. I don't have either the space or the money to buy those big floorstanders. What to do? This is a never-ending discussion and contrary to what was said, I find it very enlightening especially for those who are star... 
Power amp to match Conrad Johnson Premier17LS
There are many good tube amps in the UK and EAR is surely one of them; I lusted for the 509 Mk Is long time ago and the 890 and 534 are great amps. Or what about Border Patrol, if you want something out of the ordinary? 
which power tube sounds better: EL34 or 6550
From old memory, EL34s sound softer on top than 6550s or KT88s. 
Odyssey Stratos, McCormack DNA 225 or Bryston4BST?
Even if AR recommends 20K ohms as a minimum amplifier load (Stratos is 10K), the SP16's 260 ohms seems just about low enough (the old rule of thumb is to multiply it by 50), but it is good advice to call Klaus as Polara says, he's very helpful.