whart
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| Lamm LL2.1 Deluxe "DC Offset"? Gr-Grin:1. I'm not going to speculate on the dealer, because that would be unfair, but I've had such a wide range of experience with dealers, good and bad. On the 'good' side, I have one dealer who, with a phone call, will show up at my house (som... | |
| Lamm LL2.1 Deluxe "DC Offset"? Charles- I am not defending Vlad, but put it into context. I assume the OP is overseas, I may be wrong. As far as I know in the US, Vlad has no authorized repair centers; apart from tubes, in my experience the gear goes back to Lamm Industries in ... | |
| Lamm LL2.1 Deluxe "DC Offset"? Just to put things into perspective here, I have owned a few Lamm components over the years and still cherish my ML2 power amps. I also owned the L2 line stage for a number of years. On occasion, the line stage and amps needed attention. Since I l... | |
| Best rock bass player Let me add someone I know, who is an extremely musical bass player- Rob Stoner. | |
| Odd shaped Amps and preamps A couple of others: there was a guy out west, ElectronLuv, who made this wonderful Flash Gordon meets Doctor Frankenstein's lab gear, the casework was marvelous, have no idea how the gear sounded or what he is doing now, but I'm sure you could loo... | |
| Dedicated Power Lines This is a good thread. I got help here a number of years ago when I had dedicated lines installed in my current room. A couple of anecdotal observations, while I am not an electrician and don't pretend such expertise:1. I thought choosing one leg ... | |
| Change from full range electrostat speakers advice Broad, I posted a similar query back in 2006- having been a Quad listener (old Quads, aka '57's, and then Crosby Quads) since the early seventies, with a variety of tube gear and vinyl only. I made the leap to horns, which is not as strange as it ... | |
| New rack or power conditioner Woodworker- the Stillpoints are no bargain either. The Ultra SS can be bought in sets of 3 or 4, and the Ultra 5, i think it is called, is a more massive one that apparently provides even more effect. They also make a cheaper one, i think it is fr... | |
| New rack or power conditioner Since everything has some effect, it's hard to predict, in the abstract, which will make the most positive difference in your system: I'm not a naysayer to power conditioning, but once I did dedicated lines, I eliminated some highly regarded power... | |
| Quad ESL 57 - Which to buy Buy both pairs. Stack 'em. Bliss!:)(I still have my old pair, in desperate need of restoration, as well as a later Crosby 63. I find the original to be unmatched in coherence). | |
| Speaker cables: $3000 or $380. What do you get?? Here's my experience, without singling out preferred brands for you to try:years ago (I mean, like around 1987 or 1988), I sat in my listening room all weekend with a pile of speaker cable and my pair of old Quads, hooked up to a good small ARC tu... | |
| fair price for Avant Garde Duo 2.2 Sounds like you are committed to selling so I won't try to talk you down from the cliff, but I am curious (since I own a pair of Duos of slightly later vintage and after a lot of fiddling with placement, settings and associated equipment, really l... | |
| Dedicated line w/ upgraded parts or power cond? Yes, thank you Jea. I did look at the code before I talked with the inspector; I will make sure I dot the 'i's'; the building will not be used as a habitable structure, but for business office/listening room. That said, I will be working with appr... | |
| What is the Phono stage you have finished with? I used a Steelhead for a long while, and agree with Lacee that it sounds better from the fixed outputs. Am presently using the Allnic H3000 with very musical results. For years, during the late 80's and into the 90's, I hung on to my ARC SP-10 mki... | |
| Dedicated line w/ upgraded parts or power cond? Ptss- Based on an initial phone discussion with the inspector there, using the big Equi=Tech wall cabinet should not pose a problem, particularly if I am setting it up in an outbuilding separate from the residence. (It also doesn't seem to be a bi... |