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| Speakers recommendations when placement is an issue If you have a chance, it would be worth your time to includethe Vandersteen 1C or 2Ce/signature in your group. The Vandersteens do better than most under less than ideal placement situations....and are quite amplifier friendly.Vandies always seem ... | |
| Sony 9000ES mods Sean covered all the right bases. Modification of audio gear seems to go through cycles of interest..or lack of it. Currently, it seems to be very localized on CD players, especially some of the SACD players. There seems to be a feeling that the a... | |
| Please help me choose CD isolation I am also using the Sony 9000, and have had best sonic results with the Townshend Seismic Sink. I know they are an older design...but I have tried many of the other things out there, and just got best results with the Sink.Three other things that ... | |
| Small footprint speakers It seems that most of what you are looking for can be found. The biggest concern is getting that 30-35 hz. range...and still having that small footprint.Some small footprint speakers of note are the Vandersteen 1C, the Thiel 1.5 and the Meadowlark... | |
| What's the problem with Sony 777ES SACD? Only a month ago, people were taking the price back up on the 777 after good press in TAS and others..and new SACD titles getting good reviews. Now the multi-channel units are comming out..and getting good reviews..so, perhaps, people are feeling ... | |
| Melissa Etheridge, An Overview of Her Music Hi Craig/Garfish. Excellent overview and thoughts on Ms. E's music.She and her music are well thought of here in Madison, Wi. Melissa has performed here a few times..and draws a very large and faithful crowd. From reading your post....I realize I ... | |
| laid back, warm interconnects with tight bass clean highs It may depend on how much you would like to spend. If you are looking for a very cost effective choice, you should go the the InnerSound web site. The offer an excellent and inexpensive interconnect that is quite good. | |
| Speaker dilema? Maggies, Newforms, or Merlins Hi, Can't speak of the Newforms or Merlins, but I have owned several sets of Magnepans and Martin Logans. The dipole impact and speed of 'stats and planar type speakers is something that people either seem to get into and like..or find not to thei... | |
| Pipedream Knockoff Project Sean is right,....Madisound is state-of-the-art for both drivers and crossover components. Good people too. | |
| Last months play list Hey Jadem6, thanks for putting music back in the spotlignt on A'goN. My recent list of music is:1. The Julia Fordham Collection on Circa2. Baby Breeze, Chet Baker 20 bit w/Chet on Flugelhorn.3. The Coryells, Larry and his sons 24/94 Chesky recordi... | |
| What Speakers ?? I agree with the above...If you don't include the Vandersteen 1C and 2CEsig on your list to listen to...you may wish you would have. They are among the very few speakers that can be called classics.The Meadowlark Kestrel and Thiel 1.5 are others t... | |
| Headphones ..this would come under the "For what it's worth" catagory.. I had worked in the audio industry(?) at one time, and had several Stax of note.. I then had a pair of Audio Technica electret condenser headphones...and have never liked any better. Sol... | |
| Nueance shelf ...also, I think that A'goN member DeKay is a good source on the ways of things Nueance. You might want to look up Nueance on the forums search function, or drop DeKay an e-mail from the member look-up. Good luck/results. | |
| Help with speaker selection, please It may be best for you, if you have the chance, to listen to as many of your speaker choices with some of your favorite music. And then make your speaker choice.The best amp for the Quad's may not be the best choice for some of the others...etc.Th... | |
| Help with speaker selection, please It would be helpful if you could give us an idea of the amplifiers you are thinking of.Also, if you have a cable TV feed, make sure that the cable feed isn't limiting your systems potential by introducing a DC voltage on your AC/system ground. Can... |