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| Power cords makes difference-Why? Good replies to your question. Sometimes in trying to understand the solution to a problem, like a better power cord can be...it is good to either understand or be aware of the problem. Of the many things that can be a concern with the AC power go... | |
| Best beadroom speaker under $350 (NHT?) On the used market, the Kef Q15 is a good choice...the single point source makes excelleng image and soundstage placement. | |
| intergrated tubed amp under 2000 Hi: The above are good choices. The best choice..is just not quite down to that price range on the used market yet.. ...the VAC Avatar, they seem to be in the 2300 to 2800 range, but if they get close..it might be worth the extra. | |
| Pre-amp with great phonostage (tube) Hi: The Conrad Johnson PV-12..with the optional phono stage is excellent..in the used 1100.00 or so price range...What do you want to spend? | |
| All-time best recordings for romance Wow, there are so many good ones. John Klemmer-Finesse, Chet Baker-The Touch of Your Lips, Johnny Hartman w/John Coltrane...much of Sarah Vaughn, some Nat Cole.... I don't think I could narrow it down to just one. | |
| Integrated amp for less than 2k You're in luck. We are in a "Golden Age" for integrateds! From Classe to VAC to ARC to many others...there are models that are better than most seperates of a few years back. Enjoy the search, and don't be lead too much by what other responders ha... | |
| Best Bi-wire for Martin Logan Requests Nordost SPM on the bottom end,....and Wireworld Gold Eclipse III on the top end. | |
| Best The best "Giant Killer"...is actually the reference point that had much to do with the "High-End" even existing...the original Large Advent Speaker....others would be, the current Magnepan MG 1.6QR, the Kimber Silver Streak cable.. ...and, perhaps... | |
| Integrated Amp for Thiel 22 A superb choice (but and expensive one) is the VAC Avatar. VAC "voices" their units using Thiel speakers...and it shows. Other good choices would be used Classe CAP 100 or CAP 150 or CAP 151. Best of luck. | |
| ESL/Planar/SS v Dynamic /horns/tube... What types of music do you listen to...and, at what levels in what size of room? If you listen to to more natural, acoustic music...ie; Jazz, clasical..well recorded voices and musicians....then you have many options. At reasonable levels...in sma... | |
| Best female vocals on CD As a P.S. to my above...Rosanne Cash was mentioned by a previous person.. An excellent example of a woman putting emotion and her own style into a song...rather than the endless string of manufactured female singers in what has become of Country M... | |
| Best female vocals on CD Sometimes what is most enjoyable about any singer, male or female..is a sence of style. Chet Baker was not a great singer or trumpet player...but he could put emotion and style in a song.....and he became popular. There has been some Diana Krall b... | |
| Looking for loudspeakers under $4,000 For what it's worth, the 1.6 Magnepans are much less obvious looking in a room...and with the Carver sub-woofer, are just superb. I also own or have owned the Magnepan MG-20 and 3.6, and it is very difficult to go to another type of speaker after ... | |
| The BEST system you've ever built !!!! The system I will list here may have not been state-of-the- art...but it is the system that gave the most musical pleasure. Audio Research CD-2 and Magnum Dynalab MD-108 feed through Wireworld Gold Eclipse III interconnects into a Conrad Johnson A... | |
| Speakers: all-time favorite Afer 30+ years exploring the high-end....I would list three that influenced myself...and, at least, a couple generations of "audiophiles". 1.The original Advent loudspeaker...without peer when it comes to having spawned both manufacturers and cons... |