wiley

Responses from wiley

Art Audio Diavolo hum
Thank you very much grannyring, roxy54 and jond.  I like the sound, just bought new tubes a month ago, and it was working great until today.  thanks again.   
Experiences with SlimDevices Squeezebox.
Thanks Ejliu. I'm not going to rip my entire cd collection, just do a bit of streaming. As long as it sounds as good as fm radio, I'll give it a try. Wiley 
Experiences with SlimDevices Squeezebox.
Is a DAC necessary? Or can one connect a Sqeezebox right to a power amp? Is the sound that bad without a DAC? 
Your ''best kept secret'' speaker choice ?
FJ Ohm's. Great for small rooms, and they look exquisite. 
Speaker Upgrade?
Subaruguru,Read some of your other postings--your advice to 'Listen and then buy' makes a lotta sense. W 
Speaker Upgrade?
Eldulcesol, couldn't find the ebay listing, but I did see the web site. Anyone else hear these or know of a price? Why am I doing this? The 3k + worth of elctronics through $800 Vandy's? Or is the winter shopping blues? W 
Speaker Upgrade?
Thank you for all your generous responses. I'm going to England and Italy over the summer, maybe I can listen to Brit monitors and Sonus Faber. Phase, you're first in line if I sell the Vandy's. W 
Speaker Upgrade?
Thanks to all for your responses. The Spendor solution intrigues me, Subaruguru and Listener57. We had a similar discussion last year, Phasecorrect, about this time, when the Quad 12L's first came out. Planars are out of the question because of th... 
Speaker Upgrade?
CJ MV-60, not 50. 
New Speakers 1k
Thanks to all. I think I'll need a closed monitor, cuz I'll need to put them close to the wall. The Quads interest me greatly, but there's that rear port thing. So I'll probably try the Reynaud's and Spendor's. Thanks again.