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Active speakers. What to choose?
He didn't offer to sell me something else. 
Active speakers. What to choose?
"Cooling off law" is a law enforced by the US regarding sales like this and not by individuals. He didn't have me sign anything regarding the terms of purchase, which I really should have asked for since it was a big purchase. Because as you know ... 
Active speakers. What to choose?
And I am not even sure about his other buyer backing off. See he was telling me about his other buyers interested in getting the Komris from him when I wanted to put a lower offer for the Komris and when I expressed my interest in the Klimaxes, he... 
Active speakers. What to choose?
Ermm. I was buying through emails. And have not been to his shop. Thus " The cooling off period law". And it had only been within 24hrs. 
Best Pre for ATC 100's
Don't forget to change the fuses as well. Though you need a professional to do them for you. The fuse holders are crazy hard to disassemble. And you really should give us more details about what other components you have in your system. In particu... 
Active speakers. What to choose?
Also to add, the cooling off rule states that I get three days to change my mind about the purchase. Which i think is pretty standard because whenever I places orders for a large purchase, I will have to sign that agreement. And FYI. I have not si... 
Active speakers. What to choose?
Okay now that I have settled on what speakers to choose - I have chosen the Linn Klimax 350A. I am facing another problem. So I placed a deposit for them to have the dealer hold it for me till June but I backed out of it in like 24 hrs because I f... 
Best Pre for ATC 100's
May I suggest better power cords and a power regenerator, and those parallel power line filters? Those have a humongous difference in the ATCs. They are very very sensitive to this sort of treatment. Also, plenty of people I know run ATCs with tub... 
Best active speaker
Salagar uses Icepower amps for their active line of speakers.ATC is very good but I must say very energy wasteful. The heatsinks are hot to touch even when not in use. I read in HDD forum according to AVIhifi founder which is an ex ATC engineer th... 
Active speakers. What to choose?
Thanks for the input guys.I certainly wouldn't imagine the Rushmores would be dark and muddy. They have ribbon tweeters after all. To be honest I have no experiences with any of them aside from the ATCs. I would imagine the Linn sound to be close ... 
upsampling CDP's for $1500? Big difference?
I suggest that you abandon the idea of an upsampling cd player. It makes no sense at all in you situation. What you should get is an upsampling DAC which there are plenty out there. I would start with the ones listed on Audiogon for better value o... 
Dynaudio C1 with more impact
I suggest you try ATCs. They might just be the speakers for you. Very dynamic and plenty of slam and their tamed treble would suit heavy metal really well. Go active if you don't already have an amplifier. The 20s have similarly extended bass as t... 
Upgrade fuses in Active ATC SCM 50 speakers?
Oh my god. yes. I just did it to my ATC 20s. And the results are out of this world. Like I never knew they could sound this good. Before the fuse change I was actually contemplating about getting Manger active monitors for my next purchase but now... 
USB DACs with 24/192 via USB
Why even bother with USB interface? Get a firewire card and go from there. Are you willing to pay premium just to deal with USB nasties? You can get much better sound for your money with firewire DACs. 
Which matters more, DAC or transport?
Oh please.... This is an easy answer. Jamiek, you have at least a decent transport to begin with so all you have to do is get a good DAC. I own the DAC 3 and it is very smooth sounding and is great for picking up ambient cues and fine details like...