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| Buy a pair of ten year old $40,000 speakers for $4,000 or new ones at that price point? Typical cost on good used high end speakers is going to be much closer to 33% of original list - anything below that and you have to ask why. | |
| Where are the subs? My main speakers are 3 dB down at 20 Hz and I really need no bass reinforcement for audio use, but most of today's movies have artificially enhanced bottom end for impact so I use a pair of powered subs (3dB down at 16 Hz) and cross the mains ove... | |
| How many of us are truly satisfied with their systems? I am satisfied, but it took a quarter century to get there and I have two systems to give me everything I want. But it is possible! | |
| What is a lowball offer? How low is low? If you make an offer that is 25% of asking, a vendor might shake his head at you as a time waster, but their idea of worth may decline as time passes and the item remains unsold..I have made offers many times where I told the seller what I was wil... | |
| Caster Wheels vs. Spikes My Wilsons weigh in at over 400 lbs. a side. I replaced the factory supplied casters, which had started to break down, with heavy duty commercial parts and opted to leave them on rather than spike them (lifting the speakers to install spikes is fr... | |
| KT88 tube amp I went to Genalex Gold Lions on my CJ Premier 11a and a friend went to the same manufacturer's KT77s in his Quicksilver monos. We are both happy with the improvements.If there are significant additional improvements to be had from original vintag... | |
| How far have ss amps really come in the last twenty years? There are many vintage amps that continue to sound very good compared to modern amps. Which is why I still use amps like the Classe DR3 VHC, Belles A, and Rowland 5.As a friend runs an audio business, I have had the opportunity to compare several... | |
| What a sad world we now live in....... Did they stop selling dial telephones and Elcassettes as well? Don't knock dial telephones - at least they work in a power failure when land lines don't and after cells run out of juice.I still buy CDs to rip to my server and keep them as safe... | |
| Speaker upgrade question - Wilson vs Focal Might want to consider looking at some of the previous generation big Wilsons, which are probably a tad less in the used market than the DAWs. Maxx3, or even Grand Slamm if you came across them. The drivers for the Sasha were taken from the Maxx3... | |
| A Vandersteen trade that makes no sense Just sell them separately. Almost impossible to find a specific trade for them.The 2 and 3 models sell better than the 1s, so it may take awhile. | |
| Increasing gain for your vinyl front end when pre-amp doesn't quite have enough juice Don't dump the Vandersteens lightly - they are a classic speaker. Check the surrounds on the bass drivers, though (that means desocking them) or just by ear to make sure they haven't deteriorated - I had to do them on my Vandie 4As a few years ag... | |
| Can one ever be "done" in this hobby? I am done.I was done before and just sat and enjoyed the music for about 15 years, with a system that I was happy with. I cancelled my subscriptions of both the main audio mags in 2003 and never missed the never ending monotonous 'lifted one more ... | |
| Used 5ch Amp (Classe, Krell, Rotel) If you get a chance to listen to the ATI amps, you might be surprised at how good they can be. You could go for an AT 1505 for 5 channel, or pick up a model with less channels and get a good stereo amp of whatever make you like for the mains. The... | |
| Forever turntable under $2000 Want to spend $2K on a new table? Go buy one second hand that cost the owner $4k when he bought it. Most owners of tables in that category are very careful with them and they are usually in great condition (Technics perhaps accepted). | |
| Switched outlet for power amp Yup - just use the switch on the amp. You may want to see if there is any record of switch failure - ask the manufacturer (I had one class A amp that had such a turn on current surge that it kept welding the switch contacts together, but I doubt i... |