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| Looking for vintage Quad ESL's - or my wife thinks a "shrink" becase she says I'm crazy! If you want an alternative to the Quads, don't look to modern Martin Logans, look to vintage speakers.I run original CLS all electrostat speakers in one of my systems and there is something about them - the same way there was something about the 57s. | |
| exceptional voices of female singers (non-classical) Was Cassandra Wilson mentioned? And Nina Simone?And Mary Black is excellent although not as well known as she is a niche (Irish) market artist.In pop, Annie Lennox, and although I haven't quite decided, there is something about Adele.... | |
| Eric Clapton reveals this week of his declining health Young Clapton was amazing, but old Clapton has been mailing it in fo some years - the slow version of Layla??!!But his last album, 'I Still Do' proved that he still can. Impressive on vinyl (double 45 rpm).Have seen him live many times and was gla... | |
| Dated but still A rated DACs I'll second the Hegel HD12, and add the Classe DAC1 | |
| Integrateds: Why do they all SUCK? EAR 834T (and a 324 phono) if you can afford it. | |
| What’s in your system today that you also had 10 years ago? I keep a lot of my gear around even if it is in 2nd or 3rd systems.I have 3 Classe DR3 VHC amps and a DR7 preamp in use, the Vendetta phono stage in my main system and the Koetsu Urushi/SME V and VPI TNT have all been with me that long, and the Va... | |
| Best used or new DAC under $3500 I've been impressed with the Hegel DACs.... | |
| mono block or bi-amps which would you pick? There is no rule and no single answer to your question. It is all system dependent. I run one system with 4 mono amps, biamping each speaker, and I run another with a stereo tube amp on it's own. I'd rather have a good sounding stereo amp than a ... | |
| Classe Audio rises again I have 5 pieces of old Classe equipment, all but one from the Dave Reich era, so having the name still going probably isn't going to mean anything as far as getting my stuff serviced, but nice to see it back nonetheless. | |
| Looking for speaker recommendations that I can purchase on Amazon.com 1 - if Best Buy and Amazon are the only places you can buy right now, I would postpone your purchase until that changes. They are not the best places to buy high end audio gear2 - you should be looking at used speakers. Would you rather have $5K ... | |
| How to pick a COMPATIBLE phono cartridge Interesting system.. I use CJ Premier units in two systems - a 15 phono in a heritage system and a 14 and 11a in my main system.With the 15 I run a Lyra Clavis low output cartridge. The 15 has lower gain than the Vendetta I use in the main system,... | |
| Speaker distance About 7.5' between the speakers and 11' from listener to speakers..Another system is set up for about 6' apart and 8' distance. | |
| Full-sounding SS amps (besides Pass) I prefer Class A amps - own Belles and Classe that operate in true Class A and sound excellent. Also use a Jeff Rowland that has a heavy duty power supply and sounds very nice. | |
| high-efficiency loudspeakers My main system Wilsons at 92 dB are probably my most efficient speakers. | |
| Crosley should be arrested for selling junk Oh no, not at all. Good LP playback requires a proper turntable, and a proper pickup arm, and a proper phono cartridge, and a proper phono preamp. They must each be suited to the others, and they must all be properly setup. And one more thing ... |