wspohn
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| 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 ... | |
| Which watts are the right watts in SS amps? I swing both ways.One system has a 70 wpc tube power amp and my other two systems use class A amps that will drive any speaker made (bought them from a guy using them to run Apogee Scintillas, possibly the most difficult load out there - 1 ohm and... | |
| Whats in your second system? My second and third system are made up of former first system components that I was too fond of to sell.Second:Martin Logan (original) CLSClasse DR3-VHCBryston BP17 preConrad Johnson Premier 15 phonoLyra ClavisSME VSota CosmosGreat system for acou... | |
| Classe or McIntosh Is Classe going out of businesssed The Classe I loved went far earlier. Many of the original Dave Reich designs simply sounded better than the new ones made after he left (caveat - I have no experience with the last 5 years of production - haven't had a chance to hear them).Notice... | |
| What are the best loudspeakers under $4000 to re-create lifelike piano $4k goes much further if you buy used, All sorts of possibilities, Vandersteen, Magnepan, ML CLS, Quad, that would mostly exceed your cap new but are available in good used condtion in that price range.Choice for you will depend on other equipment... | |
| Whats in your second system? My second system is a combination of components I didn't want to get rid of plus things I wanted to try.Sota Cosmos, SME V, Lyra ClavitsCJ Premier 15 phono, Bryston BP17 preamp, Classe DR3 VHC, Martin Logan CLS. | |
| Getting The Most Out Of A Koetsu Urushi I agree that the SME V arm is magic with the Urushi and that's what I use, into a Vendetta phono stage. No transformers needed. I have also used it with a Conrad Johnson Premier 15 which also had ample gain.Other arms that might be worth trying i... | |
| My apologies_Upgrade path from Wilson WattPuppy 7's? Why do you feel the Maxx 3 are too much for your room? I run Maxx 2 and they are excellent al low volume or high and they are quite efficient - I am currently driving them with 70 tube watts | |
| @inna Tell me your speakers and I'll tell you who you are Vandersteen 4A - because they were one of the best all round performers back in the late 80s /early 90s despite the tri wire/biamping complexityMartin Logan (original) CLS - because the mid range is sooo perfect on acoustic material - jazz, classi... | |
| $3,000 Planar Speakers Apogee’s require an amp with some serious current delivery, and the ability to drive a 1 ohm load. Only early models like the Scintilla were serious 1 ohm loads. Later ones tended to be more like manageable 3 or so.I wouldn't try to pair th w... | |
| Speaker Placement - When it's perfect! Wow. The Spica Angelus. Haven’t thought about that speaker for a long time. That was, to me, one of the most unique looking speakers in its time. I never had the pleasure of hearing music through them.Agree with you about the differing demands of... | |
| On/Off Switch Power conditioning? Yeah it works (and has more effect with some components that others).Power cords? Not so muchPower switches - not much effect at all so long as they make a good solid contact.And I'd add to that, that they must be up to the jo... | |
| Come on people....BASS! Part of the problem is that texting teaches bad habits, and another part is the reliance on spell checking software and simply accepting that it will know best which homonym you would want to use without you having to think about it.When legal mat... |