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| Best Class A Amp under $2,000 used? Class A does often sound very good - I used Classe DR3 VHC which with 45 watts will drive low efficiency speakers like Apogee Scintillas, and Belles A.I don't think you will find, nor need anything like the Class A power you are asking for to driv... | |
| Has anyone considered rebuying a speaker you once owned?? I'd consider buying another pair of Spica Angelus - superb imaging, if not the lowest bass around. | |
| The value of of the sealed record. Music lovers open and listen; hoarders store them away unopened. | |
| Wilson Audio floor jack Yeah, but the Wilson jack no doubt comes blessed by those on high.....Thanks so much for posting this - I just ordered one as I am feeling guilty for keeping my Maxx2s on casters because I don't want to face having to tilt them to get the casters ... | |
| Why no tube loaner/testdrives--It's hard being an audiophile I narrowly avoided buying an Audio Research SP-10 preamp once. I came to my senses thinking about the time it would take to track down which of the 15 tubes had gone out if something happened.Currently running a CJ Premier preamp with 4 tubes, al... | |
| The awful truth about CDs, do they have the same shelve life as LP's ? I have ripped all my CDs to NAS redundant drives (and now wonder what to do with the boxes of CDs I have) and have hit a double handful or so that won't read in part or in whole.My sample size is currently 3,679 CDs. | |
| Used turntable for I disagree about buying used. Sure, there is a chance of defects unless you carefully check out the product before buying, but given the option of spending $2K for a new table or the same $2K for a $4-5,000 new price used table, the latter is pre... | |
| Advice for a new Oracle Delphi Owner If you are worried about strain on the motor, you can do what I do on my VPI (not because I worry about strain, just to minimize belt slip and premature glazing). Just do you final tightening on the clamp as you turn on the motor - it will help i... | |
| SME Tonarms, SOTA Vacuum Turntables, and 10" Records You could also use a rim weight like some other turntables use (VPI) - it would hold the lip down so it couldn't hit the platter.Frankly, I think your solution is just fine - I own a Sota Cosmos but if I have to play 10" I just do it in y other sy... | |
| Evaluating a system - what do you listen for? I find two instruments especially good for analysis.I listen to live piano every day. If a system reproduces believable piano that makes you think it is in the room with you, you've got something!The other instrument is violin, and the same crite... | |
| What's been playing on your turntable and what turntable is it ? Cembalowerke II on the Sota Cosmos and Keb Mo's eponymously named album on the VPI TNT (different systems). Impossible to compare sounds as the speakers are so totally different (ML CLS and Wilsons respectively) | |
| Vandersteen PS - to answer the question, I have had the 4As since the 1990s and still like them far too much to sell them, so I run them in a 3rd system in the living room. Had to replace the surrounds on the bass drivers a couple of years ago, and Richard t... | |
| Vandersteen " Wow! 4As? Don't often hear about Model 4s. How long have you had them?"Well Richard made relatively few of them - I think a couple of hundred pair, made when they were up to date on their 2 deliveries and had the time. His initial thrust was... | |
| Martin Logan CLS "Buyer's Guide" Question Must say that I still like the original CLS best of all, assuming you have an amp that will drive the load - they just seem to 'disappear' more than the later versions do. Glad they still offer panels for them - will probably need them some day -... | |
| Vandersteen My Vandie 4As are excellent on symphonic works. They don't 'fall apart' at all, but then they run separately amplified bass sections with a Vandersteen external crossover. |