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| Energy speakers I got into Energy way back when they were producing perhaps their landmark model, the Reference Connoisseur 22 - so good that I haven't been able to bring myself to sell them 30 years later. I haven't heard anything that sounds better from them, ... | |
| Homage to those who are pleased with your audio rig I maintain and use four systems. By a process of mixing and listening I have a main system I am very happy with and m unlikely to ever change - VPI TNT V, SME V, Koetsu Urushi, Vendetta SCP2-D, Conrad Johnson Premier 14, Conrad Johnson Premier 11... | |
| What's the heaviest speaker you've ever owned? What's the tallest? My largest stand 5' 10" and weigh 410 lbs. each. You do not want them to tip over on you! | |
| For classical music lovers best amp for large orchestral forces? A class A amp that has very good current capability and is stable into very low impedances is hard to beat (and often, to pay for). I use a pair of amps that put out 160 W into 8 ohms and 500 W into 1 ohm. | |
| How Much Do Your Subwoofer(s) Cost Relative to Speakers Speakers $60K (new - paid less that $2K) Subs - $2500 | |
| Many higher end preamps are dated and ugly, why is this? While I am not a fan of gear that looks like it was created by amateurs from articles in Popular Electronics I think that a lot of vintage gear is nice looking. Some of mine: | |
| Speaker covers Only UV-A gets through window glass and you can ilter that out using an easily applied plastic solar window film. No need to shroud the speakers. | |
| most beautiful (looking) speakers I used to have a pair of these - I rather liked the unusual looks. | |
| Every day I see another turntable recommendation... For $5K you should be able to find a very good used table and arm, and possibly cartridge. Look for something along the lines of a VPI TNT with good arm, or a Sota, for instance. | |
| Solid State Phono Stages There are quite a few very good phono stages ad there are a handful of really special ones. I have one of the first sort that uses tubes in one system (Conrad Johnson Premier 15). It is very good. I have a solid state phono stage in my other ... | |
| American Made Audio Products Have always found that buying by how things sound a more sure method than where they were made, although for awhile I had a completely Canadian system (Classe electronics and Oracle TT). | |
| Tube Amp question:TUBE replacements: explain MATCHED? @immatthewj Interesting that they do bias in banks - my CJ does each one separately but it is simple - use a plastic screwdriver to adjust each of four lights until they go on, then just until they go off again Takes a couple of minutes to do a... | |
| If money was and was not of any concern when buying speakers. My first rule is to never buy new - whether it is cars or speakers. By the time you get them home, you just lost maybe 20% and with cars, by the one year point, 30-40%. Better to buy them used because you get more for your money no matter what le... | |
| Tube Amp question:TUBE replacements: explain MATCHED? Nice that there is bias adjustment. Best case is individual bias adjustment (my CJ amp has this) which means that you don't need a set of matched tubes. | |
| What about the floor? I also have wood floor with a large antique Oriental carpet on it. A smidge of damping but not too much. Suggest that you set up the room with no covering, nd then see if you have significant slap echo (clapping hands in an empty room usually pro... |