yogiboy

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Where did you buy your first audio gear?
Lafayette Electronics, Peekskill NY! Kenwood receiver, BIC turntable with Shure cartridge, BIC speakers!  
15 ohm speakers yea or nay?
Hi Ralph, Thanks for the great explanation of why the 15 ohm Falcons play louder than the 6 ohm Harbeths. You are a real asset to the Audigon community! Yogiboy  
High efficiency desktop speakers
You will never find a small bookshelf speaker with a 95 db or higher efficiency . You will be spinnin’ your wheels lookin’ !  
15 ohm speakers yea or nay?
The Falcon Q7 are the speakers that I am using. They play much louder compared to my Harbeth P3 ESR!! NEW! Falcon Acoustics Q7 “Complete@Home”LOUDSPEAKER SYSTEM Falcon Acoustics is pleased to announce the re-introduction of the Falcon Acoustics ... 
15 ohm speakers yea or nay?
4 and 8 ohm taps. I am using the 8 ohm taps for both speakers! Thanks for that site!  
What speakers have you mistakenly let go and then later repurchased?
Harbeth P3ESR!  
Plug Rel Subwoofer into speaker posts rather than amp?
Here ya go!   If connecting 2 RELs, connect the black wire of each REL to a negative speaker terminal of the corresponding channel; twist together the red and yellow wires of each REL separately and connect each pair to the positive speaker term... 
Need help deciding on a new amp
Check out Odyssey and Van Alstine! The Belles is class A/B! Audio by Van Alstine (avahifi.com)   https://odysseyaudio.com/    
New amp listening fatigue: Distortion or ??????
@ghdprentice Thanks much! BTW, nice dog!  
New amp listening fatigue: Distortion or ??????
@ghdprentice No fatigue. I just got the speakers and I was playing them too loud. Everything is fine now that I backed off on the volume. I am using 70 watt Quicksilver tube amps. The Falcons that I just got seem to be a lot more efficient than ... 
New amp listening fatigue: Distortion or ??????
This is a very timely thread for me but mine is a speaker change. Last week I hooked up a new pair of Falcons to replace my Harbeths. Both speakers are rated at the same sensitivity (83db). Over the years I have owned many speakers ( 30+ pairs ) ... 
Midfi Integrated amp w/ phone stage recommendation
Any Yamaha includes a phono section! https://www.crutchfield.com/S-cYICAe28RAn/shopsearch/yamaha_amplifier.html    
Moving Magnet & Moving Coil Cartridges Question...
Shure never made a MC cartridge. If you are going to use that Shure it will work with any preamp that has a MM phono section without using any step up device!  
What's up with the verification?
I get the same thing. I also get the same on Paypal!  
Spendor SP100R2 still a relevant speaker?
What do you mean by relevant? The Spendor classic 100 is still in their line up! Classic loudspeakers – Spendor (spendoraudio.com) https://www.stereophile.com/content/spendor-classic-sp100rsup2sup-loudspeaker