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| Dual duty and LOUD Coman, if you're going to Detroit the manufacturer I e-mailed you about is in Northville, roughly 30 miles away.Also if by any chance you might be up for a road trip the first weekend in May, the Great Plains Audio Fest is taking place in Tulsa, O... | |
| Sensitivity in speakers BigNerd100,I think very highly of Pi Speakers. They are excellent values and very well designed. Wayne really knows crossovers and is very free with his knowledge. I really can't think of anyone quite like him. The 7Pi cornerhorns in particular ar... | |
| Tube amp $2-3K used What speakers do you have? | |
| Sensitivity in speakers I second JohnK's suggestion to put your woodshop skills to good use. You might look at PiSpeakers.com. Go with JBL drivers and you'll have speakers that sound great at a very wide variety of listening levels, including very low levels.Electrostats... | |
| Dual duty and LOUD Coman61, I have quite a bit of experience with various planar speakers and unfortunately I don't think that's the answer for you. I think your requirements might be best served by loudspeakers that use high quality prosound drivers. One of the cha... | |
| Anyone hear Gamut S300 amplifier I heard this amplifier on pipe dreams two years running at CES, and both years went back to the room several times.I'd previously heard the pipe dreams several times and without getting into details let's just say that I never really warmed up to ... | |
| Atma-Sphere amps with Eggleston Andra II's French Fries,The Atma-Spheres and other output transformerless tube amps roughly approximate a "current source", unlike most amplifiers which approximate a "voltage source". In English, that means the Atma-Sphere amps deliver less than their rated... | |
| Speaker recommendations in the $3,500-$4,000 range Hi Clay,Thanks for your kind words and detailed response.SP Technology makes a speaker called the Timepiece that comes to mind. It combines a waveguide-loaded tweeter and a woofer that goes pretty deep and solid. The waveguide gives good radiation... | |
| best preamp ever - cost is no object The two finest with which I have much experience are the Atma-Sphere MP-1 and the CTC Blowtorch. Disclaimer - I peddle one and owned the other. With suitable system matching, they're in the same league. | |
| Accurate vs Musical The ideal would be a system that recreates, at the listener's ear, the exact waveforms of the performance that the artists originally performed or intended (specifying "intended" to take into account multitrack and synthesized recordings that neve... | |
| Speaker recommendations in the $3,500-$4,000 range Hello Clay,I would guess that the finest PMC monitor system in the US is a tough act to follow...First I'd suggest you make your speaker choice before you finalize your amplifier choice. I'd like to ask a few questions, not that you haven't though... | |
| What if you don't like them should you I've been a customer who changed his mind, and I've been a dealer whose customer changed his mind. The needs and concerns on both sides are legitimate.Under the circumstances I think what the dealer is requesting is reasonable, especially if it's ... | |
| Need help choosing spkrs I've never heard Michaela,Well my choice of wording was poor. I see opinions here as quite valuable for letting someone know what the possible contenders are. But the final decision should not rest on other people's opinions. Duke | |
| Need help choosing spkrs I've never heard If you truly know yourself when it comes to your loudspeaker likes and dislikes, and if you know enough about loudspeaker design to recognize what you're looking for when you see it, then yes there's a good chance that you could make an excellent ... | |
| Atma-Sphere amps with Eggleston Andra II's Hi Bill,You might consider e-mailing Ralph Karsten with your question and include a link to John Atkinson's measurement page from the 2002 Stereophile review of the Andra II. Ralph's a very straight shooter. Here's the link showing Atkinson's impe... |