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| Speaker suggestions - Pass XA30.5 $3500 Pass Labs tests their amps using Tannoy speakers, specifically Tannoy HPDs, 15Â with 2Â coax tweet, Imperial cabinets turned upside down. I just visited and heard an impressive demo at the home of one of the owners who said each one of their tes... | |
| Best of luck to Brian Kyle of Xtreme Cables Aloha Brian,I'm sending you wishes on a healing wind from my house to yours, my friend. Malama pono,Garrett | |
| Hi. I need help to choose preamp for my system. It would be helpful to know your budget, but a great preamp for the money is the Parasound Halo JC-2. It works especially well with solid-state amps. For a tube linestage, I highly recommend the EAR 868--drive, body, liquidity, suppleness, and sou... | |
| Phono preamp advice EAR 834P. | |
| Your First Concert was..... In a club, Herbie Mann, The Lighthouse, Hermosa Beach, 1968. In an arena, the Grassroots, believe it or not, and Credence Clearwater Revival, Long Beach Civic Auditorium, 1969. Then Jethro Tull or Fleetwood Mac, Pasadena Ice House, 1969. | |
| Speakers for a 12 x 13 room I currently use a transmission-line speaker--the Von Schweikert VR5-HSE--in a 12 x 15 room. No issues. But I like Duke's recommendation quite a lot. Wish I had the leisure/option to try it. I heard his new speakers at RMAF a while ago, the one wit... | |
| Speakers for a 12 x 13 room What Duke says makes a lot of sense. And his own speakers are great! | |
| KT 88s - Gold Lion re-issue vs others I have them both and have tried a few others as well. I like the Gold Lion reissues for robustness and warmth, relatively speaking. I like the SED KT88s for extension, treble clarity, and reliability. I used the Gold Lions in a pair of deHavilland... | |
| SACD...around $3500? I disagree w/ Mrthunder and like the Marantz S11 S2 and S11 S1 quite a bit. Smooth, resolving enough, and completely musical. Great warranty. | |
| Speakers for a 12 x 13 room Alon ISonus Faber Grand Piano Home (one pair for sale now)Jaton Real A&V-803 Von Schweikert Audio UniField 3Two old, two new/current production. Prices correspond. I've tried each in my 12 x 14 room to great results.You'll need some absorption... | |
| Fed Ex Ground Shipping Woes I've had two shipments damaged by FED-X Ground--one a pair of speakers and the other an amp. Both were initially denied. In the case of the speakers, the outer boxes were damaged, punctured, and there was a verbal admission from the driver that th... | |
| Audience Telfon Auricaps I've Audience Auri-T caps in a deHavilland Mercury 3 preamp I like quite a lot. The effect is transparency with finesse, some say clarity. I haven't heard Blackgates, though their reputation is formidable. Finally, paper-and-oil caps can impart a ... | |
| Mastersound Amps. Anything similar you'd recommend Krauti--A question. What is it you don't prefer about the Electrocompaniet AW220 amps? Or, putting it another way--I thought that Electrocompaniet had a reputation of being fairly "soft" and somewhat dark and "tubelike" as far as SS amps were conc... | |
| Mastersound Amps. Anything similar you'd recommend The Due Venti is a very nice amp too! I was looking for one when Gjrad turned me on to the VAIC 300BSE. The Due Venti is 20W/channel. Here's a review:http://6moons.com/audioreviews/mastersound2/duo.htmlThe issue with SET amps and conventional spea... | |
| Mastersound Amps. Anything similar you'd recommend David12 is right about Viva amps--I agree, anyway. Excellent and also made in Vicenza, like Mastersound. If power is an issue, I also recommend the Mastersound Compact 845--about 25W-30W. |