drubin

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Bel Canto Ref 1000MK2 or Wyred SX1000MK2
I think it sounds best with hard to drive loads. With average or easily driven loads, the amps sound just average.Macdadtexas, Sanders makes both an ESL amp and the Magtech amp, which is a different design, more expensive, and built for convention... 
Worst Rock Band Ever !!!!
Yeah, Cheap Thrills is such a shitty record, what with that loser backing band. 
What do you currently own as loudspeakers?
Does Audiogon charge you to use its forums for your marketing research, Larry? Would be better to put this into a survey with Survey Monkey or something and point us to it. Just saying... 
can the VA Beethoven Baby Grands ROCK?
Can you go back for a second audition and take some of that other music with you?If you heard the Viennas at a dealer, you should know that good Vienna Acoustics dealers use a special setup procedure that generally gets great results. If you buy f... 
Problem with older REL subs & class D amps
Excellent !!! 
Problem with older REL subs & class D amps
You can see a photo of the new cable in this thread at AVS forum. The ground lead now has a male RCA connector on it, supposedly to go into an unused RCA jack, and the standard Speakon connector at the sub end is changed. WTF?There's something fis... 
Brought a new Tweak home today to try out.
I find it difficult to attribute it all to placebo when my impression of the difference is exactly what they advertise.Well, that's sort of the whole idea of the placebo effect -- it does what you expect it to do. 
Brought a new Tweak home today to try out.
How tall are the Sort Kones? 
Is it okay to talk around your speakers?
>When I had college physicsYou expect us to believe that? 
"My Dad has a system like that", she said....
Baka1969 makes a good point, Art. 
Dunlavy SCIV - What amp are you using?
I have SC-IIIA's and am running them with a current model Spectron Musician. 
Fun Little Project for improving Dynamics
It's April already? 
Who is your overall favorite guitarist?
>They were the first rock group to do long jam sessions on stageh really? Lots of revisionist history in that post. 
Wilson Audio- The rest of the story
I should have said 4-5 times markup from manufactured cost to end user. That's pretty much standard I believe. 
New Mac Mini Outputs
IME, Optical with a good cable will beat USB unless you are going into a very good USB DAC or into a very good USB-SPDIF converter. Toslink out of a Mac will do 24/96 if your DAC will, but the USB inputs on most DACs will not accommodate the hi-re...