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| What vintage speaker might you use today I bought AR9s & Quad ESL63s new in the eighties, and KEF R107/2s a decade later. All three are still competitive with all but the finest (read most expensive) speakers I've heard to date, and I'm still using all three. Interestingly enough, th... | |
| Vandersteen 2WQ I used a pair with Quad ESL63s. It was the most successful sub with them I ever tried. I'd still be using them, but a change of room, and careful room treatment made them unnecessary. For whatever reason, I didn't have as much luck with them on Ma... | |
| What are the best small not bookshelf speakers? Maybe go the other way, and look at speakers that ARE furniture. Klipschorns? | |
| what is the best amp you've ever heard Spectral DMA50 | |
| alternative to maggies? Have you considered replacing the grill cloths with metal grill? Try McMaster Carr, you should be able to find a relatively transparent sounding screen material that you could attach to the maggies. | |
| Vintage speakers from the 70's and 80's There are several great speakers from those two decades, but I'd go for something iconic.If you want an "ultimate '70s system" AR3s, or AR1Ws with Janzen tweeters... maybe just a pair of Janzen two ways. Allison 1,2,or3s, or Dahlquist DQ10s,or 20s... | |
| Mission 753 Floorstanders? A buddy of mine tried to sell me his 767s several years back, I've never quite shaken the thought that I should have taken him up on them. They were VERY nice speakers ...arguably one of the best I've heard in a home environment. I've never listen... | |
| Quad 2805s paired with a Audio Research VSi60? I tried a VS60 power amp with a SP-9II preamp on my ESL63s just "on a lark", and I thought it worked very well. The combo had me seriously considering a change from the Spectral DMC6/DMA50 that I've been using for years! Much to my dealer's chagri... | |
| On a mission for more BASS I'm not a big Wilson Audio guy, but I was under the impression that their dealers were particularly well trained for installation. Did your dealer help with set up? If not, perhaps you could talk to them about improvements.Also, though I realize t... | |
| Transmission Line Bass Brad, I would still tend to disagree with your assertion that TL speakers shouldn't be compared to ported. Since small and large speakers, with deep, and not so deep base, have been offered in both designs... as well as sealed & infinite baffl... | |
| Which active speaker for under $650. I've never seen the advantage in powered speakers over passive. I DO understand the advantages of an active speaker... one with amplifiers tailored to each driver, and incorporating an active crossover. I do have a pair of Revox Agora Bs which us... | |
| Transmission Line Bass My DCM TF700s go much lower than DQ10s ever could, and with a much smaller foot print. They are about the same size as DQ20s, but have better low end than those as well. I'm not sure I'd be so quick to dismiss TL speakers as overly big for their b... | |
| Transmission Line Bass I've had a few TL speakers (dcm,Freid & TDL),and the main draw with all of them was base performance. For me, TL systems seem to just sound "right". I'm not sure if they are really better, but they sure seemed to go lower than their little woo... | |
| Speaker spikes-worse sound-what gives? It may sound a bit extreme, but if you have the ability to place supports under the floor (like steel jack posts directly under the joists), you may hear significant improvements. I've done this in a couple of installations, and the improvement wa... | |
| B&W 804 Nautilus vs 804s vs Vandersteen 2C II I think the going price for 804 Nautilus seems to be around $1500-2000... not much less than new 2CEs! I haven't listened to 804s (any variant) enough to pass judgment. I have however, always had a fondness for the 802s over the 801s because of t... |