jasonbourne52
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| Excellent Speakers for Classical Music - $2,000 USD Budget Let us not forget the venerable Quad 57 - Walker's Wonder! What's better than one pair? Two pairs! The 57 remains a true legendary design! I have two pairs, bought over the past five years. I originally had a pair in daily use from 1981 to 2000 wh... | |
| Excellent Speakers for Classical Music - $2,000 USD Budget A used pair of Rogers/KEF/Goodmans LS3/5A's plus 28" stands will sound better than 99% of the above speakers for listening to classical music! I have the Rogers - bought on eBay from a seller in Lithuania (!!!!) for $960! The LS3/5A is now back in... | |
| Need some advise please on a 30 year old system +1 fiesta75! Using a variac to power up vintage gear from storage is very good advice! That way the power supply caps can reform slowly - and may prove perfectly usable! | |
| Hum in Unico SE Hum from the speakers is usually failing power supply caps. | |
| Excellent Speakers for Classical Music - $2,000 USD Budget +1 mapman & mlsstl! Ohm Walsh speakers are excellent! I have a pair! 3-D room-filling sound from any spot! | |
| Sell Me Your Women, Your Children, Your Vintage Turntable... I bought an older Linn Sondek with a Grace 707 arm + cartridge for less than $1K from an eBay seller in England! I call that a bargain! | |
| Old Amps that can still Kick Butt Bedini amps! I have a 25/25 and a 150/150! Plus a Bedini preamp! | |
| Old Amps that can still Kick Butt @coffee-jerk: I have the first production BEL 1001. Serial number 0001. Bought from the original owner who got it directly from Richard Brown. | |
| Old Amps that can still Kick Butt The James Bongiorno-designed Sumo Andromeda (200 wpc) is another great amp from the past! | |
| Old Amps that can still Kick Butt For difficult speaker loads I have a Perreaux 2150B. 340/680/920 wpc @8/4/2 ohms! This amp is sonically competitive with any of today's four and five figure amps! Typically can be found for $900! | |
| Old Amps that can still Kick Butt I have a Robertson 4010 in my collection. I will have to get it out and hook it up in place of the Sumo Andromeda powering the DCM Time Windows (a formidable combination!). | |
| Old digital that still kicks butt My Marantz CD67 from '97 is still working and sounding excellent! | |
| Second hand components that can still kick butt today I have a Robertson 4010 in my collection. I will have to get it out and hook it up in place of the Sumo Andromeda powering the DCM Time Windows (a formidable combination!). | |
| Tone Winner AD-1PA Class A Stereo Amplifier Thank you nypr2003 for your review! | |
| How to fix my preamp dilemma A used Adcom preamp would be a good choice but they usually cost more than $200. Contact Parasound and try to get a price for the repair. |