johnnantais
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| What is the warmest receiver... I have to say, I almost never listen to receivers, but the other day speakers I was interested in were hooked up to a harmon Kardon: not only is the new line beautiful (blue back-lighting through black acrylic and big chrome knob, and big digital ... | |
| under $300 bookshelfs: does excitement exist? Dylan, Well, for Maggies you'll have to start a new thread, you're no longer in "under $300" bookshelf speaker territory. And you're in audiophile territory as well...this way neurosis lies. Nothing can touch the A-Ts for fun factor, for other stu... | |
| under $300 bookshelfs: does excitement exist? Dylan, no I'm refering to the AS-F2s, which I know are too expensive and large, but I'm extrapolating down in size, as the old Sound Dynamics were better known for their RTS3s (bookshelf) than anything else. The AS-B1s get rave reviews for the pri... | |
| What steps forward were actually steps backward? The trick to downgrading or buying "budget" equipment (due to the ridiculous prices of cables these days the concept of "budget" has become distorted in this hobby: recently two high-end dealers in this area said that people spending $1500 on a co... | |
| Do cartridges "dry" out? Elevick, the short answer to your question is yep. But there's a cheap fix, popular with reviewers in the 80s from Stereophile and The Absolute Sound. Buy some Stylast stylus protector from a high-end shop (not the Last cleaner, but the Last "Styl... | |
| under $300 bookshelfs: does excitement exist? Dylan, what a coincidence! I had bought a pair of the same series Klipsches as you are running now (I think the "2"s or "3"s) to test out this whole low-powered tube thing (didn't want to jump in and spend loads of dosh). I have to say that while ... | |
| Decca cartridge experiences Rwd, The Super Gold is a more practical cartridge due to its construction, the flat-bottomed Gold often unable to play the intro grooves because of its flat bottom. Plus, the Super Gold comes with the improved stylus. However, I can vouch for the ... | |
| under $300 bookshelfs: does excitement exist? I just have to add more for the benefit of Buscis2 (where's 1?). I did own the RTS5s, and they were so musical (the type of component which leads you to just listen to music for hours on end and damn the high end), that I bouhgt a pair of ASL Wave... | |
| under $300 bookshelfs: does excitement exist? Dylan (I'll call you Dylan if you don't mind), the greatest things are found in the unlikeliest places! If the Great Harry Pearson can get past the Best Buy thing, then so can you. While there may be speakers in this price range which better the S... | |
| under $300 bookshelfs: does excitement exist? Without subs, the Athena Technologies Audition line sounds great: open, clear, dynamic and fast, and perhaps better at timing than anything else out there. And decent bass too. These are the descendants of the Sound Dynamics RTS-3s Harry Pearson w... | |
| Thorens TD 166 MkII with SME tone arm Faradayblue, I'm not saying it's not worth upgrading, I'm saying it's not worth the expense of current SMEs. A Rega RB250 will give you a great leap in performance over the Thorens arm for a fraction of the price of those SMEs you listed, with an ... | |
| Project Phono Box vs. Creek OBH-8 Vinyl addict that I am, I own a Radio Shack special (curious George), and I can also vouch for its quality. But at $200 Antique Sound Labs sells the tubed Mini Phono, which is much better, and comes with a serious power supply. Likely the best mat... | |
| What steps forward were actually steps backward? Onhwy61, Good try, as far as it goes, at explaining why low-fi systems sound more musical than many (or even most) high-end systems. Apart from the tacit admission that low-fi systems do in fact appear to have better timing/musicality, you miss th... | |
| Newbie needs help with Amp and Pre I have a suspicion that the Dunlavys sound slow because the Klipsches are so blindingly fast, and you've grown accustomed to that. This also explains the deep-ear bruising. Give yourself time to acclimatise to the new, slow sound, or consider anot... | |
| Thorens TD 166 MkII with SME tone arm Faraday Blue, if you aren't pulling my leg, I have to tell you the bad news that the 166 is not one of Thorens' finest, and not worth a high-end tonearm, or to put it more accurately, an expensive tonearm. Thorens models which could be considered ... |