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| BEST SPEAKERS AT A REASONABLE PRICE There are many issues to consider. - What kind of music do you listen to?- How loud do you want to listen?- How big is your room?- WAFOne of my all-time favorite systems belongs to a buddy who runs a pair of late 70's vintage KEF Calinda loudspe... | |
| Types of speakers to create nightclub style sound? Night club systems are PA systems, not audiophile systems. That being said, the most musical sounding PA gear I've ever heard come from Bag End. Buy their stuff. Will easily fit your budget. | |
| Yesteryears' expensive speakers compared to modern moderately expensive speakers This deal at $11,500 is a great example of a terrific loudspeaker, at the vintage you speak of, that is a killer deal compared to anything new at that price point.https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649506284-avalon-eidolon-speakers-msrp-21500/ | |
| Best speakers for max. $3000? @cd318 The Linkwitz LX521 is showing up on the used market now that it's been around for a while, as are his earlier Orion design. The problem for most of those is shipping.The hardest part of building any loudspeaker is making it look good. Th... | |
| How much discount typically for a new MC275 to expect from a dealer? If you're worried about price, why don't you just buy a Bob Latino M125 monoblock (120 watts each) pair for more than $1500 less than it would cost you for the Mac? And you can save another $700 or so if you buy it in kit form and build it yours... | |
| Best speakers for max. $3000? Your best value will always be a good DIY design. It's not even close. No commercial loudspeaker can ever come close to what you can build yourself. There are any number of truly excellent designs out there. And if you don't have the ability ... | |
| Recommendations for Vintage Speakers A buddy of mine runs a pair of late 70's KEF Calinda loudspeakers being driven by a Marantz 8B power amp. This is absolutely magical. More than any other loudspeaker I've heard. the Calinda is very revealing of the sonic character of your amp. ... | |
| Anyone else attend the California Audio Show in Oakland? I also liked the Sound Kaos system. I thought the loudspeaker design was interesting in that the crossover points were at 200 hz and 10,000 hz. This solves a LOT of problems.What's also interesting in this $6700 loudspeaker pair is that this ma... | |
| Best budget preamp for my entry level system? This is easy. One of your very best values in budget gear are the Hafler line. For a preamp, look for a DH110. In fact, there's a Hafler DH110 on EBay right now for $169. Snap it up.https://www.ebay.com/itm/113833599853 | |
| Why No McIntosh Recommendations? I'm partial to the older Mac tube gear. A properly serviced C22 preamp is one of the best preamps money can buy. They also hold their value and even appreciate in value over time.A buddy of mine used to be the Mac repair tech at San Francisco'... | |
| How far have ss amps really come in the last twenty years? P.T. Barnum was right... | |
| Tube Amps Watts vs SS amp This is what you want. Monobloc pair at $125 watts each.http://www.tubes4hifi.com/bob.htm#M125You can buy it as a kit and build yourself, saving a fair amount, or buy it fully assembled and tested.kit - no tubes: $1778kit - with tubes: $2213Wir... | |
| Affordable alternativ to the PS Audio DirectStream DAC A few months ago a friend brought over his PS Audio DirectStream DAC and a Schitt Yggdrasil. I run an old Peachtree DAC-iT, which I paid $500 for some years ago. The follow-on model is now available from Peachtree for $250. You can find my uni... | |
| Vintage Speaker Choice For that money, look for a pair of the late 70’s KEF Calinda or Cantata loudspeakers. As we used to say about the Large Advent, they have that "hole-in-the-middle". It wasn’t a great speaker when it was new and certainly hasn’t gotten better over ... | |
| Supratek or Don Sachs - which way to go? If you carefully read the pages on the Don Sachs website, his custom phono preamp, line stage preamp and 60 wpc power amp are all based on the circuit boards he gets from VTA - http://tubes4hifi.com/You can buy all of these things as kits from V... |