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Are future improvements in Amp/PreAmps slowing to a crawl?
Shadorneyepand that stuff they call music alsohave you heard that Benchmark amp ? 
Digital Music sounds too bright?
My guru says Quark entanglement is better...since the blanket is nearly free, why not give it a whirlgetting those speakers out from the wall might do wonders for depth of image...and for that science kills the guruunless you bought the steep cros... 
Are future improvements in Amp/PreAmps slowing to a crawl?
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Are future improvements in Amp/PreAmps slowing to a crawl?
" I have seen the future, I can't afford it"not reallyi suspect Ralph is right There are plenty of frontiers to be pushed backi do have much much respect for Nelson and he is a deep thinker and a doer - you don't always see those together.. my fir... 
Vandersteen
Had 3a sig for about a decadei am fairly familiar with the latest 2CE sig 2 as well as 2 CEi would ask what music ?what room ?ability to get both off the back wall ?and I believe very important what amp ?the 3 a soundanchors are monsters and work ... 
Subwoofer advice please
VandersteenĀ gets you the high passandandand 
Are the folks at Vandersteen ok?
teo_audioi am out in the Seattle rain waiting for a pair of his monoblocks... !!!!and they will be monstrous!!!!! 
Are the folks at Vandersteen ok?
Rubenthear hear :-)as a long time sig 3a owner ( now 7)you will benefit greatly with the purchase of a pair of sound anchor stands and a serious setting up per the manualcongrats on a very fine and musical speaker !!!!!!jim 
Why are tweeters so high off of the ground in many tower speakers...
Oh finally somebody using math to setup a roomnext run your curves....easy to doVandertones and an SPL meterknowing the truth enables the cat to make progress vs chase tail 
Are the folks at Vandersteen ok?
Another thought...he places avemphasis on real knowledge vs. musingsto withe was aware of the discussion about aerodynamic approach to driver design that was referenced in the $60 k speaker thread....his comment to mei invented and patented that y... 
Are the folks at Vandersteen ok?
Beyond OKrichard and I talk about every other weekdoes he have strong opinions - yesis he direct but blunt - sure - think of it as verbal and emotional efficiency - he has dealers to apply sugar - not that his product needs it IMOdo we always agre... 
Why are tweeters so high off of the ground in many tower speakers...
random tail chasing, marketing and a lack of real engineering skill combined with a lack of enduring principles ?i always get a crackup out of an 8' tall Diana Krall singing a stinging Case of You like she is standing on 6 cases of vino....i will ... 
What did Shahinian Obelisks cost in the late 1980s
we sold them ( Audio Connection -Ohio)we had Audionics amp that was not the best match but they were capable of what I would call big soundfield magic as others have noted. We also had Thiel....most customers went that way...but I at the time foun... 
Why is good, deep bass so difficult? - Myths and their Busters
so...anybody actually run the curves for your listening position ?easy to dobut harder than typing this..... 
Anyone Had Extended Listening Experience With MBL?
about 8 hours with a Wadia deck, CJ top line pre GAT something, and the big class A Musical Fidelity amp...a beastcables a mix of Elrod for power and Kubala for signalthe scale was impressive, overall fantastic but as with most omnis the image out...