wrm57
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| Tube Monoblocks in the 5-7K Range I have my eye on the Carver's, too. Never heard (or the Rogue) 'em but I'm tempted nonetheless. The smaller, stereo amp--Black Beauty 20, I think--is supposed to be astonishing at its price and remarkably powerful for its rating. The Cherry 180s s... | |
| Monitors that play huge Extravaganza, I think it's a customized Morel. The bigger VSM uses the Esotar, if I'm not mistaken.Kzhtoo, congrats on your purchase! | |
| Monitors that play huge Mcpherson, that was me with the sidelong Merlins. With tweeters inward, they're virtually indistinguishable from upright, at least in far-field listening like I do. I was apprehensive about it and said so to Bobby P. at Merlin before I ordered the... | |
| Monitors that play huge In a second system, I have Merlin TSM-Mmi in a living room the size of yours, placed on their sides at ear-level in a huge, open-sided and open-backed, solid birch wall-unit, which is on a short wall. The room is untreated with lots of hard surfac... | |
| upscale audio is this legal? I've bought dozens of tubes from Upscale over the years, some very expensive, and every transaction has been excellent. I trust this dealer. I don't trust many. | |
| Review of Tekton Pendragon-Se Loudspeaker Interesting. Thanks. | |
| Review of Tekton Pendragon-Se Loudspeaker Any idea how the Pendragons would fare with a 3.5 watts? I've been intrigued by them for a while but I was thinking of using a 2A3 amp. Nominally, their 98 db efficiency should work. But they might present a "hard" 98 db, with wide impedance swing... | |
| Graham Phantom or Morch DP6 ? Roscoeiii, here are a few observations in my system. I find the Tri-planar to throw a larger, bolder presentation with excellent transparency, immediacy, and flow. It seems fuller on the bottom and mids, perhaps not quite as extended or refined on... | |
| Graham Phantom or Morch DP6 ? Hi Salectric,I just want to address your point #2. I've used Graham arms for five years and they've held up perfectly. After three years, my 2.2 looked and functioned like the day I bought it. Ditto on my Phantom II after two years--and I listen t... | |
| Graham Phantom or Morch DP6 ? I don't think of the Phantom as a pure unipivot either because it is stabilized with the Magneglide system. FWIW, I have a Phantom II and don't find it lacking in bass. I did think the 2.2, which is a pure unipivot, had bass issues. Its bass alw... | |
| Screw-down reflex clamps vs. record weights The Michell Orbe, which comes with a threaded spindle and a screw-down clamp, has a slightly-raised disc at the spindle for just the kind of leverage Dover is talking about.FWIW, after listening through the weekend, I'm sticking with the Orsonic c... | |
| Screw-down reflex clamps vs. record weights Redglobe--I know what you mean and it's possible that the openness I'm hearing is illusory. I'll have to listen further. My rebuilt Lenco has a metcrylate mat bonded to the platter, reducing resonance. But that doesn't mean it's been eliminated. O... | |
| Screw-down reflex clamps vs. record weights Hmm. After posting the above, I decided to take a dose of my own empirical medicine and do another sound-check of my weights and clamps. I hadn't compared them since I added a Minus-K under my rebuilt Lenco, so the landscape might have change, I t... | |
| Screw-down reflex clamps vs. record weights I have two clamps: a Clearaudio Twister and an Orsonic DS-200G. I also have two weights: a Clearaudio Statement and an Oyaide STB-MS. On both of my turntables the weights sound obviously better. The clamps create a "gleam" accentuating the upper m... | |
| Next Phonostage Whart, I hope you're doing well and the region recovers soon. I moved from near you (NJ on the NY border) to the SF Bay Area 30 years ago, never imagining that a move to CA would avoid a natural disaster. Of course, I did have the pleasure of the ... |