wspohn
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| Is Mark Levinson still considered up there with the best of the best? Levinson was a very decent musician - Jazz at Long Wharf is a good LP. | |
| Energy speakers I got into Energy way back when they were producing perhaps their landmark model, the Reference Connoisseur 22 - so good that I haven't been able to bring myself to sell them 30 years later. I haven't heard anything that sounds better from them, ... | |
| Homage to those who are pleased with your audio rig I maintain and use four systems. By a process of mixing and listening I have a main system I am very happy with and m unlikely to ever change - VPI TNT V, SME V, Koetsu Urushi, Vendetta SCP2-D, Conrad Johnson Premier 14, Conrad Johnson Premier 11... | |
| What's the heaviest speaker you've ever owned? What's the tallest? My largest stand 5' 10" and weigh 410 lbs. each. You do not want them to tip over on you! | |
| For classical music lovers best amp for large orchestral forces? A class A amp that has very good current capability and is stable into very low impedances is hard to beat (and often, to pay for). I use a pair of amps that put out 160 W into 8 ohms and 500 W into 1 ohm. | |
| How Much Do Your Subwoofer(s) Cost Relative to Speakers Speakers $60K (new - paid less that $2K) Subs - $2500 | |
| Many higher end preamps are dated and ugly, why is this? While I am not a fan of gear that looks like it was created by amateurs from articles in Popular Electronics I think that a lot of vintage gear is nice looking. Some of mine: | |
| Speaker covers Only UV-A gets through window glass and you can ilter that out using an easily applied plastic solar window film. No need to shroud the speakers. | |
| most beautiful (looking) speakers I used to have a pair of these - I rather liked the unusual looks. | |
| Every day I see another turntable recommendation... For $5K you should be able to find a very good used table and arm, and possibly cartridge. Look for something along the lines of a VPI TNT with good arm, or a Sota, for instance. | |
| Solid State Phono Stages There are quite a few very good phono stages ad there are a handful of really special ones. I have one of the first sort that uses tubes in one system (Conrad Johnson Premier 15). It is very good. I have a solid state phono stage in my other ... | |
| American Made Audio Products Have always found that buying by how things sound a more sure method than where they were made, although for awhile I had a completely Canadian system (Classe electronics and Oracle TT). | |
| Tube Amp question:TUBE replacements: explain MATCHED? @immatthewj Interesting that they do bias in banks - my CJ does each one separately but it is simple - use a plastic screwdriver to adjust each of four lights until they go on, then just until they go off again Takes a couple of minutes to do a... | |
| If money was and was not of any concern when buying speakers. My first rule is to never buy new - whether it is cars or speakers. By the time you get them home, you just lost maybe 20% and with cars, by the one year point, 30-40%. Better to buy them used because you get more for your money no matter what le... | |
| Tube Amp question:TUBE replacements: explain MATCHED? Nice that there is bias adjustment. Best case is individual bias adjustment (my CJ amp has this) which means that you don't need a set of matched tubes. |