arh
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| What is the best loudspeaker for a small room? I have Maggie 3.6's in a 15x12 room and they sound great. You're room is not smallAlan | |
| Best speaker for under 2gs Maggie 1.7'sAlan | |
| What speaker cables to buy for my Krell s300i amp? Try Tellurium Q Blue. Entry level for about $120. Am using them with my Maggie 3.6's and replaced $400 MIT and $1000 Goetz Alpha Core. These cables are very transparent with tons of resolution. Also great micro and macro dynamicsAlan | |
| Need at least 900wpc in 4ohm Doing some welding? | |
| The Best Compliment You've Gotten On Your Rig? Had a guy over recently. His comment afterthe first song we played was "Holy shit"really coolAlan | |
| Downgrading By downgrading do you mean a cheaper system? At one time I had a system whose retail worth was $100,000. My current system is $18,000. The current system sounds much better in every way. So i have downgraded the cost but upgraded the performance.Alan | |
| What to upgrade first Get a pair of Maggie 1.7'sThey will make the biggest improvement in soundAlan | |
| EL34 tube monoblocks that doubles power at 4 ohms Tube amps with output transformers have taps for correct connection to your speaker each tap will put out the same power. Good tube amps have large and stiff power supplies so the doubling is not really necessary.Alan | |
| Speaker cable suggestion for Pass Labs XA30.5 The Tellurium Q blue or black cables are my favorites. Beautiful resolution and great dynamics. They do everything very wellAlan | |
| Amplifier's Amps? Those ratings refer to short term peak amps. Not continuous amps. It could mean the 100 amp has a bigger power supply and will have a little more head room.. I do not feel that these peak current ratings really means to much. Depends how they are ... | |
| Vote for best speaker value under 5K$ Elizabeth is right. If you can get 3.7's at your price they are great speakersAlan | |
| pre amp advice Shindo AurigesAlan | |
| Vote for best speaker value under 5K$ Maggie 1.7's | |
| Magneplanar 3.7 - recommended preamp and amp I highly recommend the Gilmore Audio Raptor 500d monoblocks for your Maggies. They now are selling for $2500 the pair. I use them on my 3.6's and they are great with the Maggies. I have never used a ss preamp so I can't recommend oneAlan | |
| Laying it on the line "Most of what I read here is IMO a waste of time" Including your post IMO. I have put together many systems for myself and friends. Early on I started from the source and worked my way to the speakers. Then I decided to start with the speakers and... |