daveyf
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| Wilsons new flagship I was at the THE show in LA yesterday ( which BTW was a BIG let down). Anyhow, i had a very interesting conversation that relates to this thread with a knowledgable and nice manufacturer there. Essentially, he was telling me that pricing high end ... | |
| Visited a Store and was shunned There are always stories of folk who have been insulted and treated in a rude manner by sales people in all kinds of retail stores. The treatment of future customers, or current customers, is something that many(most) sales people don’t seem to be... | |
| Visited a Store and was shunned All the talk about consumers wasting the time of the B&M retailer is valid, yet one question that does arise is this: If one is a B&M retailer and is not suppling a higher level of service or perhaps product exposure, then why is the consu... | |
| Visited a Store and was shunned Reminds me of a story I heard years ago about a local music store. One day a man walks in and asks to demo one of their expensive Gibson guitars. The sales guy hands the customer the guitar and asks if the customer is there to buy this particular ... | |
| Back to Hales (Transcendence 5) Years back I owned a very nice pair of System two Signatures. They were easily some of the best speakers available at the time. Heavy and requiring a fairly large space, I still remember them fondly. Paul Hales was a talented designer, it is a sha... | |
| New speakers or new car? These days, it is almost better to ask…new speakers, or a new house? Depending on what part of the country you live in, there are new speakers from the usual suspects that are priced at or above a house!! : | |
| Linn Klimax Radikal for LP12 @newton_john A new tonearm! I have been asking for this for years! Now my request is seen by many as blasphemy…after all, they see absolutely nothing wrong with the old war horse Ekos-SE! Problem is, given the current pricing strategy at Linn, a... | |
| Linn Klimax Radikal for LP12 I heard recently a friends system using the Urika 2, we then compared it to my phono stage in my CAT preamp ( which includes a number of NOS tubes); frankly the Urika 2 was outclassed. Easy to hear the difference. I am contemplating upgrading my R... | |
| Impex Records I own a number of Impex recordings. Always very happy with them. I recently acquired the 1-step Getz/Gilberto, it is a reference vinyl release. Very impressive on all counts from the beautiful packaging to the superb sounding LP. I thought my MoFi... | |
| Tube Preamp with Full Featured Phono (both MM and LOMC with loading options). Look for a used CAT SL1. The newer the better, but will be limited by availability and of course, budget. | |
| Replacing drivers in Sonus Faber speakers..anyone? Well good news and bad news. The good news is that the woofers are still available, the bad news is that the tweeters are not, plus the cost of the woofers is a jaw dropper! | |
| Replacing drivers in Sonus Faber speakers..anyone? @mhodel Thank you. I will be contacting Fine Sounds to determine the availability and pricing of new drivers. | |
| Replacing drivers in Sonus Faber speakers..anyone? @incorrigable You make a very good point. Luckily, the drivers appear to be very sturdily mounted in the cabinets. So, if and when i replace the drivers, the issue should not be a problem. Brings up another question, is there anyone on this for... | |
| Replacing drivers in Sonus Faber speakers..anyone? @phusis it makes some sense to treat the rubber surrounds with a silicone oil, which is why I used to do it with my old Hales speakers that utilized Dynaudio mid drivers. I then did the same thing with a pair of Kef’s that I owned briefly, and th... | |
| Replacing drivers in Sonus Faber speakers..anyone? @dinov Sonus drivers do have a long life, but like anything, that is limited. I am contemplating whether it would be worth it to buy a spare set for when the rubber surrounds fail, but the question remains as to whether a set is available. |