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| Andy Kim - Needle Clinic I just had my Rega Ania stylus/cantilever repaired by Andy Kim - http://www.phonocartridgeretipping.com/ - and it sounds like a different cartridge in all the right ways. I opted for his microridge stylus and sapphire/boron cantilever upgrade, and... | |
| I wanna rock -- with monitors on stands I heard a pair of Usher 718 monitors about 4-5 years ago and still remember them for filling up a huge room with great high/mids and surprising bass. Get a used pair and save yourself some money:http://app.audiogon.com/listings/monitors-usher-718-... | |
| Dali MKII 800: what amp / cables should I use? Getting late into the mix, but it never hurts to add 2 cents for later readers.I own a pair of the Dali 800s, and to be honest I listened to it a few years ago with a Macintosh tube amp, and it simply didn't have the stones to bring out the firm m... | |
| Dali Helicon 800 Mk2 are stunning ? I picked up a pair of used rosenut 800s MK I in December after first demoing the 400s. Liked the 400s but found the bass and mid on the 800s to be much deeper and rounded out, so it's wasn't really a hard decision. Mike60, I'll send you a pic when... | |
| Dali Helicon 800. What components match with it? I'm looking at picking up locally a used pair of the 800s, and it will be the first component in my system. I heard the 400s recently paired with a Mcintosh MA6900 integrated, and I was impressed with the setup (surprising lows, warm mid, not too ... | |
| New or used??? Thanks Bongofury, T_bone, Phaelon and Goatwuss. A friend of mine who has more experience "shopping" for high-end has actually been showing me the ropes, so your advice has already been well-heeded, Phaelon (but great advice, nonetheless). As for l... | |
| New or used??? I apologize for seeming to mislead everyone. My budget for a system is around $10K, and the Bose definitely won't be a part of the system. I was thinking either separate amp and preamp or going with an integrated (I've heard both the Macintosh MA6... | |
| New or used??? Wow ... I didn't expect my question to cast us into a moral quandary. However, all this mention of surreptitious slithering and other sibilant descriptors does get me really interested in delving into the dark side of audiophilia :)On a more serio... |