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| 1K used monitor with wide/uniform dispersion ablang--by all means audition the kefs--your opinion is ultimately the one that matters. it does seem like kef has lost some brand cachet in recent years--you rarely see their stuff touted with the same enthusiasm as the quad, harbeth, proac and o... | |
| 1K used monitor with wide/uniform dispersion i actually just auditioned the kefs along with some psb synchcrony and imagine monitors. the kefs look good and have a nice, liquid midrange but a slightly tinny treble, not much bottom end and a quite narrow soundstage--compared to the psbs they ... | |
| Double Albums/CDs, curse or blessing? truth be told, most good double lps would be great edited down to a single. my short list of genuinely great double lps would include (in no particular order):exile on main st.blonde on blondelaylawhite albumbitches brewwarehouse songs and stories... | |
| 1K used monitor with wide/uniform dispersion you might find paradigm signature s1 or psb synchrony b used within your budget; both are great (and canadian) and meet your critieria. the psb imagine are almost as good. i'd also second the vs vr-1s. | |
| Bob Dylan as much as i love dylan, i'm forced to admit that essentially all his great work was pre-1976 (circa blood on the tracks). he regained some artistic momentum with time out of mind in the late 90s, and his recent records are well produced, very few... | |
| Cheap receiver + amp vs Expensive receiver obviously, your question is not suceptible to pithy absolutes and its answer is dependent on the details. a top flight avr like b&k or sunfire will undoubtedly sound better than a garden variety mass-market avr augmented with a garden variety ... | |
| AV123 X-Static enough has been credibly written about the business practices of this company that i choose not to patronize them. it may very well be that their chinese workers have come up with a $500 speaker that sounds like a $900 speaker, but life's too short. | |
| Good Monitors for no more than 150? second the phase tech--look for the pc series. also look at mordaunt short avant--nice stuff | |
| Magnepan 20.1 - Any Chicago Owners? audio consultants on randolph had the 20.1 as of a month or so ago | |
| Remote Volume Control Issue with Arcam A75 Integ i assume the manual volume control works fine--query whether the volume knob won't respond to any remote command or just when it's at a low setting. before you hassle with repairing the amp, get a cheap universal remote (e.g. one-for-all or philip... | |
| amateur needs amp advice for a 2.0 setup - please based on the foregoing, which suggests your speakers are best served with more power, you might consider a hybrid amp like the vincent, which will give you the qualities of a tube preamp and the added oomph of an ss power amp in one box. i've audi... | |
| Dream speakers and amp for an 11x14 room? i agree that an overly large, dynamic floorstander might not work in your room, but it doesn't necessarily follow that you're best served by monitors/sub, as opposed to a smaller floorstander. since you're optimally going to want to use stands wit... | |
| NHT Classic 12 vs. PSB Subsonic 6i second the hsu, which is great value. i also really like definitive supercube for ht. | |
| Dream speakers and amp for an 11x14 room? coverto--check out something of a dark horse--rega rs. they're small florstanders which are unusually suceptible to near-wall placement and quite inexpensive. because they looked lightweight and fairly generic, i was prepared to discount 'em, but ... | |
| Bookshelf Speaker question since i started down this path (and haven't quite finished my coffee), i'll weigh in once more, then shut up. to my ears, the energy will be more neutral, natural presentation, while the klipsch will have more dynamic slam and in-your-face quality... |