mattman

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good jazz piano
Bill Evan Trio-At the Village Vanguard ----also a classic 
monitor w/ bass?
thanks for all your responses and info--------matt 
monitor w/ bass?
No I'm not going to put them on a bookshelf. I was using the term bookshelf as a general discription of the kind of speaker I'm looking for. I have Lovan speaker stands. Next time I'll say stand mounted instead of bookshelf. 
monitor w/ bass?
I'd like to keep the price under $1500 new or used. 
Is there such a thing?
Orion Audio Blue Book has all the info. They can be pretty pricy though. You might check ebay for one that is a couple years old. I keep a couple around they are a great resouce. 
New category for trades?
I like it... 
best 6SN7 6SL7 ?
I've used TungSol and Brimars in my amp with much sucess. Both were much better than the stock Russian tubes. The Brimar 6sn7gty/cv1988 was especially good. Ive heard that the RCA red base 5692 is also excellent but they are getting expensive. Goo... 
I bought a used Golden Tube SE-300B II
there is a Golden Tube discussion group. Go to [email protected]. There may be someone there that can help you. 
Tool - Lateralus
Check out their first EP Opiate. Not recorded as well as last two and the music is not as refined. But it's very aggressive. I think the song Opiate is one of their best. If you ever get a chance to see them live do it. I've seen them twice and th... 
PARADIGM REFERENCE SPEAKERS
I had pair of 60's for a couple of years. I had better luck with good, fairly powerful solid state. I ended up with a small tube amp and it didn't work to well the the Paradigms. 
really small speakers less than 500
Awesome value for the money. They sound much better than the Paradigms I had. 
Speaker Fetish
It's not normal you're sick...I do the same thing with amps. 
Monitoring a tube amp Jolida or ASL
There will be a rca input and output on the back of the amp. You will be able to "loop" a tapedeck through so you can make recordings. The Jolida dealer I spoke to said it was a $90 upgrade to add this feature. This was a couple of years ago so th... 
Monitoring a tube amp Jolida or ASL
I think you can order a tape loop as an upgrade on the Jolidas. Not sure about ASL. 
Triangle Titus
I've owned a pair for about two months. For the money they are great. They get along with my tube amp better than the Paradigms I had did. They seem to be pretty detailed and the imaging is good. The low end is about what you would expect for a sp...