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| Speakers similar to Avantgarde horn The Avantgarde Solos are the newest horns. Perhaps not quite as good as the bigger horns, but smaller, more wife friendly, and cheaper with built in power amps. have listen. You won't be disappointed | |
| Top phono cartrige to match jfrech's system ... Try the Allaerts - MC1B GBP 1300 to the Formula 2 about GBP3000. I have a MC1B on a Platine Verdier and Schoreder Model 2. | |
| Well Tempered or Teres ..... If you need an arm, get a Schroeder - you might wait six months, but it will be worth it. I have Schroeder Model 2 on my Platine Verdier with an Allaerts MC1B (also have a Hadcock GH228 - very underrated arm- and Decca London Gold).The Schroeder a... | |
| Will Quad 989s work well in my active room? Why don't you just ask for a home demo ? Any good dealer (in the UK at least) would give you a home demo if you're comtemplating spending 3500-4000 GBP (600-7000 USD) on a pair of speakers.You room shouldn't be a real problem. But you ought to hea... | |
| Nottingham Interspace TT/Arm vs Used Linn Lp12 Like Soliver, I have both a Hadcock (original GH228 Export circa 1980) and a Schroeder Model 2 on my Platine Verdier. Sure the Schroeder is better, but it sure costs a damn site more (1000 GBP or 1750 USD) versus my Hadcock (circa 1980 60GBP or 10... | |
| Good Phono Pre-Amps...$500 to $1500 How about a trichord Dino with special PSU. Designed by John Michell and updated since. Great phono stage with both MCs and MMs. | |
| I need audition advice How about a Decca London. Be brave - get a a good one, say a new Super Gold and you might ne in heaven | |
| Kharma, Wilson Sophia, JM Labs I'm confussed???? The AG horns come with subwoofers (must get the newer CTRL 225 subs) with controls for bass volume and roll off frequency. In your room, the Unos would be great (do not be tempted to go for the bigger horns [Duos or Trios] in your room - it's too ... | |
| Sell or keep my Turntable Don't sell. You'll get very little for your P3 and RB300 - certainly not enough to make a purposeful upgrade. Buying 150 new CDs will cost you more than you'll get from your P3 and 150 LPs. Buy a new cartridge, say a DV10X-5 and play your music ag... | |
| Custom Made Dust Covers? In the UK, a company called clearcover (Clearcover.co.uk) makes dustcovers for all sorts of TTs including off the shelf and customs for high end TTs | |
| Decca cartridge experiences Johnnantaisget your Decca rebuilt by Garrot Brothers. I have an original Garrott Bros Decca and it is much better tha the standard. Following the Brothers' tragic death in the 80s, the tooling was retained and is now used by their surviving partne... | |
| avantgarde loudspeakers I have the current Duos, driven by by my rebuilt Quad IIs, Verdier Control B tube preamp and fronted by a Platine Verdier, Schroeder Model 2 and Allaerts MC1B. You need to set the AG horns up properly - toe in to focus in front of your listening s... | |
| Speakers for under $10k used? Get a pair of used Unos or Duos. Must have current CTRL 225 subs. You won't need Krells to run them. 5 watts of tube power will make your house and your neighbours' rock. They go really loud (102 db/Watt) are virtually indestructible and sound fan... | |
| New vs Used when buying please share thoughts Used is fine except for cartridges. Had lots of used speakers, CD players, TTs,arms (check bearings), tuners (tube leak troughline) and tube amps (be prepared for service or new tubes). Just make sure you can hear it first or get a MBG from seller | |
| Noise from tweeter Could be mains noise. I get this on my Avantgarde Duo horns drivern by Quad IIs. Late at night is much better as I don't pick up mains noise from either electrical appliances in my home or even from other houses up my street. |