laurenc319

Hi, AR 2a speakers 200.00, rebuilt Scott 299c 350.00, Insignia cd/dvd Player 29.00 ( yes 29.00 ) for the price it's hard to believe. http://www.starryforged.com/scott-insignia best Larry Citro

hi, Yes those look like what I listened to. Larry

hi, On jazz and female vocals if you closed your eyes you would think your in a club listening live ,,,, I've been to many jazz clubs in Philadelphia, NYC and in Washington DC and it was like being there again. As for rock .... most of it today is amplified and played through a large array of speakers so what you hear is not like the presentation of sound in a small club. I didn't hear any classical on the system but my guess is it would have been fabulous. Larry

hi, The store I went to also does a lot of home theater business, I guess that's where he makes most of his money, but thankfully the owner is still interested in keeping his high end audio business going. He sells only Macintosh electronics and a larger array of speakers. A fun place to stop into occasionally. Larry

Hi all, Yesterday I stopped in my local audio dealers store to pick up some 14 gauge speaker wire. He had on hooked up and on display Macintosh's reference system. I have never seen or heard anything like it. The retail price is $200,000 !!! The speakers are over 6 feet tall and have 6 12" woofers and vertical arrays of 36 and 24 ( I think, there were a lot of them ) 1" dome and 2 " cone tweeters and mid range speakers. They weigh hundreds of pounds each. The enclosures were made of some high tech plastic or polymer and I could hardly feel any cabinet vibration at SPLs of 85 to 90 db. The power amps produced 2000 watts and were hooked up to a to individual power supplies a preamp and another module which I don't know the function of. The amp system took up a 6 to 7 foot wall. I don't know what cd player he used a source. The amps were cranking out about 30 to 40 watts a channel with transient peaks of 200 to 300 watts a channel at the SPL described above. Imagine having 1800 watts in reserve at this loudness. The sound was glorious ... rich, full detailed and life like. Gut impacting bass which did not mask the mids or highs. Imaging was very precise and there was great width and depth to the sound stage. It's really hard to describe the experience .. but it was one which I'll remember for a long time. Too bad I don't have 200 grand under my bed. good listening Larry

hi, Oh yes, with my Cornwalls a great sounding system. They are keepers for sure Larry

Hi , I''m selling my pair of Forte Is and asking 300.00. I'm the second owner and bought them about 3 years ago.They are in fair to good cosmetic condition (thanks to ups) and sound great. They are located near the Reading PA and are pick up only. If interested you can email me at laurenc319@aol.com pictures are here www.starryforge.com/speakers Thanks Larry

Hi , I''m selling my pair of Forte Is and asking 350.00. They are in very good cosmetic condition and sound great. They are located near the Reading PA area. If interested you can email me at laurenc319@aol.com Thanks Larry

i have three three stereo rigs But I'll comment on two of them. Sytem 1 Thiel 2.3 spealers, Cary SLI signature amp and an Apollo cd player. System 2 a Scott 299c rebuilt by Craig as NOS Valves, Klipsch Fortes I's and a 25 year old Kyocera cd player. I played a variety of music, but the real test was the 4th movement of Shochocvich's 5' symphonay with wild dynamics and lower and highs at the limits of ordinary hearing. The 9000.00 system is upstairs and the vintage 900.00 system is downstairs. My wife and I and a number of friends listened to both systems playing the same Cd's. After an hour they said lets stay downstairs. I agree it sounded better, more musical and life like. I have to admit system I had more bite and attack in the highs, but there was no comparison in the Dynamics. Mid range equal in both. Bass better and chest pounding in system II. Vintage systems have a lot of clout and really give the best bang for the buck. Just my two cents worth Larry

hi, Which one of these rigs had the best "aim" ? Larry

I can't tell what kind they are as all the lettering is worn off. I have an amp thar uses 6992 and I thought they were expensicve as nos but wow 12xa7's are in another realm. I was thinking pf these as nos http://www.tubedepot.com/nos-12ax7wa-jansyl.html or some of the tong sols http://www.tubedepot.com/ts-12ax7g.html.. I need 4 of them so the price can get up there. THANKS Larry

Well first of all it's heavier then I expected. The gold face plate is stunning. I'm using it with my Forte Is and during some preliminary listening it sounds great. A lush rich midrange and precise treble. The bass is controlled and not flabby. Next few days I'll be listening to some of my reference cd's to put it through it's paces. The 12ax7's need replacement as all the other tubes are new. Any recommendations for current production 12x7s, Thanks Larry

Ebay ...... apply the breaks before you click !!!

hi, http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?ampstube&1179919443 I'll bet the buyers are forming in a long line. [] Larry

hi, in addition to the lower noise floor, that your mind is free of all the daytime "clutter" may be another reason. Psychoacoustics and neurochemistry may play a role. In the brain the dopamine and serotonin and melatonin levels change at night. Here's one link of many about this http://www.jneurosci.org/cgi/content/full/19/18/8071. Anyone willing to do a 1 or 2 month google search about this. Larry