Adcom power amp, Carver preamp, oh well. Gone are the days. The power amp still lives, but the Carver preamp died a few years ago and was replaced with an inferior model I'm afraid. I guess I wish I had all the money I spent back then on systems I no longer have, so I could easily afford some of these nice things like the new Sonos gear. On the other hand, if I could have my old Carver analog, believe it or not, time delay system that is probably 25 or 30 years or maybe more now in the past, I would take it in a heartbeat.
Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 30, 2016, at 8:22 PM, Scott Granados <[email protected]> wrote: > > Adcom, wow that brings back good memories. I remember them. I was a Krell > man when I had the money and before that I was an Aregon Amplifiers guy but > Adcom was good stuff. They had the top end of the consumer audio chain > stores like Tweeter. I think they are still around, if not I know there is a > lot of their gear on Ebay. I notice a lot of the super high end guys are > gone now. Thor Audio and Enlightened Audio seem to be a thing of the past. > Thor Audio had a digital to analog convertor built out of vacuum tubes and > they would help you source a small atomic clock for your digital timing (word > clock). That was a little excessive to me, but not much.;) > >> On Nov 30, 2016, at 11:18 PM, Mary Otten <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I still have a pair of Mirage speakers that I bought more years ago and I >> care to remember. They are now downstairs, not getting used nearly enough, >> but they are still wonderful. They're also big. And when the Adcom I have a >> running them blows up, which I suppose it will eventually do, I'm not sure >> what I will do about that. >> Mary >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Nov 30, 2016, at 8:09 PM, Scott Granados <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> I had a pair of these, Martin Logans I believe. They were like tall >>> ribbons with a small base box at the bottom. They required a lot of power >>> to light up the plates in them as well. This was before I moved to >>> California. I had a Krell KSA160 amplifier and matching preamp and then >>> when I moved to surround sound I went with an Enlightened audio design >>> signature series amplifier / preamp / surround decoder and a Vidikron >>> television projector with a Stewart screen. The speakers were Mirage >>> speakers. When I moved to California and since I’ve worked with a Denon >>> AVR 5803 receiver with Klipsch Lascala’s for speakers. Since I’ve been >>> living in town houses and such though I’ve gone with much leaner hardware >>> because I’m not trying to blow my neighbors out of their homes. The Class >>> A stuff I had peeked at over 1500 watts with a much lower sustained amount >>> something in the 100 per channel range but my Denon class B cranked out 9 >>> channels of about 200 watts each, not sure what they peeked at. For a >>> receiver the Denon wasn’t bad at all I liked it because it was web >>> configurable although the remote was very inaccessible but I could use a >>> universal to replace the remote features. >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Nov 30, 2016, at 8:50 PM, Mary Otten <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> When I was in high school, I had a friend who had this humongous pair of >>>> electrostatic speakers. If you've never seen them, they're very thin, but >>>> they are big, tall and wide. They sounded amazing. But not only were they >>>> expensive, the decor of the room would be well, just the speakers. Not >>>> something the average mom is going to go for. >>>> Mary >>>> >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>>> On Nov 30, 2016, at 5:33 PM, Donna Goodin <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Lol! When my husband was in high school, he built four speakers with a >>>>> friend of his. The speakers are ginormous. They horrify my mother, who >>>>> cares a lot about what things look like. They stand about five feet >>>>> tall--my husband was and is into horns. They pretty much dominate the >>>>> room, but I've never heard a better set of speakers. >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> Donna >>>>>> On Nov 30, 2016, at 7:20 PM, Mary Otten <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Oh for those days. Up until fairly recently, we had a store like that in >>>>>> town. I went down there and was then sorry I did, because I so wanted >>>>>> the magna planers. But there was no way they would fit in anybody's >>>>>> house that cares about what things look like. I don't of course, but >>>>>> others do. If you're lucky, and your Best Buy has one of those high and >>>>>> Magnolia rooms or whatever they call it, you might find the Sonos in >>>>>> there, and that should be a better listening experience than simply >>>>>> going to the home theater section in your regular Best Buy store. Good >>>>>> luck with that. >>>>>> >>>>>> Mary >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Nov 30, 2016, at 5:15 PM, Scott Granados <[email protected]> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Ah very good I will do that. Nice to know you can try them out. I >>>>>>> miss the old days of small boutique audio stores where you could make >>>>>>> an appointment and try out the gear with out having to try to hear it >>>>>>> over the car stereo section or the piles of televisions and cooking >>>>>>> demonstrations etc.:). Thanks for the pointer >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Nov 30, 2016, at 8:06 PM, Donna Goodin <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hey Scott, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I don't have the play five, so can't answer many of your questions. >>>>>>>> But yes, you can try them out at Best Buy. And I will tell you that >>>>>>>> when I tried them out at Best Buy, I like the sound of the play one >>>>>>>> the best. My recommendation would be that before you purchase anything >>>>>>>> you go to Best Buy and listen to the different options. >>>>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>>>> Donna >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Nov 30, 2016, at 6:59 PM, Scott Granados >>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hi, so I’m looking for the Christmas gift for my Uncle who has >>>>>>>>> everything. I happen to know he doesn’t have a good home theater >>>>>>>>> though and he likes his music and TV. I was looking at the Sonos >>>>>>>>> system and I’m a little unsure how this works. I was looking at the >>>>>>>>> play 5. Do you need two of these for stereo or do you get stereo >>>>>>>>> sound from 1? Also, to do 5.1 am I reading on their site correctly >>>>>>>>> that I’d put a play bar under the TV, run an optical line to that and >>>>>>>>> then put to play 5 speakers in the back of the room? Can I pair more >>>>>>>>> than 2 say 4 if I want to simulate 7.1 or is 5.1 the limit? I know >>>>>>>>> the app is accessibility from the list here but how is it for sited >>>>>>>>> users, very simple? Anything else I should get with these like >>>>>>>>> speaker stands or how do they mount, do you need special brackets? >>>>>>>>> Any pointers would be most appreciated. This looks really cool >>>>>>>>> actually I might have to get one and have another accidentally fall >>>>>>>>> in to the cart. Can you try these out at Best Buy or other stores or >>>>>>>>> they only available online? 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