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What speakers do you have other than the Quads that I've
heard you
speak
so highly of?

Infinity Primus 150: out of production.
Linn Kabers: not recommended due to age, scarcity, etc.

Thanks. ?I thought that you had some Spendors or something?

The vinylanachronist enjoys Spendors and Harbeths IIRC

I do, but few are available at $1200 (especially Harbeth). You can
find a pair of Spendor BC-1s in excellent condition for just a few
hundred dollars. The midrange will astonish but the frequency
extremes
might seem a little too rounded. It's a decidedly old-fashioned
BBC
sound but I love it.

I just saw a pair of used ProAc Response 2s for around a grand. I
thought about buying them but the cabinets were a little too beat
up.
For $1200 you might find a pair in better condition.

I really enjoyed the Sonics Argenta. They're about $1600 a pair.
They're rather ordinary-looking two-way monitors but they go down
to
about 38 Hz and sound really wonderful for the money.

I don't think I'd buy a pair of Quad ESLs for $1200...chances are
they
have problems for that kind of money. Buying Quads is like buying
a
used car...the previous owner needs to have taken very good care
of
them for the deal to be worth it. And every time you ship them,
you
take a big risk in damaging them.

Thanks. I understand about the Quads. That's why picking them up
and
avoiding shipping, plus knowing the seller (Gene Rubin Audio, a long
standing, long term dealer, from whom I bought my TT) was a real
plus.
THey were a trade-in from someone who upgraded to the newer larger
Quads.

All of this set me upon a critical listening session with my
Vandersteens tonight. Tough to beat!

Thanks for the tips!

Gene's a good friend. He'll steer you right every time.

Yep. Plays fiddle too.-

His son is a bit of a prodigy on mandolin as well.

A few months ago, I was hanging around Gryphon Strings in Palo Alto (I
was also there today), and there was a young man just TEARING IT UP on
mando. A moment later, I was surprised to see Gene, totally out of our
usual context. The young man was, of course, his son.

When i lived in LA,
I kept trying to see Gene and his son play in their bluegrass
ensemble. They used to play at a club in Ventura once a month

They still do.

, but my
schedule at the time always prevented me from going.

I haven't made it down there yet either. Perhaps this summer.
Bluegrass isn't my favorite music, but it's fairly closely related to
one side of my musical life.