What do you think of my setup?

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On 5/23/04 2:10 PM, in article BO5sc.98546$536.17915198@attbi_s03, "Alon
Wolman" <alon.wolman@verizon.net> wrote:

> What do you think of my setup?
>
> Panasonic CD player,
> Vandersteen 1C speakers,
> Audioquest type 2+ speaker wire,
> Luxman LX33 Tube Amplifier
>

Looks good to me - what do *you* think about it? Are you satisfied with the
sound?

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"Alon Wolman" <alon.wolman@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> I love it! But I'm thinking about getting a pair of Vandersteen 2C's....
> will the 30 watt/channel Luxman power them?

I'd be very leery about powering Vandersteen 2C's (any variant, 2C, Ci or
Ce) with 30 watts. I owned a pair for a number of years and having heard
them with many low powered amps, found that they really did need much more
power in order to open up. Ultimately, I lived very happily for a good
number of years with them driven by a 100wpc Music Reference RM9. I'd also
heard them sound wonderful with the solid state Dave Belles designed OCM
200, also 100 wpc.

> "Bromo" <bromo@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
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> > On 5/23/04 2:10 PM, in article BO5sc.98546$536.17915198@attbi_s03, "Alon
> > Wolman" <alon.wolman@verizon.net> wrote:
> >
> > > What do you think of my setup?
> > >
> > > Panasonic CD player,
> > > Vandersteen 1C speakers,
> > > Audioquest type 2+ speaker wire,
> > > Luxman LX33 Tube Amplifier
> > >
> >
> > Looks good to me - what do *you* think about it? Are you satisfied with
> the
> > sound?
>

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Thanks. For now I'm sticking with my 1C's.

"Bromo" <bromo@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
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> You should bring the amp in and listen to the setup at a comfortable
volume
> level and see if it sounds open or compressed. I would have my doubts - a
> 30W per channel amp really would sound best at my comfortable listening
> level (about 85dB at 2m) if powering speaker with about a 91dB sensitivity
> rating.
>
>
> On 5/23/04 8:46 PM, in article FBbsc.30036$zw.28157@attbi_s01, "Alon
Wolman"
> <alon.wolman@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> > I love it! But I'm thinking about getting a pair of Vandersteen 2C's....
> > will the 30 watt/channel Luxman power them?
> >
> > "Bromo" <bromo@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
> > news:c8r7b602i4g@news1.newsguy.com...
> >> On 5/23/04 2:10 PM, in article BO5sc.98546$536.17915198@attbi_s03,
"Alon
> >> Wolman" <alon.wolman@verizon.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>> What do you think of my setup?
> >>>
> >>> Panasonic CD player,
> >>> Vandersteen 1C speakers,
> >>> Audioquest type 2+ speaker wire,
> >>> Luxman LX33 Tube Amplifier
> >>>
> >>
> >> Looks good to me - what do *you* think about it? Are you satisfied
with
> > the
> >> sound?
> >