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I´ve had these Speakers since 1990 when I bought them at my local audio shop here in Namsos Norway, Øyvind Johansen A/S. Then there were at least three audio shops in this small town, with this shop as the one with best selection of gear. From the usual all included audio racks, to more Hi-Fi equipment, at least at the time. I also bought some om Sonys ES seriers gear there, which I fondly remember. One day they had these speakers in the shop, co...
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I have had many nice pairs of speakers, the best of Infinity, JBL, Avid, and Martin Logan.
There are of course many different designs and intended implications with all those different speakers, but I always respect things that are memorable even more. Phase Research Phase R and RTs are exactly that. In my opinion, in their class, there were no better sounding speakers during their very short existence. I remember reading in the audio press b...
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I have had 613's for going on thirty years. They continue to perform as new. Nuanced listening is best with the dust covers off. If you use a solid state amp it should be one designed for low impedance loads (I use an Acurus A 250 and it works well. These are probably best with a tube amp. Your home theatre receiver power supply will not do justice. Proper room placement means everything with 613's and you will be rewarded with good sound stage a...
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Well, I got a pair of these from an old audiophile person. Paid $160 for them. Came in the box (original) everything looked good except the dustcovers were gone on the woofers. They had water stains too. Cleaned them up and hooked them up to try them out. Left the covers on so no dust could get in that woofer. Placed them about 10' apart on some stands I had,(ear level). Put on MOFI cd of Miles Davis,(kind of blue). Sounded really good. ...
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I have added a Tannoy Subwoofer to the MA9s Wow what a difference..still the wonderful clarity and instrument separation but now with real bass extension..adding the subwoofer has really allowed the MA9s to breath properly and they certainly still retain the clarity and detail even when pushed..highly recommended if you can find a pair
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Bought mine used a few years ago for $50. No issues. Sounds great with my Pioneer SX receiver. This is a very natural sounding unit with great detail. I have two or CD Players that are Sony's. Nothing offensive with those but the Marantz does sound warmer and more detailed.
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BOUGHT IT NEW AND IT GETS ALOT OF MUSIC BEING PLAID VERY LOUD. I AM RUNNING PIONEER SPEAKERS WITH 15 INCH WOOFERS AND HAVE TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO BLOWING THEM UP. IT PRODUCES 120 WATTS PER CHANNEL. IT ALSO HAS A SWITCH IN THE BACK TO CHANGE FROM 8 OHMS TO 4 OHMS AND CHANGES OUTPUT TO 145 WATTS PER CHANNEL. WHEN RUNNING YOU RECIEVER HARD ALOT I WOULD RECOMMEND RUNNING A COMPUTER COOLING FAN ON TOP OF RECIEVER TO KEEP IT COOL. YOUR RECIEVER WILL LAST...
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Got these in 1981 for my 21st birthday! Used them until I bought an expensive Technics stack system. Recently got them out of the garage where they had been 'neglected' for 20 years. One still works and sounds great. The bass speaker of the other has failed, possibly due to age or because I used to play a synthesiser through it!
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This is a great speaker for the price - £499 reduced to £299 when I bought mine in the late 90s. A professional review of around that time rated them as "good", just below the top rating of "best buy" - this was at £499.
I bought them to provide tv sound, and for background sound in my sitting/dining room, together with items discarded from my "real hifi", and they have performed very well - always showing the benefit of upgrading and the qu...
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Picked this up on ebay for £350 in mint condition with original packaging. The amp is bright as you would expect but not brash and running through Monitor Audio Bronze speakers has plenty enough bass for most types of music, the 2 channel system also being used for watching films. Looks great with the floating chassis design and very well built with a sleek high end appearance. Remote is perfectly usable and the amp makes an audible click when ch...
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