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| Warm Sounding Speakers The Krell Resolution II is a really great sounding speaker voiced on the "warm" side and would mate well with your Krell integrated. I traded my pair in to Audio Video Logic - where I believe they are still available for sale. I took very good car... | |
| Which monitor speaker to choose?? I would be remissed if I didn't chime in here and suggest that you audition the Pioneer S-2EX (basically a TAD speaker with the Pioneer label). Audio Video Logic still has a few pairs left. Check out this review from Neil Gader: hereI was skeptica... | |
| PS Audio PerfectWave DAC Upgrade MrTennis:Based on what I have read of your posts/threads, I truly believe that you would be thrilled with the improvement the MKII upgrade provides compared to the MKI version. Bass control may indeed be improved - as suggested by Mcondon, but wha... | |
| Pioneer S-1EX Loudspeaker Zeal:The S-2EX's use a different concentric driver array than the 3's. In there case, both John and I agreed that the beryllium-driver based concentric driver combo sounded the sweetest just above axis. We therefore positioned them raked slightly ... | |
| Pioneer S-1EX Loudspeaker Zeal:Four feet from the side walls, 20" to the back of the speaker from the front wall, raked slightly forward (about 1/8 of a bubble on the level). My room is 16' x 20' with 8' ceilings.I'm using a combination of absorption and diffusion panels o... | |
| Pioneer S-1EX Loudspeaker Saeyedoc:I can personally vouch for AudioVideoLogic. Of course, you don't have a clue to my credentials. If you would like, you can send me a private message.Anyway, I have know John Weirs - the owner of AVLogic - for fifteen years now and he has ... | |
| Pioneer S-1EX Loudspeaker John from Audio Video Logic came over to my house and set the speakers up properly. He was there for more than two hours and was extremely thorough. We tried a variety of positions and came up with a very effective solution. The positioning alone ... | |
| Pioneer S-1EX Loudspeaker Thanks Emailists.I have read about Andrew Jones' recommendations to cross the axis in front of the listening position. I haven't gotten around to trying this yet, but I plan to. I really like having the image come from behind the speakers since th... | |
| ARC preamp line up VinylbFor example, the ARC SP17 has a line stage input impedance of 60K, which would not be a great match with your solid state amp with an input impedance of only 47K. Krell, for example, builds many of their amps with tubed pre-amps in mind - su... | |
| ARC preamp line up Important Note:If you plan to pair a tube preamp with a solid state amp, make sure the amp is designed to be paired with tubed gear. Youll do this by checking the input impedance specs of the amp. If your solid state amp has a low input impedan... | |
| Pioneer S-1EX Loudspeaker Zeal:Have you tried experimenting with the amount of toe-in (both away from and toward the listening position) as well as the amount of rake (the way the speaker leans forward or backward - which affects the direction the tweeter fires; either dir... | |
| Pioneer S-1EX Loudspeaker I went ahead and bought the S-2EX, which are exceptionally well-built speakers. I am not currently satisfied with their sound though and I fear it is the beryllium dome tweeter that is the culprit. I have about 75-hours on them and I sure hope tha... | |
| Focus on 24/192 Misguided?..... Some DACs however will sound a lot better due to the digital filtering automatically being pushed out beyond audibility with 192. I manually control this on my DAC, so I can do it even with 44.1, and I do. Sounds a lot better than a brick-wall fil... | |
| Dielectrics and such...?? Thanks Al.How then would you suggest I utilize my Kimber wire. I have plenty of it to work with. The 4tc does not provide a lot of copper (gauge). I want to increase the amount of copper (gauge) and thus my desire to use four sets per speaker.Woul... | |
| Dielectrics and such...?? Jbuenech - that's good input and certainly makes me rethink my original strategy.Al and Kijanki - You guys are both so knowledgeable and I always look forward to your intelligent responses. The Kimber 4tc, as you likely know, is comprised of multi... |