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| Is There A Big Difference Between Subwoofers From Different Manufacturers @mitch2 Yes… VANDERSTEEN subs are terrific with their high-end crossovers. I’m hoping to upgrade mine to their current model as my next sub at some time in the near future. There is a 2nd part to the edited review I posted before. It highlights... | |
| Is There A Big Difference Between Subwoofers From Different Manufacturers It is not just a rigid box design by itself, or throwing more money at it, or the latest app that carves out the contenders from the pretenders. There are three main challenges that we face. The link below and its condensed and edited article extr... | |
| Speaker cable recommendations for Kharma Elegance DB7-S.... Going from memory, I heard them at an audio expo …. The cables were an all-NORDOST VALHALLA loom array. | |
| Nordost cable damage - opinions? It is a flaw on one single silver coated copper ferrule this won’t affect your audio performance…. but it will give you a more difficult time to sell them, and force you to swallow a haircut on your asking price should you elect to sell them. | |
| Totem Acoustic Forest Signatures Short reply in brief: FORESTs demand a lot of “grunt” to permit them to perform at their max.that means high- current and lotsa amps delivery. WPC specs by themselves mean nothing. (1) pair them with high-current, high-end , solid-state amp only... | |
| Bose 901's in an acoustically treated room? Good luck on that one. BOSE has never lived down its reputation, and its well-travelled parody limerick: ”No highs, no lows,…it must be BOSE”. | |
| High Efficiency Options? - @ 92 db efficiency, it’s a +1 for the REFERENCE 3a MM De Capos ( the predecessor “i” or the current newer “BE” tweeter models). If it’s for a smaller room (bedroom) then it’s smaller sibling DULCETs will do nicely. - @89db efficiency in a small... | |
| Buyer Beware Yup …. The expanding cohort of bottom-feeding scum bucket scammers will continue to walk among us, and creating a collective kryptonite in our various audio forum listing bulletin boards. But there are a couple of time-honoured very simple homili... | |
| Nordost Valhalla 2 Speaker Cables Congrats on the step-up with the new cables! No surprise here for a couple of reasons: (a) You have the requisite performance and high-end resolution capabilities with a worthy high-end amp in your GRYPHON . Many cable naysayers frequently don’t... | |
| Help selecting Pioneer Elite used receiver @riley804 you betcha sir! You already nailed it ! I quoted your post to emphasize it with some more specific detail on to support that it is (I) lock to fail, (II) impossible to fix, and (iii) a poor purchase and no L-T investment. | |
| Help selecting Pioneer Elite used receiver @riley804 the thing would stop me from buying any of these is that if something was to happen to one of them, can it still be repaired as they are getting old and parts might not be available. They are impossible to repair. The pro techs won... | |
| Fraud Ads Have Been Posted Lately AGON survival credo : ” …. In God we trust …. Everyone else pays cash! ….” | |
| How accurate are cable descriptions for your system? QUESTION: To what degree can his descriptions be taken as "likely true" for any given (sufficiently resolving) system ANSWER TO HOW “LIKELY TRUE?” For all the good and valid reasons already laid out, it is a minimal to nil assurance that a blind... | |
| Question about speaker angle Different speakers = different speaker designs and components = different sonic signatures = different results = There is no silver bullet answer. There are three rules to follow. (1) Hands-on Experimentation (2) Read the speaker manual (3)... | |
| Is there a DAC ranking list? @tcotruvo “ … I’ve read several times a 2121 Audiogon thread “DAC That Punches Above Its Price Point”. …” When you get more experienced, you will recognize this metaphor in bold popping up all-too-frequently. It is lame hyperbole pushing mark... |