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| Why not horns? Frogman & Tubegroover, thanks for your comments. Yes, I recall the saga of the Fourier Systems speakers quite well. In fact I auditioned the substantially redesigned second version of the Fourier I at Lyric's White Plains store in 1983, as I w... | |
| Why not horns? Slight correction to my previous post: "who's" should be "whose" :-)Regards,-- Al | |
| Why not horns? Regarding Mr. Aczel, I think it is worth noting that there were vast differences in his views following and prior to the approximately seven year lapse in publication of "The Audio Critic" that occurred between early 1981 and late 1987, while he w... | |
| Looking for advice on these speakers A slight clarification to the otherwise excellent comments Charles provided. As I read it the mention of briefly listening to 100 db average SPLs in the Darby review was not with the SV/Franks pairing, it was with a pair of 2000 wpc Spectron monob... | |
| Mini-monitors $5,000 - $10,000 Although it is somewhat larger than the models you mentioned, you may wish to consider the Daedalus Audio Pan.A search of these forums and elsewhere will reveal lots of favorable commentary about the sound quality, suitability for use with an exce... | |
| How hot are they ? For a SET or other amplifier operating in Class A the amount of heat generated will closely correspond to the AC power consumption of the amp. For example the Cary CAD 300SEI is a stereo integrated amplifier employing one 300B per channel, and a t... | |
| Looking for advice on these speakers Hi Marek,Excellent comments by the others, as might be expected, including the reference by Charles to your good taste. Those are all fine speakers. Some additional miscellaneous comments:I would rule out the Silverback Reference, as John Atkinson... | |
| Best way to wire up a sub If I understand correctly the sub provides separate left and right channel inputs on RCA connectors, as does the power amp, and you want to connect the XLR output of the preamp (for each channel) to both of those RCA inputs.Yes, you can probably d... | |
| What's wrong with my almost new speakers? I agree completely with all of those whose responses have been prompted by the uninformative nature of the original post. Nevertheless, I'll describe two possible explanations that occur to me, although neither of them stands much chance of being ... | |
| integrated no no I looked at the descriptions and specs of the two units, and I don't see any problem doing that.As always, you would want to turn the amplifier that is driving the speakers (the Luxman) on last and off first, so that it can't amplify turn-on or tu... | |
| SDS or phono stage 02-26-14: LewmSo an autoformer will not either block noise on the AC line or prevent tt motor noise from going back into the AC line. (I think this is true; perhaps Al will jump in and correct me, if I am wrong.) 02-26-14: Mcbuddah All the variacs... | |
| Frequencies addresses by power cords? Not sure how to interpret the question. Can you clarify?Regards,-- Al | |
| Daedalus Audio Vs. Kef As a Daedalus Ulysses owner, I'll third the comments by Jazdoc and Dodgealum. In particular, I can't imagine that you would be disappointed in the timbral characteristics or tonal richness of any of the Daedalus models, assuming that they are not ... | |
| Any good FM tuners around for less than $200? Hi Holly,The Art Audio Carissa Signature has a specified input impedance of 180K, so that would be a fine match with the FM-90X and nearly all other vintage tube tuners, even with the tuner output connected to both input channels (resulting in the... | |
| Any good FM tuners around for less than $200? Hi Holly,Good question, Holly. As it happens, the FM-90X has two output jacks, wired in parallel, one designated as "main" and one designated as being for a tape recorder. They are wired directly together internally, so you could connect one of th... |