arcticdeth
Responses from arcticdeth
| Low power amps and speaker damage? A usual rule is 12:00 High. Should be your max, “should” Every amp is different with gain and so on.most of my amps, preamps, speakers I’ve owned, usually the 12:00 o’clock high is my max, unless I hit early distortion, and quickly lower the volum... | |
| Speaker repair...is it easy? Remove the driver, and TAKE YOUR TIME REPAIRING THE SURROUND!LET DRY AND PUT SPEAKER BACK IN. Take your time! | |
| Carver, THE standard of excellence IMO Yup, he is a stand up gentleman! When I purchased my Sunfire sig 600 quite a many years ago, the amp is a b-stock unit, and sold as used. Shipped to Flannerys shop (very nice man to speak with, explained to me in terms easily understood.)he... | |
| Calling for recommendations: Speakers for a very lively room Live room...? No horns! Soft dome tweeter, or the folded tweeter. Martin Logan 40’s or 60’s..... | |
| Please rec tilted in-ceiling speakers with backs for atmos that will match Infinities? Check out BIC America in wall speakers! Inexpensive, great sound!will sound amazing!Vifa tweeters....smooth, accurate!woofers good also!give a listen, you will love them. | |
| Technics moving all turntable production to Malaysia All mine were made in Japan! | |
| new preamp 23K. I would look at the McCormack VRE-1c preamp. One of the best components one can buy. Or save some cash and get the Sanders Sound “the preamp”check them out.both amazing the McCormack is in its own league by a country mile! | |
| Heavy Metal Anyone? What was great, Gar Samuelson and Chris Poland, when joined Megadeth, they were jazz musicians, play, drums, guitar, were different from many bands, Gar’s drums were an opposite to metal, give a listen, it’s amazing, yet the Killing is my busines... | |
| Technics moving all turntable production to Malaysia @inna Never own a Rolex again! Omega is the king of wrist watches! Always has been! Along with some Belair, and Pulsar (not cheap, well made )!! | |
| Clear vinyl vs. regular black vinyl Have a few clear albums for collecting! I usually buy the black as well,to listen to and record to cd! I’ve found the colored records, and pic discs sound horrible, and are meant for collecting, not “listening” to | |
| Why do people say low power amps should be good for bookshelf speakers? Even bookshelf speakers need power. Run a old BIC d62 pair with a yammy receiver w a tiny 80 W RMS. RAN THEM WITH MY SUNFIRE SIG 600, No I didn’t kill them, I played them with their power as specs, sounded great, Know the limit of th... | |
| What’s the relationship between gain (dB) and power (watts)? My Sanders sound pre has a gain setting I think of 8DB, or close. I set it at 3 DB, for a bit of boost, but the McCormack amp does the rest | |
| phase linear 500 watt per chanell amp Owned a couple TFM amps back when..... good stuff, powered speakers w authority!! No complaints! Sunfire 300 on loan for several,weeks, for a broke down Rotel rib-1090. Loved the carver Sunfire 300! Found a b-stock signature 600. One of the best a... | |
| Modwright LS100 vs The followings The Modwright gear is and has always been TOTL, amps, Pres’ and so on.wouldn’t think anyone would part with the gear! Good stuff! | |
| Odyssey Khartago ES or PS Audio Stellar S300? So.......what have you gone with? The Odysseys are great. We bought a 15 year old stratos pair probably 4-5 years ago (in early 2010’s) red board, small black caps, didn’t keep up w my modded cerwin Vega D-9 pair. They beat up crown, QSC, and o... |