atmasphere
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| Subwoofers down-firing or side-firing? Why? I favor a pair of front firing subs located adjacent to the main l/r to create and preserve stereo imaging.If the subs don't go above 80Hz they won't affect imaging at all. The harmonics of the bass instruments do the imaging, and they will be in ... | |
| Why I enjoy my Luminous Audio passive unit, vs an additional gain stage ( preamp ) The Benchmark is an excellent amp.The thing driving the interconnect cable is where the difficulty lies in supporting the standard. Its pretty easy to do in an amplifier- you can do it with a differential input, which can be done with an opamp eas... | |
| BEL 1001 MK5 driving Joseph Audio Pulsars But if you listen to music which doesn’t require that ability as much as do some other musics, you won’t miss it in a speaker which doesn’t provide it.I really don't know what music that would be! The human voice tends to show up in every genre ... | |
| Your most indispensable "tweak"? What did it for me more than anything else was a proper equipment stand (Sound Anchors) custom built to accommodate my anti-vibration platforms with my preamp on top of one, and the turntable on top of the other. The stand is in turn seated on a s... | |
| BEL 1001 MK5 driving Joseph Audio Pulsars i stand by my postsome speakers are definitely better suited to some genres (and usual implied volume levels) than others... in my experience knowing what music you mostly listen to helps tremendously in picking the right speakersThe volume lev... | |
| SOTA preamps: Tortuga LDR3000T, microZOTL MZ3, or Kinki EX-P7? Our MP-3 ticks all the boxes too and is fully balanced. Usually I try to avoid mentioning our stuff, but in your case you need to drive 8K and there simply aren't that many preamps that can do that. But ours can on account of a direct-coupled low ... | |
| Why I enjoy my Luminous Audio passive unit, vs an additional gain stage ( preamp ) As far as cables are concerned, and I am speaking of balanced cables as well, they all have different SQ characteristics, from each other, and from the various levels within the same brand.One of the reasons for balanced line is that it is a tec... | |
| Why I enjoy my Luminous Audio passive unit, vs an additional gain stage ( preamp ) I hear no difference between my dac feeding the amp directly, vs the Luminous in the system ( although, I do hear the additional 1/2 meter Audio Research Litz interconnect, needed, with the passive ). Yes, this cable has a sound ( all cables, ... | |
| Total bass suck out at 40hz who would have thought that it would be so absolutely awesome. I don't know why it works but it dang sure does.Actually the explanation for why is posted above. And also explains why the 4th will help too- but beyond that is a vastly diminishing r... | |
| Potential Sound Quality From 1950’s Microgroove The Triplanar is one of the easiest tonearms to mount and runs circles around the SME IMO. Not cheap though, but its so easy on the vinyl! I paid way more for my records.... | |
| A question of bias for new tube set You *always* set the bias to the manufacturer's recommended setting. If you run increased bias, this could put the power transformer in the amp at risk. Hopefully not of course, but its not worth the risk! | |
| Second hand vinyl surface damage. If you see the scratch through the lead-in grooves between cuts that means you're going to hear it. If it disappears between cuts its probably inaudible. | |
| Help me understand "the swarm" in the broader audiophile world It’s no wonder that two main speakers and four subs are not of interest except for the dedicated few. ;^)I just bought an M&K sub for my bedroom system. I found it on craigslist for $150.00 which seemed fine to me and it works well. But its n... | |
| Need Help Locating Schematics for Bedini 100/100 That should be easy to find- that's the 2.5" diameter; try looking for one that is rated 75Volts, you might have an easier time. | |
| BEL 1001 MK5 driving Joseph Audio Pulsars The genre of music makes no difference. If anyone could find a way to make a speaker or electronics favor a certain kind of music they would be a millionaire overnight :) |