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| The Show vs. C.E.S. vs Home Entertainment CES and THE are much bigger than any of the HE's so far. CES's Alexis Park (skip the convention center) and THE's St. Tropez are where you will find the good stuff. THE Show usually has the more exotic 2ch gear, and a free barbeque lunch on all of... | |
| Anyone heard of Alon Adriana monitors Soulja, I owned a pair for about two months. I subsequently traded them in towards a pair of the Alon Circe, which were in a similar price range but were a floor standing speaker. The Circe's filled my large room more effectively than the Adrianna... | |
| Anyone heard of Alon Adriana monitors I came to know the Adriannas reasonably well over several weeks. They are certainly one of the world's best monitors. Their sound was to my ears EXTREMELY clean, but not edgy or sharp. They did not add warmth or lushness to the sound, but were abl... | |
| Review : PS Audio HCA 2 amplifier I for one am glad to see a "thorough" evaluation of this amp. Clearly, this amp did not fit Kchahoc's system and/or tastes. But the information he provided is very useful to me, and I hope Fiddler will post his own review of the amp on his ribbons... | |
| Review: Martin Logan CLS IIZ Speaker Dannylw, your note about subs is exactly my opinion as well. I found it virtually impossible to mate a sub. They all sounded hopelessly slow, like they shouldn't even be in the same race compared to the CLS's. Never heard the Audiopro sub matched ... | |
| Review: Martin Logan CLS IIZ Speaker I like the original CLS's the best. They had the most magic IMHO, but they were also not as capable as the later versions. By "capable" I mean the later versions extended further in frequency response on both ends, were less picky about amplifiers... | |
| My highest praise - for Audiogon Excellent post Jawiseman! Well thought out and a balanced approach in the analysis. I agree with all of your comments 100%. | |
| No interest in battery powered components? Excellent post Twl. It sure would be nice if more manufacturers made it easy to substitue batteries for AC. Almost everything except for some turntable motors rely on DC anyway, so it makes a heck of a lot of sense to skip the AC->DC step, whic... | |
| Air Tight ATM-2 Owners - Help with Bias setting Not sure about the exact procedure, but two things I might mention:There are a lot of "poor" quality KT-88's out there, some were especially prone to jostling such as during shipping. The Balance is probably meant to adjust for differences between... | |
| pure class A? Unsound, right on! Sean, thanks for the clarification. If you would be so generous, perhaps you could explain the difference between "Single Ended" and "Class A" (and how "push pull" relates)? I've always been fuzzy about the differences there. Pe... | |
| pure class A? Nice analogy Sean. But is Class B exactly as you describe? I was under the impression that the "drive" is switching over to a second set of transistors or tubes, during the "second" half (or negative swing) of the signal. Or are you not equating t... | |
| What is vibration isolation for? Pbb, your discussion in this thread can be summarized as follows:"Tweaks can not possibly make a difference".- well, yes, they can, and here's the physics."That's just techno-babble"- no, it's pretty solid physics, with no contrary theories."OK, T... | |
| help with a sometimes boomy sounding room.. The room is indeed rather small, but there are some tricks that can help. Firstly, acoustic treatments will probably not help the bass, unless they are very large "bass traps". What will help, as Tacs has suggested, is speaker placement and listen... | |
| What is vibration isolation for? Pbb, I hope your hearing ability is not as bad as your reading ability. EVERY assertion you have made in this thread has been addressed and proven to be either factually false, or logically corrupt. Yet, you say "Nothing that I wrote previously in... | |
| What is vibration isolation for? Albert, indeed we must have been posting simultaneously. Interestingly, our thoughts were as harmonious as our timing :) |