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| Atma-Sphere MP1 Preamp MK.II vs BAT VK 51SE I haven't heard the BAT so can't make an experienced comparison, but can tell you that the MP-1 is a genuinely world-class preamp and that in my expereince there is a wonderful synergy between Atma-Sphere amps & preamps. Every time I've tried ... | |
| Efficency- Low vs. Hi? Your low efficiency speakers will play deeper in the bass region than a high efficiency speaker with the same box size. There's a tradeoff between bass extension, high efficiency, and small box size. You can have any two of the three, but not all ... | |
| Sweet not so sweet If you can live with a physically wider speaker than the Eros, there are several Sound Lab models that will give you a very wide sweet spot along with all the things a good electrostat does well. Yup, I peddle 'em. Several of my customers are form... | |
| Speakers for low power amps? The sensitivity of appropriate speakers depends in part on how powerful your chosen SET amplifier is and how loud you like it. I'd say ballpark guidelines would be 93+ dB speakers for 10 watt SET's; 96+ dB speakers for 5 watt SET's; and 99+ dB spe... | |
| 16 ohm speakers: Pros & cons Hi Edlartford,I don't have any dual voice coil drivers on hand. But you are right, that would probably remove all significant variables from the comparison between 4, 8, and 16 ohm formats. Unfortunately, I'm not nearly curious enough to buy a dua... | |
| 16 ohm speakers: Pros & cons Hi Eldartford,You're right that I made a lot of changes in that system as described, but I didn't give all the details of what I did. I used a Nakamichi active crossover in comparing the 4 ohm and 16 ohm configurations, which took the passive cros... | |
| 16 ohm speakers: Pros & cons Even with solid state amps that put out more power into lower impedance loads, sometimes you get better sound driving a higher impedance load. I remember years ago building a homebrew that had two woofers, which of course I wired in parallel. Just... | |
| Has anyone heard Pi speakers? Hi Neal,I think you probably read my rather positive comments posted elsewhere on the 7Pi's. I didn't really spend time in the sweet spot so can't comment on their imaging. I would speculate that left-to-right imaging is very good, but that sounds... | |
| Soundlab speakers: Castors or Tiptoes? I agree with Brian - go with the tip-toes (or just about anything else) over the casters. Black Diamond Racing Cones might be an alternative to aluminum tip-toes if you're looking for something more floor-friendly and/or easier to scoot. I think T... | |
| Thoughts on Quad 989 amp selection? Hello Sea2,I've owned several Quads (though not the 989's) and both own and sell Sound Lab full-range electrostats. In amplifiers, I sort of specialize in models that do a good job on electrostats, and have several Quad owner among my customers. I... | |
| Horn speakers with Imaging? Some do but I think most don't. I find the Edgarhorns to image quite well within a fairly narrow sweet spot. The SP Tech speakers also image well over a wider area. I'm afraid that I can hear the loudspeaker as the sound source with most other hor... | |
| Omnidirectional speakers. The future? Hi Billhound,In general, a large room is desirable because it introduces a greater time delay between the first-arrival sound and the onset of significant reverberant energy. This is probably more true for directional speakers than for omnidirecti... | |
| Omnidirectional speakers. The future? If anyone is interested in seeing two industry professionals comment on in-room reflections, yesterday a couple of very interesting posts were made over at audioroundtable.com (I just stumbled across them). Follow this link to a post by Wayne Parh... | |
| Omnidirectional speakers. The future? Hi Summitav a.k.a. John Casler,Thanks for taking the time to reply. I'm not going to try to rebut your individual points, as I think we've both put sufficient effort into stating our positions. However, since you dispute the quote I included, just... | |
| Omnidirectional speakers. The future? Summitav, you make a very strong and I must say hard-to-dispute statement:"First and foremost, "ANY" sonic artifact created "after" the recording process, in the reproduction space, cannot be reality, and can do nothing but degrade the original."T... |