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| Most forgiving speakers? Often a speaker that is especially "forgiving" has a somewhat recessed upper midrange/lower treble region. This is the region where the ear is most sensitive (as indicated by the Fletcher-Munsen curve), so any coloration in this region is especial... | |
| Anything Like a Joule Electra? Welcome to the wonderful, seductive world of OTL's! I'm a dealer for a different brand of OTL amp, but have a lot of respect for the Joules.On paper at least, the Atma-Sphere OTL amps I sell appear to be a better match for your 4-ohm Dynaudios. Th... | |
| $4000 to spend on a SS power amp - help me choose Given your requirement for tube-like warmth, I'd say the Rowland is probably the front-runner from your list. Timo's characterization of the JC-1 fits my experience as a dealer for that amp, so much as I like it, I don't think it would best meet y... | |
| Wilson WP 7 and ATC SCM150ASL Well first off, the disclaimer: I peddle ATC. The larger ATC speakers, such as the 50, 100, and 150, are genuine competition for the best of the well-known high-end lines. Their 3" midrange driver is among the finest midrange drivers ever made, an... | |
| Best tube preamp w/ HT bypass under 8K. I think you can use a regular pre-amp without a pass-through if you set the volume control for exactly unity gain. If you order the unit new, the factory can probably put a little tick-mark next to the volume control knob to indicate where unity g... | |
| $1130 system for a musician, please : Hello radrum,I'm going to suggest two somewhat unorthodox systems, one planar and one high efficiency, and you can decide if one of these makes sense for you.Planar system speakers - Maggie MMG's, $550 factory-direct or $400 ballpark used. Very na... | |
| 2 - 16 ohms Bookshelf speakers? I'm afraid I don't understand your question.If you were asking for an amplifier that's able to drive speakers rated at 2 ohms and/or 16 ohms impedance, I'd understand.Or if you were asking for bookshelf speakers that had an impedance of 2 ohms, or... | |
| Speakers able to go down to 0.5 ohms? Sound Lab A-1's go down to around or slightly below 2 ohms in the very high treble, to the best of my knowlege. I used to use Strathearn ribbon drivers in homebrew speakers, and they were a .55 ohm load.Amplifiers that can drive such a load includ... | |
| Speakers similar to Avantgarde horn You might want to consider the Classic Audio Reproductions T-5. Extremely lively, uses superb drivers, and not too big. http://www.classicaudiorepro.com | |
| Does 1/2" make a difference at 375 Hz ? In my opinion (as a long-time amateur builder of mediocre speakers), that 5 degree phase shift you calculated is audibly inconsequential. And chances are by moving the voice coil of the woofer forward that 1/2", you just might make your speakers i... | |
| Low watt system for rock,electronica? Ray,Any of the Klipsch Heritage series, Lowther-based speakers, Cain & Cain, Omega, Avantgardes, larger Coincidents... (disclaimer: I sell one of these lines)Plenty of contenders. In fact, the Ron Welborne has put together a page of speakers t... | |
| Best SET amp with Coincident Total Victory? DeHavilland makes some superb high-power SET's. Nope, I don't sell 'em. Suggest you contact Brian Rovinsky of St. Cecilia Sound, http://www.scsoundgallery.com/, phone number 727-726-7575 . Brian is a truly GREAT guy, and lo and behold just so happ... | |
| Buy new amp or new speakers for more power Hi Andy2,Your speakers are rated at 89 dB efficiency and your amp at 125 watts per channel. Okay, let's play with the numbers a bit...Your two speakers would put out 95 dB at one meter with 1 watt per channel, or 115 dB with 100 watts (easier to d... | |
| Time Phase/Coherence-Vandy 5A vs. SL M-1 Typo - should have been "Fmg4275". Sorry. | |
| Time Phase/Coherence-Vandy 5A vs. SL M-1 Disclaimer - I peddle Sound Labs.Okay I'm wading into deep waters here, not being an engineer. But maybe that's okay - I'm a dealer after all, fin on my back, perpetual toothy grin, hmmmm... maybe these deep waters will provide an opportunity or t... |