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| Amp/pre for Soundlab M1s Advice: Digital or no? Hello Brian,Thanks for the kind words!In my experience, amps with digital-switching power supplies haven't worked real well with Sound Labs. There seems to be some dynamic compression that amps with good, old-fashioned beefy power supplies don't h... | |
| What do you think about this ? Consider the possibility that your replies haven't gotten through to him for some reason. I've had e-mail problems at times, and fortunately the other parties gave me the benefit of the doubt. You might try e-mailing him with the "Request Read Rec... | |
| opinions on modern horn speakers Marakanetz,The Solo is indeed an ingenious design with its equalized coaxial driver complement. That 18" diameter shallow horn around the woofer starts to progressively lose precise directional control below about 750 Hz, though, so directionality... | |
| Money no object,,,,which speakers would you own??? Stunning good looks - Martin Logan CLSJus' plain fun to listen to: Classic Audio Reproducions HartsfieldOmigod holographic soundstaging: Intuitive Design DenaliIs that a band behind that wall of speaker?: Sound Lab U-1/UB-1 combo | |
| opinions on modern horn speakers Interesting thread! For my part, I have been quite impressed with a number of modern horn systems, and especially enjoyed attending the Midwest Audio Fest this year.My (ever-changing) theory of loudspeaker quality is this: A loudspeaker must do so... | |
| Suggestions for a monitor speaker trudellbc,If your question is "What compact box speaker that belongs on a stand would sound best in a small room", I probably couldn't add much to the suggestions already made. I peddle ATC, which has already been suggested by Hoggshead.On the oth... | |
| weighting speakers and resistance loading???? If you imagine the speaker rocking back and forth a bit in reaction to the woofer's movements, you can see that it approximates an upside-down pendulum. The most effective place to add mass would be on top of the speaker.I have had best results wi... | |
| Joseph Audio RM33si & others in the $8,000 range Joseph Audio speakers have consistently impressed me. I think their steep-slope crossover is a very elegant approach, and they are very nicely voiced. And as we have seen here (and numerous times over at the Asylum), Jeff Joseph himself is quite a... | |
| Soundstaging and imaging are audiophile fictions. There is a tradeoff relationship between pinpoint localization of sound sources ("imaging") on the one hand, and enveloping ambience and rich timbre on the other. This goes for performance venues as well as for home stereo systems. It has to do wi... | |
| Which speaker is the master of IMAGING ???? The best imaging I've heard was from the Intuitive Design "Denali", shown at CES 2002. Gave me goosebumps. Nope, I don't sell 'em. | |
| Full range box floorstanding recommend $3-5K range Once you've lived with planars, it's very hard to go back to boxes. Among the few non-planar speakers that I find satisfyingly un-boxy is the Gradient Revolution, which really doesn't use a box. The woofers are dipoles, and the concentric mid/twee... | |
| Best SET Compatible Speakers, $4k-6k used TWL's recommendations are excellent, as usual. He is experienced and competent. I haven't heard the Lamhorns, but in this price range I like Rethm speakers, from India. If you're willing to do a little custom cabinetry, then PHY of France makes so... | |
| Great soundstaging speakers = 2k Mirage bi-polars and Ohm Walsh speakers are good recommendations for giving you a wide listening area, though I haven't heard the current generationg Ohm speakers so can't vouch for them. The Mirages tend to be warm and laid-back. A bit harder to ... | |
| Martin Logan - wow Plato -The low-frequency resonance phenomenon you mention can indeed produce a very significant response peak if it isn't adequately addressed.Roger West of Sound Lab uses a patented technique called "distributed resonance", wherein he divides up ... | |
| Are there speakers after Stax? PlatoOne of my Sound Lab customers was using full-sized (80" tall by 35" wide) Millennium-1's in a 12-by-12 foot room. At a listening distance of six feet or so, that's almost like listening to a giant pair of electrostatic headphones, isn't it??P... |