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| Power cord recommendations for Martin Logan Ascent Different power cords have different voicings. Some are warm, some are fast, some are boom-and-tizz. I'd suggest a warm power cord for the Ascent, such as a Shunyata. Yeah I sell 'em, but you can probably find a better deal used. | |
| Help me choose a sub Rivercitylad, I know you didn't ask for other options, but given your priorities (very musical and very deep) I couldn't help wanting to chime in.Buggtussel makes a superb transmission line sub called the Tegmentum that goes down to 16 Hz (the lin... | |
| Speakers for very near-field listening? Richards -Near-field listening calls for a very smooth on-axis response without any harshness or midrange colorations. Ideall, the radiation pattern would be symmetrical and the drivers would blend well at very close range (not always the case, es... | |
| Alternatives to Dunlavy speakers? To Audioguy -Thanks for the additional information on the Montana's.It is my understanding that the XP uses first order filters everywhere except on the tweeter, which uses a third order high pass. I don't know about the crossovers in the rest of ... | |
| Alternatives to Dunlavy speakers? A product line that is conceptually very similar to what Dunlavy was doing is PBN audio's "Montana" series. http://www.montanaloudspeakers.com/The big Dynaudios mentioned by Rcprince are unique in their use of two tweeters, one above the other. Th... | |
| Upgrade my Monitor audio Studio 12 That should have been "Greetings Ad010685". Sorry I mis-spelled your name. | |
| Upgrade my Monitor audio Studio 12 Greetings Ad01068,If you want "electrostat type of sound", my suggestion would be to get an electrostat. I have yet to hear a non-electrostat that could really deliver the low-level detail of a good electrostat, and especially in your price range.... | |
| Can anyone describe the sound of the Kharma... The Ceramique 1.0 is among the most coherent multi-way speakers I've heard. Somebody did a really, really fine job on the crossover. They may not be the last word in upper treble detail, but with the right amplification they are almost buttery smo... | |
| Advice on replacing Vandersteen 2's Drubin -Given your friend's requirement for a small speaker with an enormous sweet spot, I'd recommend the Oskar Heil Aulos. The Aulos uses a dipole Heil driver which has an extremely wide radiation pattern, giving excellent timbre even as your fr... | |
| volume/transparency ? Subaruguru -I learned about the relationship between efficiency and thermal compression from a recording engineer who posts over at the Audio Asylum under the moniker "RBP". The following is taken from RBP's post: "Over the last 25 years, I have s... | |
| Attention to detail For lots of clean, rich detail, you might want to look at speakers with unconventional tweeters such as ribbons, Heil drivers, and electrostats. There's a pair of Heil ATM-1 speakers listed here for $600. Note that they like to be out in front of ... | |
| volume/transparency ? Streakster -I find a correlation between high efficiency and low-volume liveliness in conventional speakers, and a correlation between transformer quality and low-volume liveliness with electrostatics (although a very thin diaphragm also seems to ... | |
| Great Imaging Speakers Working against a wall? Rooze -I think the best-imaging against-the-wall speakers I ever heard were the Snell Type A's. The Type A's use a two foot wide baffle that is smoothly curved, and a downward-firing woofer. You might get busted on the sheer size, but the Type A i... | |
| Maggie 20.1 vs. Quad 989 Brian -I considered becoming a Quad dealer, but the new models to my ears don't live up to the standard set by the older ones (both of which I have owned). Of the two new models, I prefer the 988. I haven't heard the Maggie 20.1's, but extrapolati... | |
| Which speakers work well with 2A3 Sun Audio or ? Of the high-efficiency single-driver speakers I've heard, the Rethm is my favorite. It's also priced quite a bit lower than some of its competition. The thing that wins me over is it does't have the characteristic "Lowther shout" that most exhibit... |