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| Sound Lab M1 vs Magnepan 3.6 Judit -I'm a Sound Lab owner and dealer, and I used to own Maggie 3.6's. I listened for a while to 3.6's and M-1's in the same system.The Maggies are a little more efficient. The Sound Labs are considerably more articulate, especially at low volum... | |
| Opinions on why this system is uninvolving Znak -Thanks for responding to me up above; I haven't had a chance to write you a decent response before now.By "tube rolling", I mean trying different tubes to get the overall sonic characteristics you want. "Rolling the front end" would mean try... | |
| Opinions on why this system is uninvolving Znak,Thanks for writing back with so much additional information. I'm not familiar with your amps, but I am somewhat familiar with the KT-90. That's a helluva tube. Incredibly powerful and dynamic, almost impossible to kill, but a bit on the brigh... | |
| Opinions on why this system is uninvolving Znak,Any chance you can get your Snells back? The Type A was a helluva speaker, and a very, very tough act to follow. I've had several customers who tried the Revels and were disappointed in them. In my opinion the design concept of the Revels is ... | |
| It's Magnepan 20.1's or B&W Nautilus 801's Congrats, Roy! Best of luck with your big Maggies! Keep us posted.Duke | |
| Relative air humidity on electrostat performance Gpsguy -Your observations are absolutely correct.At least one practical solution is a variable bias voltage power supply. That's a feature of Sound Lab electrostats, and down here in New Orleans it comes in handy.In high humidity conditions, full ... | |
| Does subwoofer + bookshelve=full range speaker? Karls, Buggtussel will do custom frequency ranges. They're a small company enough that they're quite responsive to individual needs. | |
| Does subwoofer + bookshelve=full range speaker? Well said, Karls.I just happen to sell a sub that may blend even better than the RELs. It's the Tegmentum sub from Buggtussel.The Tegmentum is a transmission line sub with claimed response to 16 Hz. I can't independently verify that, but it does g... | |
| It's Magnepan 20.1's or B&W Nautilus 801's Roy - First of all, I commend you on actually going out and listening, rather than just reading the latest "recommended components list". You're doing it exactly right!Tafka Steve is spot on - ultimately, one listens with the heart, because that i... | |
| Why do Maggies need a lot of power? Excellent detective work, Schubertmaniac.Yup, Magnepan plays the numbers game a bit in quoting 86 dB for a 2.83 volt input. You see, 2.83 volts into 4 ohms is 2 watts, not 1 watt. One additional factor is compression. I don't have access to dynami... | |
| Best speaker 3k to 4k used? You might cruise over to Greybeard Audio's site:http://www.gbaudio.com/Greybeards are superb quality, and will provide very natural, fatigue-free sound. They are having a sale of their inventory because the designer, Tim Wright, has a serious heal... | |
| Taming/Damping Electrostat Backwave T Bone -I'm pretty much going to say the same things Rives and Sidssp said, just in a different way. So feel free to skip over this post.Assuming the "holy grail" is to recreate the concert hall experience, let's look at what's going on in the con... | |
| 15K system SchubertManiac -Don't be so sure Sound Labs are out of your price range. There's a pretty good chance you could get a pair of new Millennium-2's and a very nice amp (new or used) to drive them and still have several grand left over for preamp, CD ... | |
| Maggie1.6 bi-wire or single? Philojet, In my experience, bi-wiring is better than a single run of the same wire.However, I find that a single run of a significantly better wire will sound better and be more bang for your buck than bi-wiring. So in most cases I would advise up... | |
| WHat about four speakers....... Mythtrip -Let's take a look at what's going on in the concert hall, and then come back and look at speakers that bring some of those elements into the listening room.In the concert hall, the direct sound from the instruments arrives first (natural... |