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| Talon Khorus X or Revel Salon??? My preference is for the Talons - they have a richer and more lively presentation. What are your priorities, makofkalaw? What qualities are you most interested in, what colorations really get on your nerves, and what would you trade off (if you ha... | |
| Avantgarde's are Great but Bass Integration? The Avantgarde Duo's are a very well thought-out design, but like all speakers embody compromises.You see, it's not possible to build a reasonably compact woofer that goes deep, has high efficiency, and matches the radiation pattern of the horns. ... | |
| Maggies or Martin Logans? Fpeel -The comparison between Maggie 3.6 and Martin CLS is a tough one. I prefer the tonal balance of the Maggies, and the coherence and low-level performance of the CLS. I'd probably go with the CLS, as to me it does more of the goosebumps thing,... | |
| Maggies or Martin Logans? CWlondon -Superb synopsis of ML's and Maggies. You nailed it. | |
| Why is Shahinian not more popular Sean -Once again, thanks for your vote of confidence.In a sense, the Shahinians have some common ground with the Sound Labs - both systems recreate a well-energized, diffuse reverberant field whose tonal balance is very similar to that of the dire... | |
| High Sensitvity = good transient response ? Sean -Thanks for your enlightening comments! I always enjoy your posts - and learn from them. Your explanation of the problems with low port velocity is new territory for me.I haven't tried an Aeroport type port yet - but based on your recommendat... | |
| Why is Shahinian not more popular Hassel, I have tried to become a Shahinian dealer, so far without success. Dick Shahinian has no US dealers, and doesn't really need any. He has a hard enough time keeping up with orders from Europe and Asia. I have been contacted by people who've... | |
| High Sensitvity = good transient response ? As as been alluded to, there is a tradeoff relationship between efficiency and bass extension (box size also factors in). It is possible to build a high efficiency system that truly goes deep, but the required box size is pretty big.There also see... | |
| Sound Lab Millennium 1 spl ability? Greetings Mejames,The Sound Lab M-1 is capable of 105 dB at the listening position, but this is pushing the speakers very hard. And according to a customer of mine, the VTL 450 won't do it. This customer tried the 450's alongside the Wolcotts that... | |
| Smallest Bookshelf Speaker Worth Listening To I really like the Samadhi Acoustics Magic Cube, designed by Dick Olsher with WAF consulting provided by Lesley. The Cube is 7.75" on a side, and it is worth listening to. Whether it's the smallest speaker "worth listening to", I dunno. I don't sel... | |
| Is anyone driving Magnepan MMGs with a tube amp? As long as you're realistic about maximum volume, and as long as you treasure quality over quantity, your MMG's will sound warm and sweet driven by the JoLida. It won't be the last word in dynamics, but then you already knew that. I'm a JoLida dea... | |
| Tubelike solid state: Ayre Vs Aleph First of all, I'm a genuine fan of the Pass Alephs. I love their midrange, but as John notes, they don't really have that bottom-end slam thing. I've found a solid state amp that does both, and I became a dealer for it. This amp is the Warner Imag... | |
| 3-way under 1000 new. Tube777, in my experience, you're better off upgrading to a single run of higher quality cable than going with two or three runs of a lesser cable. It's more cost-effective to get one run of really good stuff than multiple runs/ lesser stuff. I'm ... | |
| Is a Tube Amp Capable of High Current? I second Angela100's suggestion of Wolcott amps (disclaimer - I'm a Wolcott owner & dealer). No, they won't double their power output going from 8 ohms to 4 ohms, and again into 2 ohms, like a beefy high-current solid state amp will. But, they... | |
| Larger Apogee's: Do they beam ? Hi Sean,Well my friend you kinda left the floodgates open there when you said, "I would also appreciate comments on ANY planar / ribbon / e-stat design that you think offers a relatively wide sweet spot." You probably won't need your crystal ball ... |