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| Smoking and Electrostatic Speakers? Most airborne particles are positively charged, and most electrostatic speakers have a negative charge on the diaphragm (which attracts these airborne particles). An electrostatic air cleaner uses negatively charged electrodes specifically because... | |
| martin logan prodigy vs sound lab m-2 Tekunda -I'd like to take a shot at your question, with a bit more emphasis on the mechanics of why the Sound Labs might be preferred to the Martin Logans. Let me state up front that I'm a Sound Lab owner and dealer, but I'm not going to go into a... | |
| Have you heard Rockport speakers? So you are setting out on the Quest - the search for the ultimate loudspeaker (within monetary constraints, of course). Congratulations! I wish you the very best in your search!I've never heard of the Rockport "Hyperion". Is this a new model? You ... | |
| Which speakers would be a good upgrade in a small Good grief, Daveyf, you've got some killer equipment there! I'm not sure of your price range, but I carry a speaker that works exceptionally well in small rooms. It's the Gradient Revolution, and retails for 4.5 grand.This is one of the most intel... | |
| Quads or Maggies? Well, I have yet to spend time with the Quad 988, but I used to own its ancestor, the 63. And I've owned Maggie 3.6's.Both are superb loudspeakers. They have different strengths and weaknesses. And we have different hearing - for example, a minor ... | |
| ?Best speakers for a 2000 sq.ft loft? I agree, your SL3's will get lost. At the kind of distances involved in a 2000 square foot room, hybrids are out. This is because the panel will approximate a line souce while the woofer acts as a point source, and sound pressure level will fall o... | |
| Inexpensive Pre with headphone jack recommendation If your emphasis is on headphone listening, you might consider getting a Headroom "Home" headphone amp. Besides being a first rate headphone amplifier, it can be used as a very decent little preamp. | |
| Best speakers for my system/taste/budget? I'd suggest you consider Maggies, possibly the little MMG's. Let me explain:For a given sound pressure level at the listening position, a dipole will put 5 dB less bass out into the environment. That means you can listen 5 dB louder before your ne... | |
| What speaker to replace ESL 63? Jdanielh -The Quad 63's are a very tough act to follow - utterly boxless sound, electrostatic clarity, single-driver coherence, dipole radiation, and very nice voicing. Personally, I'm a big fan of dipole systems. I love what dipoles do, especiall... | |
| Kharma 1.0/ Talon Khorus/Watt Puppy 6 or Sonata? First of all, congrats on being a Viva owner! That's a wonderful little amp you have there. Of the speakers on your list, I like the Kharma. I sell full range electrostats, and the Kharma 1.0 is almost unique among dynamic speakers in its price ra... | |
| Speaker Quest Revised If your priorities are timbre, holographic imaging, and smoothness, the Vandy's are a very good suggestion. Maggie 1.6's will give you excellent timbre and smoothness, but will not give you pinpoint imaging. To me, it's a worthwhile tradeoff - I p... | |
| From Maggies 1.6QR to B&W N805. Upgrading or Downgrading? If you've lived with Maggie 1.6's, you're going to have a very hard time going back to box speakers. In a small room like yours, what would be ideal is a speaker that doesn't sound boxy, whose directional characteristics don't make a bad situation... | |
| What music is best for an Audiophile Society Meeting? Greetings Hififarm - is that you, Steve?Congrats on becoming a Piega dealer! I'm also involved in the audio club here in New Orleans, and in my experience people get tired of hearing the standard audiophile fare (Diana Krall, etc) all the time. So... | |
| Timbrel Accuracy Well, interesting responses above indeed!Taking a break from my skipping and jumping, I see that two of the lines I carry, Thor and Atma-Sphere, have already been recommended. I love it when people agree with me.I might add that Atma-Sphere pre-am... | |
| Speaker placement Momma always said, "Boxy is as boxy does". There will be a limit to how much you can reduce boxiness by repositioning your speakers. You see, boxiness is caused primarily by internal resonances that re-radiate through the drivers and/or through th... |