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| Help me tame my out of control bass You are dealing with a number of immutable issues as things stand. The dimensions of your room and the actual output of your speakers. I think you can change your speakers, add mass to your room or add helmholtz resonators. If you are able to add ... | |
| Disappointment with Pass Labs - I'm looking for something else Another vote for Atma-sphere. I would also think that the problem lies more with the speaker than the electronics. I owned a XA 30.8 for a short time and could never warm to the sound. Perhaps it was attempting to serve too many masters and was go... | |
| Looking for a new phono preamp I love it when a member says that something is the best with no competition as if they have heard every product available. | |
| AC outlets Cruze First Maestro. Cheaper than the Synergistic Research and I think a better outlet. | |
| Which speakers, if any, combine the strengths of Harbeth and ProAc ? Rockport similar to either of these? Not in my experience. In fact if Harbeth dreams it has anything in common with Rockport, it would need to wake up and apologize. ProAc to a lesser degree but I simply think we are talking about speakers on an e... | |
| Which speakers did you find bright, fatiguing or just disappointing in some way? All but 1 of the Thiel speakers I have heard. Wilson with the older tweeter. | |
| Acoustic treatment question: do you agree with Dennis Foley that $46k to $65k is required? The question is what would you pay if you made as many of these treatments yourself as is possible. Without question most enthusiasts dont spend what they should on their room.For this amount of money I would take my room down to studs and rebuild... | |
| Harbeth vs Vandersteen vs Sonner Well you will never experienced listening fatigue with Harbeths but you also may get tired of the homogenization of the sound. Dont know Sonner so would suggest Vandersteens over Harbeth. Harbeth speaker to my ears are very colored and not in the ... | |
| Audio Lessons Learned - post your best advice for the newer members! I totally disagree with the entire premise of the OP. System neutrality is critical. To chase a system that makes poor recordings sound good is a serious mistake I think. A system should faithfully reproduce what it is fed. | |
| Dedicated power Second the suggestion for a Torus or similar transformer. Expensive but the best solution whose installation makes some of these other concerns moot. | |
| Should Box speakers be banned from the marketplace... I hate the word tune and voice as they relate to our hobby. These words have no place in any serious audio discussion. | |
| What tests would you like all speaker reviewers to do for their reviews? Well I wish all but a few would go away. But I am sick of reviewers stating that one speaker is suited for a particular type of music and not all types. Measurements are all but useless when bad measurements exhibited by a favored manufacturer are... | |
| Dedicated power Put a Cruze First outlet in and call it good. I have owned both and the Cruze sounds better to me and is much cheaper. Also check with the manufacturer of your components to make certain the Synergistic fuse or other exotic fuses wont void your wa... | |
| If you had a dozen pairs of classic vintage ubes in your closet You will most likely not be able to consistently tell a used tube from new with a simple emissions tube tester. Shorts yes and that is about it. If you buy a tube tester buy a true transconductance tester. Many Dynamic Mutual Conductance testers o... | |
| Preamp choices:Short list If the circuit is truly balanced than I think balanced is always better than single ended. However many designs are not truly balanced and then often single ended is better.I could care less about what Frank Van Alstine says about anything. He has... |