bdp24
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| Pairing Planar Speakers With A Subwoofer (Eminent Technology) Yup, they like juice. The Maggies are far hungrier, though (I’ve owned four pair, including the Tympani-IVa’s I now have). The ET"s have a nominal impedance of 8 ohms to the Maggies 4 ohms. The LFT panels on their own are an 11 ohm load, so a mode... | |
| Small room electrostat/ planar speaker? Wish I still lived in San Jose! I'd be up at his place in Berkeley/Oakland a lot. Roger is one of the great designers in Hi-Fi, criminally under-appreciated. I own one of his RM-200 MK.2 amps. | |
| Pairing Planar Speakers With A Subwoofer (Eminent Technology) The perceived "speed" of a sub is greatly influenced by the room, where in the room the sub(s) is(are) positioned, not merely the mass of the sub’s driver. "I am afraid the speed of the sub or lack thereof cannot be improved by positioning". No, b... | |
| Small room electrostat/ planar speaker? @clio09--- ah, but you can! Since the m/t panel and the woofer each have their own speaker cable binding post, one can simply disconnect the woofer right on it’s post. Any separate, outboard woofer may then be used in it’s place, assuming it’s res... | |
| Pairing Planar Speakers With A Subwoofer (Eminent Technology) Hey @grigorianvlad, is that a Yorkie? Great little dogs!As an owner of Maggies, ET LFT-8b’s, and Quad ESL’s, I have to ask you: is where your panels are located in the pics where you listened to them at? The common wisdom is that planars need to b... | |
| How to "mount" acoustic foam ? One reason for not using foam is that some of it decomposes over time, turning into a crumbling, sticky mess. I've used in in rehearsal spaces in the past, but no more. Owens Corning 703 or equivalent in wooden frames is relatively cheap; that's w... | |
| HOW SHORT IS TOO SHORT? If cable possess high capacitance, the shorter the better. Don’t place the amps directly on the floor, of course; physical vibrations transferred into the floor will travel right into the amp’s chassis (even if it’s a cement slab foundation, thoug... | |
| Congratulations to Mat & Jane! Cynicism gone ugly. cz seems like a very unhappy person. | |
| TT mats @analogluvr , good point. I use rather "lively" cartridges (London), and I’m thinking the Classic/London combo may sound a tad brash. London’s create a lot of mechanical energy, and a platter surface that is very hard (aluminum) may reflect it bac... | |
| Small room electrostat/ planar speaker? @yyzsantabarbara , I'm going to guess your call was to Brooks Berdan Ltd. It was Brooks who turned me on to the ET's, and his widow Sheila, who now runs the business, from whom I bought my pair. The stands Sound Anchors makes for the LFT-8's are w... | |
| TT mats @jollytinker, I looked for a local source of plastic from which to make tone arm mounting boards, and found one in Portland---Multi-Craft Plastics (800/488-9030). I priced acrylic, acetal (Delrin), and polycarbonate. MCP sells them all by the squa... | |
| Small room electrostat/ planar speaker? @yyzsantabarbara , I, like aniwolfe, toe-in the LFT-8b’s a lot, aiming them right at the listening position. That positioning is normal to me, as my main speakers for years were the original Quad ESL’s. Severe toe-in minimizes the amount of side w... | |
| TT mats @jollytinker, I found an Aries 1 plinth and motor, without a platter and bearing. I was looking at the platter options for the Aries when I was offered one of the type that came on the table, the TNT-3/4 type. When I was considering getting what t... | |
| Reasonably Priced Fuse Upgrade for Magnepan 3.7? @cjwessing, I would be happy to, but haven’t yet replaced the digital camera that some low-life stole out of my car. And I’m one of those Luddites that still doesn’t have a smart phone, still using a flip phone!But there are pics of what you want ... | |
| LP boxed sets - best storage In a related matter, I see many LP collections in which part of each storage compartment is empty, the LP's in each leaning heavily to one side. Not good! What I've done for years is use the 12 X 12 pieces of cardboard packing used in LP shipping ... |