bdp24
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| The best speaker you ever heard? Perhaps the Magneplanar Tympani T-IVa, overall. For "small" music the original Quad, unquestionably. | |
| Why are the Infinity IRS, Reference 1b, Beta ect speakers passive on the mids and highs? An active electronic x/o need not necessarily contain opamps, or ic’s as well. As an example, my First Watt B4 is free of both, and it’s use in a bi-amped speaker system can make for a better product than almost all non-bi-amped speakers using spe... | |
| Best value record cleaner/cleaning system After graduating from the Discwasher to a Nitty Gritty when it was first introduced, and then to a VPI HW-16, I much preferred the VPI. Not only does the VPI Vacuum suck the LP dry much quicker (in two revolutions) than the NG, but its platter pro... | |
| Owens Corning 703 vs. Roxul Safe 'n' Sound? Thanks Brad, the Acoustimac line looks great, and reasonably priced. A 4' x 4' x 2" panel is only $122, but the shipping to me (NW) is $140! Guess I'll make it myself. | |
| A speaker that looks like a driver or a driver that looks like a speaker? DT will want a pair for his golden palace, the speaker being so shiny and all. | |
| Owens Corning 703 vs. Roxul Safe 'n' Sound? Thanks auxinput. My ESL (old Quads) and magnetic-planar (Magneplanar Tympani T-IV) speakers don’t splatter much sound on the side walls, having the dipole null on either side and being pretty directional at higher frequencies, with the tweeter str... | |
| break in It's not like you can't listen through a component that isn't fully broken in. I mean, the sound isn't so bad as to be unlistenable, is it? It's only a matter of degree, right? How spoiled are we?! No offense intended Mike!---Eric. | |
| Owens Corning 703 vs. Roxul Safe 'n' Sound? Thanks Spencer. I am able to have my planar speakers (ESL’s and magnetic-planars) 5’ from the wall behind them, so I’m going to try diffusion there first, with absorption only directly behind the listening position---Eric. | |
| One of the coolest articles on sound and vibration I can recall having read Very interesting Ivan, and great! Related to harmonic fifths is the circle of 5ths, as established by J.S. Bach in the 18th Century. In a video on You Tube, Leonard Bernstein explains and demonstrates musical theory, culminating in the 5ths. Highl... | |
| A speaker that looks like a driver or a driver that looks like a speaker? Looks like it got pulled out of a car door. Cheap and tacky. | |
| Owens Corning 703 vs. Roxul Safe 'n' Sound? Thanks for the advice and link. I’m not covering much wall, just right behind my listening chair, and only because I have to be very close to it. The wall behind the speakers and the sidewalls will have diffusion. The room is intrinsically pretty ... | |
| Feedback through turntable Good stuff Slaw. I want to get rid of the last of the rubber in my system, the inner tubes in the original Seismic platforms. I have been planning on getting some of Geoffs springs, and perhaps some of the current Townshend Seismic Pods. I find th... | |
| Looking to upgrade my preamp, suggestions? If you keep the LS2, try a Mullard 6DJ8 in it. If it sells, an LS26 just came up on Audiogon, asking price $2750. It uses the 6H30 tube. | |
| Cables for rear surrounds I don't know the answer, I'm just asking: Is 16g enough wire for a 50' run, or should suncore consider 14g, or even 12g? | |
| Audio Research 610T Damn, can you imagine what is must cost to ship a 610T ?! |