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| how do horn's work? A horn does have a dynamic driver like most other speakers. The difference is that the horn acts somewhat as an amplifier after that sound has been produced. It is like cupping your hands around the outside of your mouth to scream accross a footba... | |
| crossover question Are you trying to modify the Vandersteen's? If you have questions about Vandersteens you may want to read posts by Bigtee. He is very knowledgeable on most things Vandersteen. | |
| Tweaks That Don't Work Jkring is right. This is a hobby for most of us. It is enjoyable and safer than sky-diving. At the end of the day, when all is said and done... it is just a stereo. A better stereo than the one from Wal-Mart or Best Buy but still just a stereo.For... | |
| Audioquest cables: replace the DBS Battery pack. AQ has instructions that they give their dealers on how to sell more wire. They recomend downselling someone who wants to buy 1K worth of equipment by $200 to save room for wire. A 1K system (speakers, receiver, and source) is not likely to bennef... | |
| Tweaks That Don't Work Good spikes on floorstanding speakers do work if the mass of the speaker is great enough to keep them firmly planted(unless your floors are creaky and resonant).Throw rugs and plush furniture do work to calm a lively room.Good (not necessarily exp... | |
| Max. dB level at break in w/ VR4jr Placing a Dixie cup on the woofer and pressing several times does loosen the woofer surrounds a little. THis was advice I got from a well respected speaker designer who has built speakers since before I was born. And it does work (a little). Like ... | |
| Rotel 1075 5-Channel + Rotel 1068 pre/processor Unfortunately the Rotel is not likely to perform quite as good as your older Classe set-up. This being said you can make it sound as good as possible. Playing with bass management on a pre-pro can help substantialy just as playing with speaker and... | |
| Max. dB level at break in w/ VR4jr To break in any speaker I would recomend playing a disc at a slightly lower volume level than normal listening level while NOT at home (while at work or whatever). This way power surges or disc skips are less likely to damage the speaker and the n... | |
| Good In-Ceiling Speakers?? In-ceiling and in-wall speakers are fairly limited in performance. This being said you can get good speakers for the money. Check out the NHT's. They are durrable and give you very good performance for an in-ceiling speaker. There are some very ex... | |
| Need Help Choosing New Speakers Von Schweikert VR-1 is an incedible speaker for the $$$. Compares to many $1,500 speakers. Can be placed most anywhere. Can be powered with modest gear. VR-2 is the floorstanding upgrade. They also have dipole/bipole surround speakers and a center... | |
| Samsung DVD HD Upsampler? It is not possible to upscale any source to a higher resolution and get better quality than the software contains. Upscaling video can soften edges on VHS and CATV but but that relies on the scaler in the television. Your money is probably best sp... | |
| Help with CD player upgrade They are all right.I just graduated and the only thing that a college student needs to upgrade is to something universal (though I do not like these players). Your friends are going to have MP3's and DVD's and they are going to be ham-handed slobs... | |
| AVIA test dvd with PDP433CMX If you really want the best out of your television contact an ISF certified callibrator. For $300-400 you will get the best picture quality your monitor can produce. Considering the cost of the television, the cable/sat service, expensive intercon... | |
| is interconnect more important than speaker cable If you would like to audition new cables ask your local dealer if he has a couple pair you can borrow over a long weekend. If he has specific recomendations that inch up into the multiple-thousands-of-dollars range also ask to demo them. Most manu... | |
| Are NHT speakers know for being inefficient? I would suspect the Pioneer as well. Those NHT's sound great with average poweramps. If you can afford to pick up an older Sony ES receiver (333 or DA1) you may find an appreciable difference. |