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| Monitors on Short Stands Mapman said... "Works better with more wide dispersion designs. It can help get more bass out of a smaller box when it does"Must be so I guess at least in my situation... my 24 in tall monitors use a flat faced (piston ?) foam filled 8 inch bass/m... | |
| Looking for info on headphones swampwalkerAre the AKC & Sen models 'open air' types?I believe I'd prefer not to hear minor or normal nearby things when listening via headphones... thermos, fridge, the neighbor's Ever-ready battery powered puppy, the Avon lady, off track but... | |
| Monitors on Short Stands Apparently this low profile speaker stand idea isn't as uncommon as I thought initially. I have a pair of Phase Tech Priemier Collection 6.5 two ways which rest on a mite under, one foot tall wooden stands. the speakers sit on four compliant nodes... | |
| Looking for info on headphones SfaThanks... I am begining to see that "to each their own" aspect.HensThat combo of yours sure seems attractive enough. I saw a couple reviews on both the Sen 600 & the AKC 701. In reading some online reviews one note was put which gave me som... | |
| Looking for info on headphones SfarThanks I had a pair of Senns many years ago D50s (?) I think. I sort of Felt like and sounded like planar speakers they didnt eliminate outside sounds well at all I didnt keep them long. I think they were around 150 175 and that was b... | |
| Best $5,000 system for a small apt. in Stockholm Did you know there is an ipod dock that is tubed output stage?There is. Small. Self contained. outputs to whatever.A local seller nearby did have a supply of them not long ago. If interested I'll check in with him to see or give you the link.Add t... | |
| Newbie Preamp Question I'd suggest you set the volume (s) on each item so the background noise is at a minimum or a non issue altogether.So adjust the amp up where you can run up and down the vol with the preamp + source, so there aren't any artifacts, hiss, him, etc. a... | |
| rookie drunk move Personally, I don't need a drink to put me in harms way when rearranging cables.Try it with your eyes closed next time... Works for me!Well, mostly. Painters tape helps too.I can't tell you though, how many times I've put one ch into one set of in... | |
| WAV or Apple Lossless Encoder? Jax2 ... cool.I'd not want tmy input to come off as adversarial at all... just thru reading the entire post on this thread I felt little true experimentation was going on... and for just what, exactly?I sure do agree too that trying a few paths, r... | |
| How much difference in sound? Bob's got some good ideas there for you Gary.Just what sort of sound do you prefer, to begin with? high res & detailed? neutral and balanced throughout? Warmish? Fat and lush? Quick and dynamic? Loud listening levels? All rock all the time? Op... | |
| WAV or Apple Lossless Encoder? Hi all Im a bit tired and not feeling well, but this thread has got my attention and I thought to mention some things which seemingly have been passed over somehow and Im unable to let go of just now.Indeed there are several immediately notable ... | |
| Apple Lossless vs iTunes Plus Ckorody Big thanks. Ive been out of the hardware loop for a while it would seem.Sfar ..Thanks Ill definitely use those links.Sakahara ...I continue to see diffs from one media player to another one encoder/decoder, to another, more so than ... | |
| rookie drunk move Super! | |
| How much difference in sound? Gary...If you are indeed sold on doing the amp first... get a popular one that will hold it's value and it's ability for re-sale.... given the budget you initially provided. Later on you can sell it and take one more step into ampland and be near ... | |
| How much difference in sound? GaryNo one is going to be able to give you a real true life value in regards to your question . There are too many variables. Even if you said which amp, it would be awfully hard to give your question any certaintyIll assume you mean to spend the... |