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| Here's why amps can be more important than speaker That's why some people like over-powered amp than under-powered your amp. The amp will be more in linear region if your power amp is capable of higher current and power than the speaker's demand. If under powered(you can call it bad match), even a... | |
| room treatments? is it the room that's bright? Hang blanket(thick one) around the wall, and see if the echo from clapping hands disappear or getting less. The brightness should be gone if it is the cause. You can even find specific area of wall is crucial. Congratulations! a few hundred bucks ... | |
| Here's why amps can be more important than speaker If you drive your amp hard, distortion will be worse than the spec you see on the paper. Those are measured by a constant resistance load, I think, and the signal level they measured are of course at easy power level (which makes numbers looking g... | |
| Usher and Kharma Speakers I am interested in mod their cross-over too. I got a pair of their two way monitor (781?). Very nice woofer but can be better in tweeter, or maybe be crossover. You need higher power SS to drive them and they are pretty good if you get enough powe... | |
| CAL's Aria mk III vs SONY's XA777ES I had some experience of mechanical sound from passive preamp too, (to me at least). Although my friend think passive is more transparent and make all strings clean in some manner, but it also lose some emotion to my ears. I do agree some of remas... | |
| CAL's Aria mk III vs SONY's XA777ES Vdeakin,Have you ever suspect your passive volume control? A passive one needs careful impedance matching for source and power amp. I did not like it because it will restrict your choices of CD source and power amps. It is tuff to find good matche... | |
| CAL's Aria mk III vs SONY's XA777ES Hi, I have the same speaker as yours and like it for years with tube amps. I recommend you to add one REL subwoofer to it, you will like it. Recently, play around new DAC's and SACD and want to share my experience.1) I did not like most of remaste... | |
| Best way connect. transp to DAC.Via BNC or AES/ebu For digital at RF frequency, 75 ohm BNC should be the best thing to do. 50 and 75 ohm BNC are much matured technology, already being used in high speed communication for a long time. These connections and cables can handle much higher frequency an... | |
| Words From the Wise 1) A good audio system forces you to music. A bad one forces you to something else.2) Matching and room treatment are often forgotten.3) If you are not happy now, jumping parallel is not going to get you anywhere. (If you don't like the speaker/am... | |
| Solid Stae HT amp for Merlin's? YBA match my Merlin TSM pretty well. | |
| Which NOS to use on Audio Research pre amp? Use 4 Siemens in my LS-15. With infini cap upgrade and try DIY power cables. Now I am comparing this one to BAT VK30, which is pricer using 6 Jan Philip tubes now. I prefer LS-15's middle frequency over BAT. BAT has better bass control than LS-15.... | |
| Grace 727 or 747 tonearm setup question. I have a Grace (707?) on Delphi, still sound pretty nice. Could I add one question to thread. I am thinking upgrading the phono cable, mine is maybe 20 years old now. Could anyone suggest one cable | |
| How much LF info on LPs? Neither of them should be bass limited in useful range ie 20Hz above. But record has higher dynamic range and usually is harmonic rich. Therefore, you feel the impact of bass plus lots of harmonis with a drum without compression due to the "big" d... | |
| ARC VT100 M1 vs. CJ premere 11A The comparison has been discussed many times in audiogon. You can check other old threads. I would go for ARC for the same price. CJ is more lay-back and ARC is a neutral one. If you have a smooth front end, ARC is better unless you have a bright ... | |
| What's under YOUR CD player? Poor man's isolation.Buy a mouse pad from computer store, cut it to the right size. put it under your CD player or turntable (you can double or tripple if necessary). Always remember to level your player. One or two dollars and 10 min of work. |