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| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Questions for Mapman, Rebbe, and other Ohm owners: In your opinion, how do the MWT and 100s do on image depth both behind and in front of the speakers?Is it difficult to get the speakers to sonically disappear? If any Ohm owners have personal expe... | |
| Dac for rock and not so good recordings Tube? FWIW, you may be going about this in an expensive and inefficient way. I, too, prefer to listen to music I enjoy, not just well-recorded music. While it might be possible to find a very warm, forgiving DAC, one size will never fit all. Some CDs mi... | |
| Good Cartridge Match for a Thorens TD166 Mk II I still run my TD 166 MkII, all stock, which I purchased new in 1984. I've been through several pickups, older Grado, entry-level Sure, cheap Stantons. A few years ago I upgraded to an Ortofon Super OM-10. While OK sounding, I always found it a bi... | |
| Anyone do a cassette to digital conversion for me? If you want the best possible conversion, I strongly recommend Richard Hess: http://www.richardhess.com/tape/He restored some cassettes I had of personal material that I thought were finished. Not only did he restore the tapes, he made pristine CD... | |
| Moderate floorstanders for medium room Although your room might be too large for them, I would look into Silverline Audio Preludes (~$1200/pr). They are as close to full range as smaller towers can be, image wonderfully, and will work well with 75 watts/channel. Just check with Silverl... | |
| Well recorded records ... what are your picks? Joe Jackson - "Body and Soul" - one of the best sounding pop recordings I've heard. Lots of varied instrumentation, including a well-recorded horn section. Good dynamics. A natural-sounding recording. | |
| NJ Audio Society? Juancgenao: Please send a message to Audiogon member Rcprince. He is currently president of the NJAS, and will provide you with the information you seek. | |
| Definitive Technology Monitor 450 I've auditioned the 350 monitors. Although the 450 is larger and has a larger mid-woofer, the tweeter (and I suspect, the x-over) is the same. YMMV, but I can't stand the Def Tech house sound. Overly bright, distorted, metalic and harsh in the upp... | |
| High end Subwoofer question My experience: My first subwoofer was a Def Tech PF15. This is a typical, boomy, sealed design. Although I lacked funds to buy an expensive DSP device, I did invest in a Behringer FBDP 1124P parametric digital EQ. Following instructions I found on... | |
| Silverline Sonata III & McIntosh MC275? Tvad: Honestly, I can't remember if there was any Pass gear in the room with the Boleros. It was a number of years ago. There was absolutely NO Pass gear, or any other gear than what I mentioned above in the more recent show where Alan showcased t... | |
| Silverline Sonata III & McIntosh MC275? I have heard Alan's speakers at two HE shows in NYC. The first time, he was demonstrating the Boleros with his homemade flea-watt tube amp. (The sound was delicious, btw, and to date, the Boleros remain my dream speaker). I don't recall the CDP. T... | |
| NHT XD's well built? I used to work at a retailer that sold NHT. It was years ago, but IIRC, we almost never had any problems with defective units from NHT. | |
| How do you train your ears? Just a comment about commcat's post. I have no doubt that the tapes you and the engineer heard at your home sounded like the live performance. However, I once did an amateur stereo recording of a community-produced musical in an auditorium. I was ... | |
| An Advent Guy Still running the New Large Utility Advents in my secondary system. Got 'em new in 1978 as a High School graduation present. They're a little beat-up looking, but still sound great, with the *original* foam surrounds! (Although I am too scared to ... | |
| Please help me with a basic turntable I have no experience with the TD-158, but I am the original owner of a TD-166MkII, which I bought in 1984 as insurance against turntables becoming extinct (LOL!!!). A quarter-century and one belt-change later, it is going strong. It is pretty quie... |