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| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? @schubert - I agree with you for the most part, but my previous speakers sort of hit a plateau at some point, where I felt that upgrades to my system, room, cabling, etc., were not really being reflected by the speakers. That's why I got rid of t... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Just a heads up and preview... The Ohm Walsh 2000s continue to amaze me. I am making progress in sorting out some system issues that have been plaguing me since last fall. Although I am not completely out of the woods, I have made some progress... | |
| Carver Amazing Line Source Speakers I heard them at the Chester Group Audio Show in NYC in November, 2016. I was extremely impressed. It was hard to find fault with them, although the demo was in a large room with a very high cieling. I remember thinking that they would never fit... | |
| Is Velodyne gone? I have a Def Tech PF15 I bought new for LFE duty in 1994. Still going strong, and I leave it powered on most of the time. Not the last word in accuracy, but for LFE, it gets the job done (it gets a signal via a Pioneer AVR with MCACC). I just t... | |
| Odyssey Kismet Reference series. Well, it has been a long, bumpy trip, but I am finally enjoying my Kismet (the left and right channels upgraded in my Stratos HT3 case). Initially I was very underwhelmed with the sound, but it turned out that my outboard crossovers were not oper... | |
| Vandersteen Sub woofers v Rythmik Subs A word of caution - I cannot really understand what is being attempted here, but Vandersteen does caution against using XLR-single-ended converters with the M5-HP. There are different types of converters. The ones made by the Digital Amplifier C... | |
| German Physiks - Listening Impressions Wanted Not a bad idea, and they look pretty clean. Just look around at the big auction site, where many pairs are offered at much lower prices (although not this model, and not in as good a shape as these). | |
| Vandersteen Sub woofers v Rythmik Subs The M5-HP is a battery biased active crossover designed for use with either Vandersteen speakers featuring built-in powered subs or Vandersteen 2W series subs.They have internal jumpers that must be set to match the input impedance of your main am... | |
| Vandersteen Sub woofers v Rythmik Subs @bstatmeister - You are 100% on the same page as I was when I started to look for a sub. I did exactly what you did, picking up one 2Wq, then several months later a second one, placing each in the front corner outside the mains. And, when the ma... | |
| Ownership and Review of a pair of Ohm Super Sound Cylinder snap - Understood. You say you haven’t heard Ohms in 35 years. I would be happy to invite you in for a demonstration if you’re ever in northern/central New Jersey. I am confident that my current setup shows my 2000s to their full advantage. Althou... | |
| Just ordered Odyssey Stratos Extreme @stereo5 - Not the way I did it! I got a one-off HT3 after speaking with Klaus at a Stereophile show in 2006. When it failed last year, I sent it in for repair and upgraded the right and left channels to full Kismet status. So, yes, if I was bu... | |
| Vandersteen 2Wq subwoofers with M5-HP crossovers - help needed After speaking with Ray at Vandersteen and John Rutan, my impression is that there have been only minor running changes to the M5-HP over the years. Mostly things like wire connections and dressing, and I think there may have been a revision of t... | |
| Ownership and Review of a pair of Ohm Super Sound Cylinder @jstrohbeen - Ah! I figured there had to be a reason. Of course, a $700 pair of tweeters, even if they did work well, would skew the price points of the Ohm Walsh line much higher, so, for po’ folks like me, it’s a moot point. I was thinking more ... | |
| Just ordered Odyssey Stratos Extreme FWIW, I have great synergy with a McIntosh C220 preamp and my Odyssey Stratos HT3, now with the left-right channels upgraded to full Kismet status. Nothing wrong with McIntosh amps, but they are above my pay grade. | |
| Vandersteen 2Wq subwoofers with M5-HP crossovers - help needed BOOyah! Progress! After many months of head-scratching and curse-muttering, I can finally see (hear?) some light at the end of the tunnel. Last night, John Rutan of Audio Connection stopped by, and he worked methodically through my lack of bass... |