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| 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... | |
| Ownership and Review of a pair of Ohm Super Sound Cylinder Also, @jstrohbeen - Since we have your attention, have you ever played around with folded ribbon tweeters in combination with your Walsh line of speakers? I have been wondering what such a combo might sound like. | |
| Ownership and Review of a pair of Ohm Super Sound Cylinder Hi John! Thanks for sharing these thoughts with us. Neat little story: Last night, I had a friend over who owns a B&M audio dealer near me. I thought he would find all sorts of reasons why I should not have bouoght my Ohm 2000s. I could n... | |
| Vandersteen Sub woofers v Rythmik Subs @mr_m - yup. That seems to support my recollection that the 2Wq was designed to sit in a corner. It's actually not that surprising at all. | |
| Vandersteen Sub woofers v Rythmik Subs @sonicjoy - IIRC, RV designed the 2Wq to sit in the corner. That's where I placed them, and I have never had any boominess from them. Boy I miss what I had going on until last September! | |
| Ownership and Review of a pair of Ohm Super Sound Cylinder @audionoobie - Sounds like a plan. Don't expect a pair Dale Harder speakers for the price of a pair of 1000s, though. John is a very smart, modest guy. I met him at an audio show in New York. Nothing beats the long in-home trial Ohm offers. Y... | |
| Vandersteen Sub woofers v Rythmik Subs @sonicjoy - Yup, that was kind of a given as far as I was concerned. Note only is it helpful for the main speakers, but lowers the burden on the amplifiers significantly. All good reasons for a HPF for the mains. That alone might steer me away ... | |
| Vandersteen Sub woofers v Rythmik Subs @enginedr1960 - So, if I read your last post correctly, you compensate for roll-off below 50Hz with the passive pre? Does it have enough gain for this purpose? I guess that is possible if it is a transformer based volume control, but I thought pas... | |
| Ownership and Review of a pair of Ohm Super Sound Cylinder @mapman - actually, the attic was pretty dead. Drywall cieling, but wall-to-wall carpet, and lots of bookshelves packed with books, papers and other bric-a-brac. Although there was a window at each end of the attic, one behind me and one in fron... | |
| Vandersteen Sub woofers v Rythmik Subs @invictus005 - I am not disputing what you say, but I am curious as to how you arrived at your conclusion. I love my 2Wqs, but the Rythmik clearly has some fans here. Have you compared the two? |