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| Polk LSI15's to Salk Song Towers A passion: What are you looking for in an upgrade? What don't you like about the Polks? How large is your room, and is it a "live" or "dead" sounding room?I have a front end similar to yours (Odyssey amps, tube pre, high quality DAC with inexepnsi... | |
| Cartridge recommendation Although no longer in production, I am pretty happy with my Ortofon OM 30 Super. The OM line, like the current Ortofon 2M series, is a cool upgrade path, since you upgrade by swapping in better styli. I went from the OM 10 to the OM 30, and the di... | |
| Looking for new speakers I've heard both the Epos and Joseph, and your strategy seems sound to me. The Epos are one of the smoother-sounding metal-dome tweeter speakers I've heard. The Josephs are very involving, smooth and detailed, IME. Enjoy! | |
| Ohm Micro Walsh small vs. tall John - I have no experience with the Walls or the Shorts. However, I have a pair of 2000s as my mains. I lucked out with a used pair of MWTs (not the SE) found here on A-gon at a good price. They make ideal surrounds! I have them placed on two cin... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Just a listening note: I listened to Pink Floyd DSOTM last night. This was a used library copy of the standard CD. No remastering, no SACD, nadda. Yes, some of the guitar solos were a bit rough with the volume up high (I listen fairly loud), but O... | |
| Modern Shahinian Obelisk Well, Delapole, I hate to sound like a broken record, but you might want to audition a pair of Ohm Walsh speakers. I recently upgraded to them. Like yourself, I prefer good detail retreival without the harshness that some highly detailed speakers ... | |
| Which sub-help please The Velodynes with the room EQ device are well-reguarded, but a smoothly EQ'd bass curve doesn't guaranty a seemless blend with the mains. This blend is paramount. Since you know the REL, and the Velodyne EQ unit is available as a stand-alone item... | |
| Modern Shahinian Obelisk Delapole - Don't be too scared of the metal drivers. I was quite surprised to read that the speakers I recently upgraded to (Ohm Walsh 2000s) use aluminum drivers. Although I didn't try to confirm this with the manufacturer, I would not have guess... | |
| Best cheap record cleaning system? Although I don't have the Spin Wash, I do have a cheaper alternative to the Nitty Gritty machine that works as well, but you need your own canaster vacuum. The KAB EV-1 is all manual, but works on the same principals as the Nitty Gritty: http://ww... | |
| Silverline Minuet Speakers and Receivers or Amps Great to hear it, Mntnman62! I wouldn't worry about holding back on the Minuets for the first 50-100 hrs, though. Alan builds very rugged speakers. Although I never heard the Minuets with a subwoofer, I can imagine that the combo, once dialed in p... | |
| Ohm Walsh vs. Mirage OMD 28 If you have a tuner, you use that for extended break-in sessions. My theory is this: If a speaker sounds good right out of the box, it should only get better with break in. IME with the Ohm Walsh 2000s, there were odd sonic characteristics that ca... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Marty - I have heard the VSMs a few times at shows, and was always impressed. A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to hear the latest version with customized crossovers, fed by modded BAT tube amplification, a modded Atmosphere preamp, modded VP... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Ron - My wife asked me the same question! I actually have TWO pair of vandersteen 1Cs sitting in my basement (I replaced one pair with the 2000s, and the surround pair with the used MWTs I bought from an Agoner). When I told her the 2000s came wit... | |
| Ohm Walsh vs. Mirage OMD 28 Cool, Branislav! Keep the posts coming! | |
| Anybody listen to Ohm Walsh speaker w/digital amp? Interesting, Mapman. My Walsh 2000s are run off of an Odyssey Stratos HT3 amp, which has a 10K input impedance, and I run that from a tubed pre, the Conrad-Johnson PV11. Should I be worried that I am not getting the best out of my Ohms because of ... |