boomerbillone
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| My New Magnepan 1.7i's sound dull and lifeless on the top end...why? Hello nayls02 . Check the fuses on the lower part of the rear of the panels. Replace them with 1 or 2 amp fast blow fuses, preferably ceramic. | |
| Maggies with a subwoofer system - optimization? May I suggest an 80-100 Hz crossover with the maggies? I used such on Model II, 1.7i, and LRS. Midrange clarity may improve if you have been playing it loud. Use music you normally listen to at a normal volume to adjust the volume level of the su... | |
| Magnepan, Best midrange? Properly placed the LRS and the 1.7i "maggies" will amaze most people. You do need a good amp, but they are not hard to find. Try the Starke Sound AD4.320; truly amazing. If you are into pipe organ music, get a subwoofer, but for jazz, folk, most ... | |
| When someone listens to your system for the first time. Listeners say, "Wow! So clear!" | |
| Speaker Cables? why all the hype for expensive speaker wire? Do different wires sound different? Sure. The "WHY" is a longer answer. First: the same set of wires may sound different on a different amp. That's the big clue!Second: Amp designers fall into two broad categories. There are the "My Amp Is Perfect... | |
| What speaker has the best tweeter? Hello mglik. Look for Raal tweeters. I believe Raidho uses them. Have you seen//heard the tweeters using video tape for the active element. I don't know who made them, but Radio Shack used to sell speakers using them. They are excellent, but at l... | |
| Peeking inside a Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amplifier Hello jbhiller! Bob Carver is a superb designer. He sells his company every ten years or so and starts another one to keep from getting bored. The man is an audio genius. If you replace those "iffy" capacitors, don't use anything less than Mundor... | |
| Balanced Passive Pre Amp Hello tmac1700. You need the output of the preamp to be balanced, right? Not the inputs, right? Does your DAC have RCA phono plug outputs? If not, you may have to revert to adapters. You could add transformers to the output of the passive preamp. ... | |
| El34 = KT88 = KT120 Hello mozartfan. Be sure that the tubes are biased properly. The proper bias may differ for the different tubes. In general, the tube working the least hard will last longer. So the KT120s should outlast the others. If the price of the tubes is n... | |
| quiet classical music Hello kgveteran! String Quartets. | |
| Will the placement of casters on speaker stands degrade the performance Hi johnspain! Casters won't hurt. I put my heavy speakers on casters, too. Just be sure you use casters that don't rattle when you shake them. The wheels should be free, but not loose or wobbly on their axels. Enjoy. | |
| Bookshelf/Small Speakers Hello pikes. Be sure to check out the Golden Ear BRX, and the similar sized speakers from Legacy and Ocean Wave.. | |
| Speaker suggestions please - going to the BIG city Hi smills59! Look for Legacy's Aegis (or some such spelling). They are awesome! Used maybe? Happy hunting! | |
| Ten year old digital source upgrade suggestions? Your weakest link is the USB cable. I can send you a long article on this; but check in with Used Cables.com. Be sure to get the right connectors on it. Shoot for a Wireworld Starlight Seven or equivalent. Don't get one much longer than you need. ... | |
| Does using XLR cables (double voltage output) mean I can use lower powered amplifiers? Hello thegreenman! All it means is than you can turn the volume knob on your amp or pre amp down a bit. The output power of your amp is not affected. It could be that you will have less hum/noise in the signal because of the balanced connection. ... |