boomerbillone
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| Fun read... Written by a non-audio hobbyist, this piece misleads anyone might be interested in hi quality home audio. It is quite possible to purchase compnents and build a fine sounding system for under $5,000. If you DIY, that comes down to $3500, perhaps e... | |
| What do I need? Hello tochsii! Emotiva makes a small AV/surround sound processor. If can do a 7.1 system. It sounds very fine indeed and is the heart of my Living Room system. It handles phono cartridges also; The model is MC-700. You can save some $$ by buying ... | |
| Speakers that disappear Hello ahal1! All of Linkwitz designs will vanish when playing music. They are abailable in kit form from Madisound. I have built three different models (Plutos, LX minis, LX521) and all sound wonderful and are good at the "disappearing act." Hap... | |
| MoFi or Harbeth (used) Hello Hugo1. I never heard a Harbeth I didn't like. Hard to go wrong there. Happy listening. | |
| Small speaker advice Hello rob606! Why spend a fortune? The Golden Ear BRXs are getting rave reviews. I have a pair and they are reall quite good, and reasonably efficient. Happy Listening. My sympathies on you situation. I've been there too. | |
| New speakers for a new start? Hello devinplombier! Magnepan .7i with one or two subwoofers. No narrow sweet spot with these. Enjoy the music! | |
| Step Up Transformers….Are they Worth the Trouble? Hello lalitk. Yes SUTs can solve a lot of problems. Get the ones that use silver wire. Happy Listening! | |
| It Pegged the Needle on My "BS Meter". Now, I'm A Believer. Ever Happen to You? Hi Guys! Sorry, I meant to say original Meridian outboard DAC. The original Dragonfly plugs directly nto a USB slot and doesn't need a cable. My oops! | |
| It Pegged the Needle on My "BS Meter". Now, I'm A Believer. Ever Happen to You? USB cables make an enormous difference. I started out with the original Dragonfly outoard DAC. I used a USB cable that I had ued with a computer printer. Out of curiosity I bought a used Wireworld Silver Seven and a lot more fancy words and tried ... | |
| Looking for a great front ported bookshelp speaker recommendation Hello blackiridium! Whatever you wind up with, pad the empty space around the speakers with blankets, towels, old sweaters - whatever, to kill resonances in the space between the speaker and the space in which they sit. If the front baffle of the... | |
| Class D Option For Bass Hello brylandgoodman! Try the Starke Sound 4 channel power amp in the 2 channel bridged mode. You'll have ovr 400 watts for eachh of two subwoofers, a very high damping factor, excellent sound, for a reasonable (even bargain) price. They have sal... | |
| Best speaker brands for transient response Hello tommyuchicago! For Maximum detail at lowest price: Magnepan LRS+, ADD THE CROSSOVER MOD from GRS, use the TV stands from Amazon to raise them off the ground, add a subwoofer (or two), use an electronc crossover and a four channel power amp ... | |
| Do No Harm ... well the least harm anyway Hello koestner! DBX makes a 2 way stereo/3 way mono electronic crossover (DBX223, be sure get the model with the kind of connectors/in & out plugs you prefer) and is transparent and reasonably priced. I use then in two of my 5 systems. They a... | |
| Looking for a component for ripping and playing CD's. Hello EMUAGOGO! What do you think those fancy devices for ripping CDs are? They are special pourpose computers. There is no reasonn not to you a laptop or desktop computer for the ripping, storage and playing of yyour CDs. I've bee doing it for ... | |
| If you had to choose... Hello Bogbeat! Please, go somewhere to hear the Magnepan LRS+ before you buy your next pair of speakers. Unmodified, they beat almost anything under $10K, for detail and texture. Modified, they just beat nearly anything you can fit in your listen... |