boomerbillone
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| 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... | |
| Solid State Power Amps Hello sgordoxyz! You have chosen well regarded and well reviewed power amps. My I suggest an less expensive alternative. Starke Sound makes great amps and low prices. I have 5 of their AD320-4 amps and one of the new replacements, the Fiera4. I ... | |
| Does it have to sound good for you to like it? Hello rvpiano! If a recording of a good performance or a well liked song is flawed, I'll keep it for the value of the music. But even the finest recording of an unwanted song isn't worth keeping, even in these days of streaming which I am just ge... | |
| Great Interview- Hello All! Musicians are used to being "IN" the music. They are surrounded by other people aling music. Tey concerned with how they are producing the musical performance. They are doers not listeners. They are concerned with structure and shaping ... | |
| Speaker Slip Covers Hello allenf1963! Look for King Sized pillow cases on sale. Glue heavy cardboard or metal plates to the inside front of them so you'll see any damage before it gets through to thr grilles. Happ alistening! |