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| A previous discussion included a statement about crossover components. HELLO Peporter! Capacitors come in $0.50, $5, and $50 versions, like wine and cars. Is that surpriing? I hope not. I've bee upgrading passive speaker crossovers for years. My "Best for the Buck" rating is Mundorf MKP (250 volt rating). Delund is... | |
| Sweet Sounding DAC Hello mdrone! Sony made a very sweet sounding DAC/headphone amp, now discontinued. I have tried lots of DACs, have eight at the moment. The Sony beats them all. Model is PHA-3. I got one new, in the box for half price:$500. Very nice smooth sound,... | |
| Questions about Resolving Systems Hi Jay73! Can you hear the singer's breating? Can you hear when the guitar is sightly out of tune. When the Halleluah Chorus really gets going, can you still hear the harpsichord. Do you play an instrument? If so, do recordings of that instrumen... | |
| Thinking of Magnepan ... finally! Hello arafiq! I have owned 3 sets of Maggies and love them dearly. Properly set up, Maggies have bass, but a subwoofer is always a good idea. Cross it over around 80 Hz. If you think of your walls as mirrorr, you will get the idea: angle the mag... | |
| Power Cable for CDP Hello All. Cables (sadly) do make a difference. Snap on ferrite "beads" are available very inexpensively and will prevent high frequency (radio/radar/etc) junk from getting into and out of your gear on the power lines. They can't hurt and may help... | |
| Given an Onkyo Integra M 504 today. Worth keeping? Hello jof! The Integra line is Onkyo's best in audio equipment. The front ends are usually better than the power amp sections. It is likely that this model has preamp outputs. You can use them to drive outboard power amps. I have five systems (an... | |
| What speakers work with low wattage class A amps Hello ahrgef! High effeciency speakers are excellent choices for low watt amps. Zu Audio makes several models. Many DIY designs are very efficient ad inexpensive to build. You can build a pair of 110 db sensivity speakers for under $500. Look for... | |
| ScanSpeak Ellipticor-A50-II (anyone build them?) AS TO: Price diffrences between DIY and "ready made" speakers. The parts cost in a commercial speaker is maybe 20% if you're lucky The workders in the factory must be paid. The building/business must be insured. There are vehicles which must be b... | |
| Is a FLAT response the IDEAL? HI JOHNREAD57! What you like is what's ideal for you. Don't let anyone else make decisions for you. No two people hear the same thing. Our ears are of different shape. The sound you like is the best sound for you. Happy Listening. | |
| An interesting experience with power cable. HELLO SAMUREYEX! CONGRATLATIONS! Your amp has much better power supply garbage filtering circuitry than your DAC has! Many of us (especially wih receivers) benefit enormously with better power cables. Your experience demonstrates that one must t... | |
| Tube amps - what 3 things… Hello mpoll1. Not to be a downer - have you considered the cost of replacing tubes? They do wear out in time and die a natural death. One day the amp is working fine and the next day it isn't. A matched pair of output tubes can set you back over $... | |
| Biamping vs only inserting an Active crossover Hello Jumia! Whether you bi-amp or use an electronic crossover, you will need at least one stereo amp in addition to what you currently have. The electronic crossover need not be expensive. MiniDSP makes a two way unit for under $100. (You will n... | |
| Hello and "THANKS IN ADVANCE" Hello 1perpet2. An equalizer is an equilizer. Bose. DBX, whoever. The EQ is asking your amp to put out way more bass than usual for "normal" speakers. Any EQ trying to make the 901's sound good would do the same thing. You don't need a different ... | |
| What is your experience with amp power? Hello 2psyop! This kind of question shows up often. It's a perfectly reasonable question. Do you have some piece of gear with sound level meters? It will be very helpful. You will read somewhere that person A has "stepped up" from a 50 watt amp ... | |
| Thinking about getting some bookshelf/standmount speakers Hello SCM! The Golden Ear BRX are very good for the money. Much betteer than one might expect. I use them in a recording studio, Happy Listening. |