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| 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. | |
| Do I Need a New DAC? Hello Junge. You do realize that the SACD is a multi channel medium, yes? Five channel anyway (front L & R, rear L & R, and center. Perhaps I missed it, but you don't mention having a multi channel playback system. The "universal" players... | |
| WBT Banana Connectors Hi jtg_ts! Go silver if you can afford it. Some other brand might be cheaper. Test (with a magnet) all the connectors in the speaker path (amp and speaker box connectors and be sure they are not magnetic (contain iron). I just switched out some ... | |
| Whittling down my choices to a final few pair... Hello cwolff09! The Legacy Aires is one of my favorite speakers! It would do very well for you. Happy Listening! | |
| Need help! First step into high end audio Hello Monkey Kibble! "High End" does not have to mean "epensive." It should mean "high performance." Used receivers are available at very low prices. Look for Integra (Onkyo's premium product) receivers. I have several of them and never paid mor... | |
| active crossover recommendation Hello sozocaps! miniDSP! I have them in three different systems. Excellent performance, low price. You do need a PC computer to program them. It's easy, software provided. Happy listening. | |
| Looking For 18awg Audiophile Power Cable Options Hello acar83. There are snap on ferrite blocks that prevent very high frequency signals from getting through cables. They fit over your power cords and are very inexpensive. I suspect, as some have suggested, that garbage generated in the power s... |