bpwalsh
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| Interconnects:Dazed and Confused Home trial is extremely important as many have pointed out, and knowing what works well together is, too. It is too easy for people to buy stuff online without ever listening to it first, and to make purchasing decisions based upon reviews and pri... | |
| Recomendation for speakers BEST for Piano? Gullahisland points out that there are many overtones resonating when a piano is played. To discern the sonic character and personality of the instrument, the timing has to be dead on and the speaker has to recreate the reverberant sound field to ... | |
| Cables for Tenor/Kharma/Capitole MKI I'm rather amused with this thread, as some of the participants are posting almost as though their lives depended upon their being right. I haven't heard all of the speakers and cables mentioned, but let's just say my Sound Labs aren't going anywh... | |
| Info for Monoblock VAC Amp Goone, I would recommend that you contact Kevin Hayes at VAC for information. He's a great guy, very knowledgeable and no nonsense.http://www.vac-amps.com/contact.htmBrian Walsh | |
| OT: CES January 2004 You're welcome! THE Show is completely unrelated to the Stereophile shows, which are oriented to the consumer. If you can attend THE Show, and presumably CES, maybe you should, recognizing these events are targeted mainly for people in the busines... | |
| Wadia 860X vs. 861 You might pose the question to Steve Huntley of Great Northern Sound, who is intimately familiar with them... | |
| OT: CES January 2004 THE Show is open to people in the trade and to the public. It is completely independent from CES.http://www.the-expo.netThe CES is open to the trade only, however, some people get creative.http://www.ces-web.orgBrian | |
| ESL enclosures Slappy, full range ESLs that extend well below 40 Hz with authority are available. You could use the technology behind them for your own use at the least. Dr. Roger West of Sound Lab has a patent on the distributed bass resonance principle employe... | |
| OT: CES January 2004 THE Show will be at two venues, the San Remo and the San Tropez. The latter is next to the Alexis Park, venue of the CES high end audio exhibits.Brian | |
| Speakers for low level listening Here is the thread that Kurt_tank is probably thinking of:http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?cspkr&1065112665It was easy to find using the "search archives" function found in the forums main menu.Good luck!Brian | |
| ESL enclosures Harold Beveridge did it years ago with his acoustic lens approach...Brian | |
| Dipole patterns A speaker with drivers on opposite sides is likely not dipolar, but rather bipolar. Examples include Mirage.Nor is a speaker with drivers on 45 degree angled baffles, in my opinion. Dweller's explanation is pretty good.Examples of speakers with di... | |
| Sub or Subs to mate with Sonus Faber Amati Homage Try diagonal placement in the room if you haven't already done so. In square and nearly square rooms this can be of significant benefit. I would avoid using subwoofers if you can.Brian | |
| BAT VK-60 or ARC VT-100 MK II??? Oops, I see you have posted your system online. | |
| BAT VK-60 or ARC VT-100 MK II??? What's the rest of your system, especially speakers?Brian |