bpwalsh
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| Sound Lab M-1 as L/R Mains in 2 Channel/HT System? A gentleman was in town recently and called to arrange an audition (U-1s here). He is interested in Sound Lab A-1s as well, to use them for conventional two channel listening and in a home theater setup. He is building an addition to his house for... | |
| No Bi-Amp but tubes for Maggies -- can it be done? If you are interested in other options, you might also consider Parasound JC-1s (disclaimer: I sell them). A customer who recently borrowed a pair from me to try with his MG 20.1s declared them the ones to beat, having tried quite a few other soli... | |
| SoundLab Millennium-3 Bigkidz, it sounds as though you have a nice room for M-2s, especially if you're getting some room reinforcement. Having heard a number of speakers with transmission line bass over the years such as IMF, I can understand your liking the sound. Tha... | |
| SoundLab Millennium-3 With your ceiling height, the M-2s or M-3s would easily fit. With a slight customization at time of manufacture, the M-1s would fit. One of my customers has a similar ceiling height and wants M-1s if possible, so I have researched the possibilitie... | |
| Do Sound Labs play deep bass in large rooms? You should be able to achieve good bass performance in a room of that size. Specified frequency response is down to 28 Hz with the M-1 and A-1, while the U-1 goes a few Hz lower due to the rigid steel frame. Performance in one's room will be deter... | |
| Marantz 7 Questions There is only one model, the 7, which is erroneously called the 7C. 7C refers to the optional wood enclosure ("C"ase).The 7T was the transistor model. | |
| ribbon or electrostatic speakers Although Sound Labs aren't a benign load, they're nowhere near as tough as they used to be, thanks to the backplate update which became available early this year and which reduces the impedance dip in the midrange that some amplifiers have problem... | |
| ribbon or electrostatic speakers I find Sound Labs do quite well with bass impact, and it is rich, taut, and full. The other aspect which is often overlooked is naturalness, in terms of timbre and reproduction of the reverberant field. From the pounding of the largest bass drum o... | |
| Three electrostat choices and my room-- need help Sound Labs get my vote, too. Not just because I sell them, but also because I've owned several other electrostatic speakers through the years and have found Sound Labs to be the elusive kind of "end of the road" product. There's nothing like a ful... | |
| looking for best isolation platform for CD player Joe, you might want to speak with Dennis Gulino who also is a member of the Chicago Audio Society and who has a Sistrum rack. For what it's worth, Robert Maicks of Audio Machine & Design (makers of Sistrum and Audiopoints products) visited the... | |
| looking for best isolation platform for CD player Tbg, not sure what your basis of comparison was but I have found the Nimbus to be more effective at isolation than anything else, including some of the other products mentioned. It isolates in all planes down to about 0.5 Hz which is far better th... | |
| looking for best isolation platform for CD player Machina Dynamica Nimbus. | |
| Is this the best analog has to offer? Pbowne makes some good points. I find piano is a good thing to compare, as few CD playback systems get close to analogue, tending to sound clangy and even metallic and lacking natural warmth and air. Low level detail and microdynamics can be so mu... | |
| Which basic amps can drive 1 ohm loads ? Lazarus h1a hybrid amps in mono mode can easily drive Scintillas without breaking a sweat. | |
| The Worst Speaker you have ever heard. Anyone ever hear the Reuben Guss speakers at CES some years ago? A friend said they were the worst by quite a margin. About 100 drivers of all sorts of sizes arranged in a rather haphazard manner in a refrigerator size cabinet, and from what he sa... |