bradluke0
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| Personal speaker evolution Hi all ! my trip back through memory lane (kinda foggy tho)all in one box setup another all in onelarge adventsdouble advents (driven with 400wpc amp )kef 204.2 ? not really sure of modelthiel 2.0magnepan 1.5 qrboston a150cambridge soundworks ense... | |
| Room Treatments Hi all ! I had GIK acoustics look at pictures of my listening room (living room ) and they made recommendations. I picked the artwork on eack item . I used two corner traps and three 2' x 4' panels on the walls . Eliminated the echo and hard sound... | |
| Cary SA 200,2 Hi all ! I have a Cary 303/300 CD player , Cary SLP-03 pre and a Cary V-12 power amp . All sound great by themselves or together . Also have Belles A150 and Transcendent 4 wpc tube amp . Same with these , all sound great together or separate . | |
| The most beautiful Integrated Tube amp? Hi all ! This one's easy ....Moth Audio amps . Most of these other one's , to me , look like they were designed in the hood . Too much gold and flash . | |
| Down firing sub tweeks Hi all ! I went to a counter top shop and they made me 3 16 x 16 pieces of granite for $60 . They are very heavy . Used one under each speaker and one under my amp . Might try another for the sub . | |
| Zu Omen or Tekton Lore Hi all ! Been running my Lore's and Mini Beast for almost a week now and I am very happy with both . I plan to pull the Mini Beast out and tidy up the wiring a bit . I think I will put the Cary in and see how that does . In triode mode it is 50 wp... | |
| Amp for Magnepan 1.7's Hi all ! If it were me I would try what you have first . I would trust my ears . | |
| Shakti Stones Do they actuall work guys. Hi all ! Of course they work , they are system dependant . Usually anything on top of components that has some weight to them will tighten bass and "lower" the sound overall . Anything under , like feet or blocks of wood will generally "raise" the... | |
| Your ONE all time favorite love song? hi all ! My pick ? Wildflower by Skylark ...great vocal by Donnie Gerrard | |
| Dac for Adcom System Hi all ! Dont laugh but the GDA 700 is an excellent dac . If you can find one used I would have someone build an upgraded the power supply for it. It will not be shown up by todays " state of the art " | |
| Cable lifters/towers- voodoo or the real thing? HI all ! The purpose of lifting the cables is to get them in the air with cable elevators everyfoot or so . Just sliding insulation over them just lets them lay on a flat surface which is where you started .Putting the cable elevators closer toget... | |
| Most helpful audio companies Hi all ! Magnepan , Thiel and Placette..... all have great service and obviously care about the customer . | |
| Why aren't new vacuum tubes as good as old ones? Hi all ! A tube guy once told me the reason the older tubes sound better than the new tubes is back in the day they could use " nasty chemicals " . Apparently those chemicals make a better tube . Dont really know if this is true or not . | |
| Thiel CS1.5 and properly sized Aragon amp Hi all ! I had a aragon 4004 mk2 and it was too bright with my 1.5's . A nice 100 watt Rotel would work quite nicely ( although a more expensive amp like a Ayre probably will be better ) | |
| Speaker refinish Hi all ! I had some discoloration on my pair of Thiels . A woodcraftsman looked at them and in 5 minutes they looked new again . He used a small amount of vegetable oil and a clean rag . |