brauser
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| Solid State amps with tube preamps The best I have ever heard Martin Logans sound is with tube amps. Long ago I had Infinity RS1Bs and used ARC solid state amps for the bass modules and ARC tube amps for the treble panels. I matched that up with an ARC tube preamp and the best TT I... | |
| Speaker Choice ? You guys may have a laugh at this, but in my 2-channel reference room I'm using the Dunlavy SC-Vs with a Dunlavy subwoofer. Only a few of the subs were made and this one is in an SC-IV cabinet with 4 twelve inch woofers. It's passive so I use a se... | |
| Speaker Choice ? You can find excellent Dunlavy SC-Vs for under 5K and they would be stunning in a room this size. There are a lot of great speakers that do some things very well, but I have not heard any speakers, short of 20K+, that does everything as well as th... | |
| SACD & other Formats I had an expensive TT rig with air bearing arm, vacuum platter etc. and it sounded really good. I started down the digital path with one of the best options at the time and it was not quite as good as the TT. Since then I have changed the digital ... | |
| Rock and roll speakers? Horn loaded speakers are a good choice. Older Altec 'Voice-of-Theater', JBL, Klipsch come to mind. I had the 4 piece Infinity RS1Bs at one point and they certainly could move a lot of air. | |
| Why do some cd's have no bass I have noticed that artists who use an acoustic bass rather than an electric often have bass that is less prominent in the CD. This does not have to be the case. Artists like Alison Krauss and Ramsey Lewis have made the choice to use the acoustic ... | |
| Replace Kimber 4vs with...? Kimber 4TC remains an excellent choice especially in a double run arrangement. I'm curious how long the cables are?? Some cables do better than others if longer distances are the issue. | |
| Audio Research and Martin Logan Montis I remember going to a demo that was showcasing top end Martin Logans with Bryston (solid state) vs the same Martin Logans with Jadis (tube) equipment. The Bryston gear was good no doubt, but the Jadis was magical. | |
| Building a new room We recently finished a Home Theater room of very similar dimensions. At each corner we brought the wall in at a 45 degree angle a couple of feet to avoid the traditional standing waves problems associated with most rectangular rooms. Placing the s... | |
| Another hearing loss thread I am also 62 and have spent a lifetime exercising and enjoying sports of all types. One of the real blessings in my life right now is to enjoy the home that we completed just outside of Yellowstone Park. I designed in seven different AV systems ea... | |
| Killer on a Budget... I have always tried to make decisions based on 'bang-for-the-buck. Beyond a point you have to double the budget for each relatively small increase in performance. It's kind of like having to double the power output for each 3 DB of volume increase... | |
| Musical Fidelity KW500 and Rowland Continuum S2 I have not had the specific pieces in question in my systems, but I had and have products from these two manufacturers in present and previous systems. I have a lot of respect for Musical Fidelity as a company , it quite frankly is not in the same... | |
| How Do You Feel about The Cable Game? Geoffkaik...Dunlavy most certainly was not deaf and designed some of the best speakers ever offered to the public. I talked to him on multiple occasions and he felt very strongly that past a certain threshold, high-end cable manufactures were just... | |
| Digital Amplifier Questions Kijanki...what a great response. Hearing and tech analysis agreeing on something. What a concept! | |
| How Do You Feel about The Cable Game? When John Dunlavy was alive, he had some very strong opinions about the 'cable game'. He would do extensive blindfold tests with a variety of high end cables to see if differences could be consistently detected and then compared that to much lower... |