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| Atma-Sphere in CO? @cal3713 thanks for the update. I am well aware of the virtues of the Franks, which is why I am keeping them. If I had to choose between the Franks and the M-60's, I'd probably keep the M-60's, but it would be a though choice. Your PREs are m... | |
| Atma-Sphere in CO? @cal3713 , I looked at the Music Room ad and remember that they indicated the amps were MK 3 and were 8 years old. @atmasphere can probably deconvolute the history of your new amps when you have the serial numbers. Ralph nailed it on the diffe... | |
| Atma-Sphere in CO? @cal3713 I think the amps you bought are MK 3s, so I am going to have to defer to Ralph. Mine are MK 3.3, so what I know is not relevant to your amps regarding which positions are most impactful. I can say that at least in my amp, tube rolling t... | |
| Sophia Electric Blue glass @noromance , thanks for the info on the globes. Please keep us posted as they burn in, and any comparison with the NOS standbys would really be great. | |
| Sophia Electric Blue glass I've looked at these, and am intrigued by them. The issue is cost. At the asking price, you can still get superb NOS 6SN7's, and you can get really good 6SN7s for less. It is hard to justify running the experiment. The same goes for the Psvane... | |
| Atma-Sphere in CO? @cal3713 , I've also thought about giving Pass or First Watt at try, and almost went that way before I bought the M-60's. The problem is that when I like something, I don't want to give it up. That is why I ended up keeping the Franks. If I br... | |
| Atma-Sphere in CO? I own both the Franks and the Atma-sphere M-60's, and use the amps to drive Coincident Super Victory II's and Coincident Triumph Extreme II's. Let me say at the outset that I love both amps and have no desire to sell either. Several years ago, I... | |
| Room Correction, Acoustic Treatment, Positioning, etc. What are my options All, this is one of the most useful room mode calculators/visualizers I have come across. http://www.hunecke.de/en/calculators/room-eigenmodes.html | |
| Room Correction, Acoustic Treatment, Positioning, etc. What are my options @mayoradamwest, yes, this looks much more reasonable. Properly placed bass traps will not reduce the amount of bass you perceive from the listening position. You will place the traps in areas where bass accumulates and does not decay properly. ... | |
| Room Correction, Acoustic Treatment, Positioning, etc. What are my options I agree with mikexxyz. Are you using a calibrated mic, or a SPL meter? Is your computer set up properly? Sometimes you need to turn off the computer mic, otherwise, that is used as the default. The high frequency roll off is very suspicious. ... | |
| The Best Piano Works of the 20th Century I am going to mention 3 works I did not see above that I think have to be on this list. First, the Shostakovich piano quintet and his piano trio number 2. I would also add the Prokofiev Concerto #3. A couple more pieces that I would not nece... | |
| Room treatment and speaker placement???? I could not agree more shadowcat. I've been an audio junkie all my life, but didn't begin to understand what could be accomplished with room set up until 2 years ago. I did my listening room with conventional bass traps and such, but just recent... | |
| Another Speaker Recommendation Request @erik_squires gave you a ton of wisdom in a single sentence. Consider your room first. 4 years ago, I was newly retired and moved. A dedicated listening room was high on my list of must haves for the new house. I ended up buying a house with ... | |
| Wide dispersion + high efficiency + detail + coherence in a speaker? The only speaker I have personally auditioned that fits all of your criteria, and does so very well, is the Coincident Pure Reference Extreme. It is 26K. I can also say that I own both the Coincident Super Victory II speakers and the Triumph Ex... | |
| Synergistic Research HFT's OK, so one more skeptic converted. The acoustics in my living room was so bad we couldn't understand each other half the time. TV/video was a never ending exercise in hitting the back button several times and lip reading. Not infrequently, we j... |