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| How does solo piano help you evaluate audio gear? @hilde45 Thanks for starting this thread. You've gotten some good stuff here from the AG all-stars. I think I know what I am doing on auditioning speakers but I'm going to be rereading this the next time I audition any equipment. A couple of th... | |
| How does solo piano help you evaluate audio gear? @hilde45, I use the ECM Schiff Beethoven recordings. They are good recordings. Schiff used a Bosendorfer for some and a Steinway for others. I think I can tell which piano he used on my system. I took one of those recordings to an audition, and... | |
| How does solo piano help you evaluate audio gear? @hilde45 I have found that solo piano recordings that I know well will reveal speaker aberrations pretty quickly. I also use solo voice, hopefully, SATB, because I want nothing to do with a speaker that does not do voice right. Not sure why, bu... | |
| Room treatments for a lively sounding room @alvinnir2 you have a smallish room with hardwoods instead of carpet, so you are going to have A LOT of reflected sound at high levels. As you move your listening position closer to the speakers, you will increase the ratio of direct to reflected... | |
| Impressions of Coincident Speakers @bradf I think the SVIIIs will be fine out 10-12 ft. If your listening position is fixed, that certainly makes the speaker placement protocol easier because it reduces the multivariate problem by one element, and a very important one at that. In... | |
| Impressions of Coincident Speakers @bradf, I might also mention that I was not able to get the SVIIs work near field. My listening position is about 13 ft from the front baffle. At that distance, the SVIIs presentation is pretty much like a single driver. At 7-8 ft, you can, as ... | |
| Impressions of Coincident Speakers @bradf, one final comment. I encourage you to use the free Room Equalization Wizard software for optimizing speaker placement and establishing the best listening position. It takes some effort to get up to speed on using the software, but it rea... | |
| Impressions of Coincident Speakers Brad, No problem! Recent Coincident designs are anything but colored. I avoided box speakers like the plague until I bought my Triumph Extreme II monitors. I listen to a lot of live music, or at least I did until I moved to the middle of now... | |
| Impressions of Coincident Speakers @bradf @hilde45 @charles1dad, thanks for your kind words! Now then, my room is a second floor bonus room that has been appropriated as a dedicated listening room and is roughly 14-15 wide, 20 ft long, and with 8 ft ceilings. I'm using a shor... | |
| Impressions of Coincident Speakers @bradf, I bought a pair of Super Victory II speakers used about 6 years ago. I am going to make an assumption that the SVIII is not a radical redesign. As Charles1dad mentioned, I drive the SV’s with Atma-sphere M-60’s. The M-60’s don’t break a sw... | |
| Who uses ADS Speakers Additional information. I considered replacing the inductors, but decided against it. Doing so would significantly elevate the cost of the project and probably necessitate using an external cross over. I also thought about but did not go for an ... | |
| Who uses ADS Speakers @au_lait, it is likely that you are going to have to live with a roll off at 40 Hz with these speakers. However, it is likely that they are capable of nice tight articulate bass. The printed circuit board seriously compromises performance. If you ... | |
| Elrog 300b's for sale. Your thoughts? Thanks Thomas. My common sense tells me that if you had a large number of warranty claims associated with a particular amplifier, you would probably be aware of it. My advice to anyone considering use of Elrogs with the Frankenstein amps should ... | |
| LinLai WE 300B or the LinLai Global Elite Permaloy 300B tubes ? @sns , Thanks for the details on your experience in upgrading the CSL preamp to MK II. I've been considering this upgrade since it was first announced, and contacted Israel who didn't give much detail on what sort of improvements one might expec... | |
| Elrog 300b's for sale. Your thoughts? Vinylsavior, thanks for the update. I am very happy to hear that the issues have been addressed. Are you aware of anyone using the newer Elrogs in the Coincident Frankensteins? The old Elrogs were just glorious in those amps, just could not g... |